Elisabeth Carney moved to the US after spending her teenage years in Argentina. In this interview she talks about some of the adjustments she had to make when she returned to the US. She experienced a bit of reverse culture shock.
When I interviewed Elisabeth for this program I talked with her about being a Missionary Kid. She and her husband currently serve on the mission field in Mexico.
I am going to be reposting some older interviews. This interview was originally posted as Missionary Talks 08: Tammy Allred. It is by far the most downloaded interview and a personal favorite of mine.
As mentioned in a recent feedback episode, I will be traveling over the next several weeks. I am excited about the missionaries I will be interviewing while on the road. But, as a result, I will probably not be able to get new interviews uploaded until I get home. Enjoy these older episodes in the mean time and leave a comment if you have a particular favorite episode that you would like me to share with the other listeners.
In this episode I speak with Brad Rhoads a missionary working with Learning Technologies at MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship). Currently he is raising his support to start his ministry with MAF. He tells us in the interview about how God led him into missions and specifically to MAF. There were obstacles to overcome, but God has been gracious in leading the Rhoads family in His will.
Brad’s ministry as a missionary is a bit different. He will not be working in the field as a church planter, rather he will be working as a developer of methods to deliver Bible study curriculum to national pastors on the field in both free and closed access countries.
Brad mentioned his podcast in the interview. It is a chronicle of his family’s journey into missions.
You can partner with the Rhoads family in their ministry by visiting their website at MAF.
This is just a quick update to let you know what is coming up in the next few weeks. In a nutshell, I have a new interview coming this weekend. I will be traveling for several weeks and grabbing interviews along the way. But, I may not be able to edit and upload them until I get back. In the mean time, I am going to pull some of the more popular interviews from the past and put them back into the lineup so that new listeners can get a chance to hear them.
All the past interviews are available here on the website. You can either listen to them or download them from here.
I would really appreciate any reviews you can write about Missionary Talks at the different podcast directories. Also, if you have a blog or website and can write something there that links to Missionary Talks it will help promote the site in the search engines. All of this will help with the exposure of Missionary Talks to new listeners.
Please tell your friends about Missionary Talks. Thanks for being a faithful listener.
This is the two episodes of the William Carey biography stitched together into one longer show. It is just over 30 minutes in length and better sound quality than the two individual episodes.
This is the second episode of the life of William Carey. You really should listen to the first part to understand where this part picks up.
I appreciate Magnatune for allowing me to play the beautiful harp music of Cheryl Ann Fulton. Also I would like to thank Janet and Geoff Benge for their book about William Carey. Much of my research started with the contents of their book.
William began to see the need to learn Sanskrit and translate the Bible into it. The ancient Indian writings were in this language and the educated upper caste used Sanskrit. It was the key to fully understanding the Bengali language.
He could easily attract a crowd of 200 to 300 people to preach to, but he did not have a single convert.
The birth of their 7th child Jonathan in 1796 brought joy and some relief to Dolly’s depression since Jonathan was a healthy baby. This was a joyful time for the Careys.
More good news arrived late in 1796 when an Indian man sought out William to tell him that there was an Englishman looking for him. John Fountain arrived as a new recruit from the missionary society. By March 1797 with the help of Fountain taking over some of the factory responsibilities, William finished his initial Bengali translation of the Bible. William’s boss purchased a used press for him to print the Bible in India. With all the excitement surrounding the arrival of the press, the Indians became convinced that the press was William’s idol. (Read on …)
William Cary is considered the Father of Modern Missions. He was an Englishman who went to India with the Gospel at the end of the 18th century. He did not go alone, nor did he go without prayer support from a strong group of friends back home. This first half of the biography chronicles his life up through the first year on the field.
Like the David Livingstone biography, I have provided the full text of the episode below.
I appreciate Magnatune for allowing me to play the beautiful harp music of Cheryl Ann Fulton. Also I would like to thank Janet and Geoff Benge for their book about William Carey. Much of my research started with the contents of their book.
William Carey was born in 1761 as the oldest child to Edmund and Elizabeth Carey in Northamptonshire, England. Today he is known as the Father of Modern Missions, but his humble upbringing to a poor weaver family is how this well know missionary got his start.
His father took the position of church clerk which included the responsibility of being the schoolmaster and therefore young William was able to attend school from the ages of 6 to 12. However this was the extent of what was available to him for school. The rest of his learning would come from what he could gain on his own through any books he could find and experiences he had. He was blessed to have many books available to him. By the time he was 16 he had already taught himself Latin and a friend had taught him to read and write Greek. This love of languages shaped young William Carey into the missionary he was to later become.
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