Could you be a pioneer missionary?

[tinytim]

WEll, a big fat ZERO for me...
Man you guys that are missionaries are tough...

Although, goats milk isn't that bad, I don't think I could handle it fermented, or even goat meat!

yuck!

 

[El_Guero]

Cabrito?

City folk always miss out on the finer things in life . . .

 

[John of Japan]

Just a few of the martyrs . . .

"Of whom the world was not worthy" (Heb. 11:38).

 

[John of Japan]

WEll, a big fat ZERO for me...
Man you guys that are missionaries are tough...

Although, goats milk isn't that bad, I don't think I could handle it fermented, or even goat meat!

yuck!

Well, Brother Tim, I suspect it is not as bad as it sounds. We have a form of fermented milk in Japan called "Calpis," pron. karupisu. (Don't even think about an English meaning!) It is actually pretty good, with even some fruit flavors.

You buy it in a bottle, and you're supposed to cut it 5 to 1. Some friends had a missionary come over to visit, one of twins working with the Navahos. I think it was Don, but I never could tell the difference between him and Ron. Mexdeaf knows them. Anyway, he insisted on drinking the stuff straight. Major gut-ache with a chance to see the meal again! :laugh:

Moral of the story: if you ever visit a mission field, pay strict attention to the missionary. (Come on over sometime, Bro. Tim!) :thumbs:

 

[LeBuick]

The lesson I learned for today, I need to get a mobile home, add extra large fuel tanks and keep it well stocked with food in case I am called to some distant part of the world. I can't even get to thinking about the food, I can't imagine not having electricity or running water??? No cable TV??? No internet??? No email??? No microphone and PA system??? No phone??? No AC??? Where is God during all this? It sounds like hell. He can't let this happen to meeeee! :laugh: :laugh: :wavey:

I'll send my prayers... raying:

 

[John of Japan]

The lesson I learned for today, I need to get a mobile home, add extra large fuel tanks and keep it well stocked with food in case I am called to some distant part of the world. I can't even get to thinking about the food, I can't imagine not having electricity or running water??? No cable TV??? No internet??? No email??? No microphone and PA system??? No phone??? No AC??? Where is God during all this? It sounds like hell. He can't let this happen to meeeee!

I'll send my prayers... raying:

Dun, de dun dun. Those who protest the most are in most danger of getting called. :smilewinkgrin:

Buck up, though. Maybe God won't call you to be a pioneer missionary. Here in Japan we have electricity, running water (delicious mountain water in my town), Internet, e-mail, telephone. However, only 1 in 100 churches or so get big enough to need a PA system. My spit reaches the back row! :laugh:

 

[LeBuick]

Buck up, though. Maybe God won't call you to be a pioneer missionary. Here in Japan we have electricity, running water (delicious mountain water in my town), Internet, e-mail, telephone. However, only 1 in 100 churches or so get big enough to need a PA system. My spit reaches the back row! :laugh:

Reminds me of my dad laughing about his first Church. He said he could pass the plate and open the back windows without leaving the pulpit.

The Church we belonged to in LA had the mens restroom sharing a wall with the pulpit. One Sunday a guy was having a tough go at it just as the Church paused for a moment of silent prayer. He didn't need a PA either...

 

[John of Japan]

Reminds me of my dad laughing about his first Church. He said he could pass the plate and open the back windows without leaving the pulpit.

The Church we belonged to in LA had the mens restroom sharing a wall with the pulpit. One Sunday a guy was having a tough go at it just as the Church paused for a moment of silent prayer. He didn't need a PA either...

:laugh: :laugh:
Wouldn't that ruin your message!

At least we have a "Western style" bathroom in our church. You wouldn't want to know about the old Japanese style--provided us with early culture shock! :laugh:

 

[LeBuick]

Ahhh, the old obenjo...

This is all I could find http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2003.html but this part scares me;

When using the washroom in a private home, minshuku or ryokan, you will find toilet slippers for exclusive usage inside the washroom. Leave your usual slippers outside the washroom, and don't forget to change back into them, afterwards.

 

[John of Japan]

Ahhh, the old obenjo...

This is all I could find http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2003.html but this part scares me;

When using the washroom in a private home, minshuku or ryokan, you will find toilet slippers for exclusive usage inside the washroom. Leave your usual slippers outside the washroom, and don't forget to change back into them, afterwards.

:laugh: :laugh:
Yep, Culture Shock 101. We ain't in Kansas any more. And most of them here haven't even heard of Kansas. :smilewinkgrin:

New York they know, Hawaii they know because they own half of it. Vermont they know, because there is a famous kind of curry rice they call "Vermont Curry"--I'm not real sure why. Someone from India wouldn't recognize it, though.

I thought I would add this via the edit function. When we moved to Yokohama to start a church after language school 23 years ago, my wife prayed for two things: a western style toilet and a place with no cockroaches. (She's a Yankee girl.) We rented the first apartment we saw, a little "terrace house" with two rooms on the first floor and two rooms on the second, with a little overhanging terrace. Would you believe it, God answered both of her prayers!

Lots of good memories in that apartment. I baptized my first Japanese convert there as well as our son, in a home-built baptistry made of plywood and plastic. We were up till midnight Saturday night fixing the leaks!:saint:

 

[Su Wei]

The lesson I learned for today, I need to get a mobile home, add extra large fuel tanks and keep it well stocked with food in case I am called to some distant part of the world. I can't even get to thinking about the food, I can't imagine not having electricity or running water??? No cable TV??? No internet??? No email??? No microphone and PA system??? No phone??? No AC??? Where is God during all this? It sounds like hell. He can't let this happen to meeeee!

I'll send my prayers... raying:

This reminds me of our dear American missionary pastor who left for Cambodia couple of years back. He tried to get around having to buy meat that had already started to rot at the markets. (hard to find fresh meat.) He decided to invest in a big freezer and spent $200 on a whole pig.

I think it was two days after he had bought the pig, the electricity went out (i guess for a pretty long time.) He had to give away the pig to the neighbours.

It's rainy season now in Cambodia and the flood comes into the house. And it's difficult to do any work in those flood conditions. Do pray for them. raying:

 

[John of Japan]

This reminds me of our dear American missionary pastor who left for Cambodia couple of years back. He tried to get around having to buy meat that had already started to rot at the markets. (hard to find fresh meat.) He decided to invest in a big freezer and spent $200 on a whole pig.

I think it was two days after he had bought the pig, the electricity went out (i guess for a pretty long time.) He had to give away the pig to the neighbours.

It's rainy season now in Cambodia and the flood comes into the house. And it's difficult to do any work in those flood conditions. Do pray for them. raying:

From all I hear Cambodia isn't that different from Mongolia--except that Mongolia gets down to 40 degrees below (Farenheit)! Anyway, I'll pray for this family.

 

[El_Guero]

John

I can think of one quick difference . . . a freezer might not be used to keep food cold in Mongolia . . . a freezer might be used to keep the missionary warm at 40 below . . .



I will pray for them as well.

 

[Su Wei]

Amen El Guero. Thank you for praying.

In colder climates, it would probably take longer for meat to go bad. They're handling just survival type stuff like getting clean water, food that won't cause food poisoning..etc and on top of that, they have the ministry to build.

Thank you for praying for God's servants there in Cambodia. THe harvest there is very ripe.

 

[El_Guero]

Brother

The fields are ripe for harvest!

 

[Su Wei]

I'm a "sister", actually. :tongue3:
Very nice to meet you. :flower: