Pod #10 Deep and Wide

It’s been awesome and rough; I feel the highs more, and I feel the lows more In this Pod, we cover many topics from friendships with locals, sharing the Gospel, dealing with stereotypes, the value of language learning, and so much more. We go deep and cover a lot of territory together. My guest is authentic and honest with his thoughts and has a lot to teach us.Read more at pmpod.orgTimeline 1:00 Friendships in the Middle East 5:32 Telling acceptable lies and Honor and Shame  8:18 Dealing with Arab collectivism   12:08 Dealing with locals putting you into a box 13:00 Using locals assumptions to point back to Christ14:55 Does living outside your home country change your relationship with God? 18:12 The link between your personal time with God and your ministry 19:31 How have you balanced training and doing on the field? 22:09 What are some of the biggest struggles you face on the field?23:22 How do you not let the statistics bother you? 27:05 What data points do you use to gauge success? 30:41 Do you find it hard to find a balance between being lazy and over-productive? 31:57 What is the value of learning the local langue? 34:32 What would you say to the worker who is fine just using English? 35:40 Sharing the Gospel and language issues 37:36 Sharing the Gospel to Arabs takes a shift in how you think40:13 What’s the value of listening as you share the Gospel? 42:02 Are there things from our culture you won’t let go of? 44:48 What is the importance of enjoying the people you minister to?