What can the experience of missionary kids growing up on the mission field teach us about what it means to be a Christian and an evangelical in today's world?

Welcome to the Bear Marriage

podcast. I'm Sheila Ray Gregor from Bearmarriage.com where we like to talk about healthy,

evidence-based biblical advice for your sex life and your marriage. And sometimes our mission

really doesn't make sense without taking a look at the broader context of the evangelical church and what

it means to follow the gospel, to live out the gospel, to really have your life sold out for Jesus.

And so today I am so excited to bring to you an interview that I did a while ago with Holly

Berkeley Fletcher on her new book, Missionary Kids. And she talks about growing up as a missionary

kid at a place where I've actually visited the Rift Valley in Kenya and all kinds of

interesting things that she gleaned as she interviewed other missionary kids. And she invites us to

take a look at faith in a new way and the gospel in a new way.

And I thought as we're gearing up for Christmas, now is a great time to think about what does it mean for us that Jesus came into the world?

What is the mission and what is the message that we want to give the world?

And are we doing that in a way that's healthy?

So I'm so excited to share this interview with you. Before I do that, I just, I just want to say, you know, our family has been really involved

in missions our whole life, really. And more recently, we started going to Kenya back in 2006,

I think, was the first time. My mother's gone about 12 times, I think.

And we've been partnering with Kenyans on the ground who are actually doing some amazing work.

And we're trying to help them by bringing supplies and bring some of our expertise,

but also learning from them on how they reach their community.

And I'm always trying to think about how we can do

this in a healthier way, where it's not just, you know, white people going into save, because that

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