It is a cooperative, corporate, organic, spiritual and practical activity. And where I really want us to focus, in this dialog about mission activity, isn't about money. Most mission sermons always seem to ask people to give. Where I'd really like us to focus, instead, is on prayer. Prayer is the key part, and often it's the missing part, of how the body contributes to mission work.
Most missionaries feel pretty isolated, at least part of the time.
They feel isolated if they're working far from home, in some way-off part of the world. They can also feel isolated, if their mission is literally right in their own back yard. The isolation doesn't always have to do with geographic distance, or with a strange and foreign culture, or with not having the familiar products on the shelves of the local store. Being isolated has more to do with psychological distance, with spiritual non-support, than it has to do with geography. The key understanding is that all mission is utterly dependent on prayer.