Tim (name changed) comes
from Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. He and Steve shared driving a truck from the
UK to India. He came to India along with a team to minister to people. I
happened to see this truck team in my small town on November evening in 1985. I
became very friendly with the team the same day. The leader asked me if I had
electricity at home and if I could take Tim home if it was OK for me. Tim had
the habit of studying and writing at night and the hall they stayed in did not
have electric power. I did not even seek the permission of my parents. Tim and
I walked home that night and for a week or so he stayed in my home at night
after their visits and witnessing. After a week the team had moved on to other
places and after six months Tim had left India for other places to work among
the "nighbours". He has been working as an English Teacher in
different countries of Asia. I had been in touch with Tim once a while through
letters and in later years by email.
Thirty-six years later,
Tim is still working as a missionary in a remote country of Western Asia. Tim
had got married and his wife followed him. Their three children did
homeschooling in their locations in Western Asia and are working as tent makers
there. I have not asked Tim any favour and have not received any gift either. That
is the mission I understand. But our friends over these years want to go to
Tim’s country as missionaries!!!
Why do many theological
graduates pursue migration as their mission? Is it because of their love for
the luxuries of this world or the world to come? Why do certain mission leaders
want their children to study only in Tim’s country and get them settled there?
Is your migration to help yourselves or serve someone?
