Pod #54 Dignifying the Disabled

What we talk about and what we demonstrate by doing are really intertwinedToday on the Pod, I talk to a woman who has spent 14 years working with people with disabilities in some of the most rural settings imaginable. She shares with me some of her thoughts on ministry, life overseas, transition, and maintaining spiritual health in the field.Read more at pmpod.org Timeline 00:00 Introduction01:12 Getting started in missions03:47 Pre-field training04:32 How people with disabilities are treated07:12 How is your work understood in light of folk Islam?08:25 How did the locals view you as a Westerner?10:21 What surprised you about your host culture?12:50 How have you changed living on the field?15:10 Dealing with isolation18:03 Where do you get your social support on the field?20:20 Adapting how to share faith23:15 Giving up freedoms as a women26:05 What happens to personal identity on the field?29:13 Transitioning from one people group to another36:25 Maintain spiritual health41:55 Great advice from others43:50 Helpful resources