1 Corinthians 12

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"4 Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different activities, but the same God is active in everyone and everything."

Another wrong view of missionaries that i have had is that they are all hard core evangelists. They personally preach the word, and that is their purpose in their ministry.

I remember one time while talking to a much wiser person than myself about evangelism she claimed that we are all to be evangelists. And of course the bible backs that up in Matthew 28: 19 "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," She then said that some other people wrongly believed that not everyone was called to evangelise, and that they believed that the person may be called to "get the water" for the evangelist or to help the one that speaks in some other way. Now i was only about 12 when i was being told this, so she may have oversimplified it to get a point across, so this is in no way an attack at her.
What she said, however, stuck with me; perhaps because i didn't feel that she was entirely correct, but i didn't have the knowledge to back it up. I can see how both extremes of her point are incorrect, (after all, almost any view in Christianity can be taken to an extreme in which it then contradicts the bible itself) but i think many people, herself included, still place too much importance on talking. (I do not (by any stretch of the imagination) claim to have the "perfect formula" for how/where importance should be placed; i am merely stating my views on this particular aspect.)

Many people did not fully support my decision to come to Haiti. I feel that the main reason was that they didn't fully understand what my purpose was in coming.
Are you going to preach? No.
Are you going to build churches? No, not entirely.
So what are you going there for? To teach a missionary's kid.
Is that all?
Are you going to make any money?

I've even had someone say, "well if that's all your gonna do, why don't you come stay at my house for a semester and take care of my wife." Of which i replied, "well, if you were a full time missionary that needed my help then maybe i'd think about it, but that's not what God's calling me to do"

"There are different ministries but the same Lord."1 Corinthians 12;5
This is my ministry. It's not as glorified as an evangelist, maybe not as instantly gratifying as building a church, but it is nonetheless JUST AS IMPORTANT to God. At least thats what i take 1 Corinthians 12 as saying.
I'm not trying to 'toot my own horn' i'm just very disappointed at the lack of understanding exhibited by many of the people i have come in contact with. I feel like i have to constantly justify my decision to be here, whereas when i went to Las Vegas, i never recieved a single word of discouragement from anyone. It just doesn't make sense to me.
If anyone feels that i'm not doing what God wants me to do than i encourage you to please to read Corinthians 12, pray on it, and then tell me if you still have a problem so that i may try to address that issue.

A young lady was talkin one night to us about how nobody in her family wanted her to come to Haiti for the week, and even though she loved and respeted her family, she said, They aren't going to be the ones standing before God when he asks "Why didn't you go to Haiti, even after all I did to reassure you that this was My will? Why didn't you obey Me?"