Watch the video. Seriously ask yourself, and God, if this is something you should be a part of. I can’t show you pictures of starving children or people in need of clean water, but if you were here, you’d see God changing the hearts and lives of the people in this video.  Check this out…

Harris, III – Master Illusionist :: 2009 Thailand Vision & Highlight Video (Part 1) from Harris, III on Vimeo.

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We spent all day yesterday (Sunday) doing church, then celebrating Thanksgiving with vocational missionaries from all over the world.  Ha.  Missionary.  Don’t let that word fool you.  Forget about all the stereotypes of what you think of when you hear that word.  These guys are doctors, teachers, community leaders, pastors, and business people. They’re amazing.

Most people need their perceptions of what it means to be a “missionary” totally shattered.  And “most people” likely includes you.  

You want to be a teacher?  I have a new question for you: Where?

I know that your natural reaction is to immediately dismiss that concept. But don’t. Seriously. Do you really think you were gifted with the talents you have, and that the desires of your heart were put there just so you could do it in the same country you grew up in?  Maybe.  It’s possible.  But really??

You want to be a business man?  Okay, where? My friend, (who needs to remain nameless), lived in the middle east for 8 years as a business man. Then he got kicked out, and now lives in Thailand. He does project management for an international ministry, and one of his many jobs is doing consulting for an organization called Nightlight.  This past weekend, he helped oversee the process of covertly helping a lady in the sex-trafficking business escape her owner because she wanted out. Now they’re helping her get back to her home country and start a new life.  Turns out, that’s something she’ll actually be able to do, because along the way, she decided to follow Christ.  Why?  Because my friend isn’t just a business man.  He happens to be a missionary. Something you maybe haven’t considered being, or if you did, decided you didn’t want to be. But chances are pretty good, he has cooler stories than you do.  Because it turns out, being a missionary is pretty cool after all.

You want to be a musician? Cool. Where? I know of a guy who just moved to Paris and gets to live in an amazing flat over looking the city. He hangs out with local artists all day, building relationships and teaching music classes.  How amazing is that?? He’s an artist. And he’s a “missionary.”

It doesn’t matter what you want to do with your life. Whatever it is, your story may have been written with a country other than America in mind.  It doesn’t take much international travel to recognize the intense need for people to serve internationally. The need is overwhelming. That means that the issue is not that God isn’t asking people to go. It’s that they just aren’t listening.

Don’t make assumptions and settle, just because it’s what is easy and convenient.  Why settle for the fake version of the life you were really meant to live?  What is it that you really want to do?  It doesn’t matter what the answer is.  Go ahead.  Get crazy. Use your imaginations, and let loose…

I want to be a ___________.

Ahh, so that’s what you want to do with your life. That’s awesome! Next question: Where?