When a person or couple responds to God s call to join Him in His urgent global rescue operation and serve in cross-cultural ministry, there is a tremendous impact on that family.
Missionaries are part of a very unique family, one that stretches literally around the globe.
Sometimes missionaries feel closer to people with whom they serve, and to whom they minister, than they do their own families back home. This has been especially true in the past when missionaries were somewhat isolated due to communication and travel obstacles. Certainly, in this high-tech age, with email and easy travel available anywhere, the isolation felt by missionaries and their families is not quite as acute as it was in the past. Some are, and hopefully this article will encourage those who don t feel connected to pursue opportunities to connect through meaningful ministry on fields where their adult children serve. We can all relate to that day Commissioning Sunday when friends and family gathered to commission that young couple or that family to the work to which God had called them.