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Managing Your Time From SK 2004: from KB videotape -You may have more people than expected be prepared for that. Ideas from SK, 2004: Korean Experience interview: -Workaholic and then kids had there own local time with other missionary kids -You are together as a missionary family because you’re not going a million different ways -We were always eating and devotion together-company would always be around- -Children remember great hospitality-soldiers from America and Europe -visitors from everywhere -Sunday afternoon drives -wanted to meet the expectations that were given -Men hung with men, women hung with women -Children activities were never missed -Summer vacation-west coast Korea-some spent two months -swimming tennis musicals drama -no electric. lanterns -Board would insist you take a month-relaxation -Children still in touch with kids from there
Papa New Guinea Experience -Strong mission community family the first time we were there -Would gather together for periods of strength -Family time strong and where able to go visit there kids -Mission Aviation Fellowship would fly them back and forth to see their parents
Taiwan Experience -God does not ask to sacrifice our family -God, Wife, Kids, work were their priorities -Friday was completely family night and kept to it-was not easy -Anything going on for the kids at boarding school they were there -Had to take the bus or train but had to go to get tickets two or days ahead Professor F's Experience -Did not spend enough time with wife because of the drive to be the missionary I thought I was supposed to be.-don’t take me as your model -Single vs Marriage Marriage-able to relate to couples better Singles-learned the language quicker -took teachers as my guides one Saturday a month to different places -took foreign visitors around later on in my years
Ideas from JJ, 2003 Definition: “Work smarter, not harder for an effective ministry.” This saying is true in all areas of life. It is absolutely vital that missionaries spend their time very wisely because it is very easy to get burnt out doing mission work. One still needs to spend adequate time with his or her family. It is also a health and wellness issue. If we are spending so much time doing work, we need to find time to take care of our bodies by giving it food and an adequate amount of rest everyday. Movie: Time is best spent spreading the Gospel. Spending time in prayer is also something that must be done. Interview with JF He used his time as an English teacher very wisely in that he used stories from the Bible to teach his English classes. Culture Shock: Ch.1: It is very important to manage your time wisely and not get stressed out. This can cause some very big bumps in your ministry from ulcers to high blood pressure to a heart attack. It is important to keep your stress at a comfortable level. Stress also can be good or bad. Interview with D: D said that time management was very important mainly because her and her husband were only going to be in China for a few months so they had to make the most of their time. There wasn’t very much site seeing going on – it wasn’t a vacation by any means. They had to learn some of the culture and they spent almost 10 hours a day teaching Chinese people English. Interview with “anonymous”: This person wished not to be named, but he went on a trip something like Captive Free. He did a lot of singing and evangelizing through music and various puppet shows and the like. He had to be especially careful to use his time wisely because they were constantly moving from town to town doing concerts. Setting up and taking down for them took a long time. He didn’t really do very much one on one evangelizing but still had to make sure that everything was taken care of for the concerts.
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