There wasn't much of a need for that in Wycliffe, so Terry decided he'd be interested in learning to manage computer networks. He now keeps 100 users up and running at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas. Terry's wife, Nancy, had been a special education teacher for fifteen years. Rather than take a classroom assignment, Nancy went back to school briefly herself and now serves as a career counselor advising members on their choices of assignments and helping missionary kids make plans for higher education. When we sensed God nudging us to go, we just started checking where our talents could be used.
Many people are surprised how useful their work skills can be.
Doing something of eternal value, growing in faith, and serving as part of a dedicated team. These are appealing reasons to leave the marketplace for the mission field. If I had been born into a culture that didn't have God's Word, I know I would want someone to come and share God's Word with me. The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.