The dangers that exist are real, but only illustrate the fact that men and women need Christ. The suffering and dying of missionaries advance the Kingdom as nothing else could and the blood of the saints has ever been the seed and fuel of gospel advance.

God has called every Christian to international missions, but He does not want everyone to go. God calls some to be senders.

When God calls His child to live the life of a missionary, He gives him the desire with the calling.

If someone does not have a missions heart at home, nothing magical happens when they buckle the seat belt on the airplane.

When you love the Lord, you long to glorify Him and see the nations fall at His feet in worship. When you love your neighbor as yourself, you share the gospel with him and seek to meet his needs in every way you can, which includes seeing him fall at Jesus' feet in thanksgiving for salvation.

Hearing the missionary call has a great deal to do with what you are listening for.

One-third of the planet's population, over two billion people, has never heard the gospel. And of that number, over 50,000 die daily, separated from God forever.