MISSIONS: The Next Step is Never Too Difficult
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The Voice of the Martyrs
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Paul and Susi Childers have spent more than two decades working to spread the gospel to the nations at Youth With a Mission (YWAM).
Listen as Susi shares how God called her from a career in photography to go as a missionary—and how He turned her camera into a bridge-building tool for sharing the gospel. "Don't think because you don't have a typical 'Christian' job that you can't be used [in missions]," she says.
Susi started out by committing to serve for one year, a commitment that has now been renewed for 24 years! She will offer advice if you sense God may be asking you to get involved in spreading the gospel to the world.
Paul and Susi will also tell us how they think about risk—for themselves and for each other—and how they involve their children in sending and praying as they answer God's call to go into all the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Susie Childers was a successful portrait photographer when she was called to share the gospel around the world. |
| 0:07.6 | Her first thought was, I'm not a missionary, I'm not qualified. |
| 0:12.8 | But then she realized God can take all of the skills and talents that we've developed |
| 0:18.9 | and use them to draw people to Jesus. |
| 0:22.4 | In her case, God has used photography to build bridges with people around the world. |
| 0:29.6 | You know, when I was introduced as a photographer, I wasn't introduced as a missionary |
| 0:33.6 | which gave me an inro to so many people that would never go to a church. |
| 0:37.8 | And taking my camera, I'm going to places where people are forgotten, |
| 0:42.0 | where they suffer, where they are neglected, where there are people's second glass. |
| 0:47.6 | And I tried to get their stories and build a bridge between the need and the potential. |
| 0:55.2 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:58.4 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 1:02.0 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 1:04.8 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles |
| 1:07.8 | and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:12.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton's, we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 1:16.8 | Right now on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:20.0 | Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:22.2 | My name is Todd Nettleton and we are in our studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, |
| 1:26.6 | with Paul and Susie Childers. |
| 1:29.2 | For those of you who are long-time listeners to be on radio, |
| 1:32.4 | you will recognize Paul because he has been with us before. |
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