Yes I'm tired. Even though I don't arrive in the DR until Friday the 19th, I'm tired. I'm tired of a lot of things, moving, living in other peoples homes, not being in the DR. But mostly I'm tired of the reaction I get when I say I'm a missionary! "Really!! I just don't understand how you get there (to that profession). That's just great God bless you brother." Or just the cluelessness for what to say to me the "Missionary"!!
Why should we as a group be viewed so differently? Are we not all Christians here at church? And why must this job choice be viewed as uber holy? I certainly don't feel holy. Wholly unprepared, maybe.
Here is how I would rather be seen, as a RADICAL. Radical, takes on a slightly more sinister connotation, I like that. Radical means there is something just not right in my head. Maybe I have a screw or two loose, and that is why I want to make less money to do something more difficult. At the same time my Radicalness let's you know I'm serious. The Radical way I have decided to live leaves no doubt in your mind that I believe in Christ, believe that when he told us to go and help the less fortunate He meant it, and we should follow. Being Radical tells you that I'm not going to be normal...you may not get along with me once I let you know who I really am, which in the long run leaves me in that same awkward place....I'm the missionary!!
And very soon I will be living and working in a radically different way than most of you, and LOVING EVERY MOMENT OF IT!!!!
