The call to go and make disciples is a simple one right?

At first glance the call looks simple. And it is if you are talking about the “goal”.

The goal is to be a disciples, introduce others to Christ and disciples those who will listen.

This is like the goal in football; get more points than your opponent. That is simple right?

To achieve this goal in football you have to study your team and your opponent. Find the right combinations of office and defense, make a plan and execute that plan. But wait before you even get to the field to execute that plan you have to prepare. And you have to have someone paying the bills or you will never get to the field. 

You also have expenses while you are on the field. Someone has to pay for the ticket takers, the ticket makers, the trainers, the balls, the referees, the uniforms, the goal posts, the …. You get the picture. And during the game someone has to sustain the players, gatorade, bandages, bench warmers when it is cold, bench coolers when it is hot. 

You have to have the equipment needed, the shoulder pads, the helmets, the field itself. You have to have energy bars and sometimes pain medicine. There are a lot of things you need to play the game. Someone has to pay for all of this. You spend a lot of time looking for funding so you can play the game. Sometimes this take most of your time.

The truth is that it take a lot to achieve the goal in missions. You have to train in language, culture sensitivity, bible knowledge and spiritual warfare. You must raise the funds to be equipped, travel, and sustain you on the field. You must build your team.

The team is more than those who go with you physically. The team is made up of:

• the grandmother that prays for your every day
• the pastors that cover you
• the friends that encourage you
• the supporters who fund you
• the family that misses you but knows you need to go
• the churches that send teams and come see you
• the interns and staff that come along side of you
• the board members that have your back
• the volunteers that gather and ship what you need

The missionaries are everyone on the team because you cannot go if you do not have a team behind you. Your team is more important than you are. Because you cannot go without your team.

Thank you to all of you who are on our team some of your pictures are below.
If you are not on our team and would like to be please email me at dean@heavensreach.org or call 479-200-7379 and be a part of reaching the world for Christ by allowing Heaven to reach through you. Call or email now if you would like to contribute to Heaven's Reach you can give online or mail your donation to: Heaven's Reach Ministries, P. O. box 6423, Springdale, AR 72766. HRM is a 501C3.

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