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VALUE OF A JOB
Many of you missionary identity. This access organization called The Go Fund We must remember that a college
reading this can come through income- who will take over the student debt degree is a wonderful thing. Sixty
are in college generating work (let?s call this payments of those approved for percent of unreached people live in
and consider- ?business?) or some kind of relief their program (thegofund.com), or countries that are closed to mis-
ing cross- and development work (let?s call who are enrolled and sionaries but are
cultural work. this a ?non-governmental organiza- complete the Radius open to college ed-
To entertain a tion,? or NGO). This is not the place International training ucated teachers,
discussion re- to debate the merits of business
garding a future job may seem un- versus NGOs, but we must recog- program. Another or- nurses, engineers,
necessary. To clarify, when I use the nize that both generally need work- ganization called and others who can
term ?job? I mean any work that ers with marketplace-accepted cre- MedSend awards bring some sort of
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generates income and is distinct dentials and skills in order to oper- four-year grants to re- economic value...
from donor-funded work with reli- ate in country. pay the student debt However, the great
gious organizations. of healthcare profes- mobilization para-
sionals working in underserved ar- dox is that higher education is es-
Remember that to reach the last sential, but student debt inhibits
unreached language/people groups eas (medsend.org). Perhaps your ministry work of many kinds. Make
the gospel worker will have to gain church or a family member would
access to some very difficult loca- consider paying off a portion of war on your student debt for the
tions. The question to be asking your student debt, should you have long-term gain of being able to be a
yourself is, ?Will a job among that a captivating vision of what you be- part of reaching the nations.
people group better position me to lieve God is directing you to do with
accomplish the task of proclaiming your life.
the gospel, discipling the converts,
and organizing them into
1 https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/2018-trends-in-student-aid.pdf
churches?? The answer to this
2 ($35,830 - $3,660) x 2.
question is all about access. Some
3 https://www.bu.edu/articles/2009/working-may-help-your-gpa
foreign governments have closed
4 http://www.thetravelingteam.org/stats
their borders to foreign missionar-
ies. So, if you want to access the
people groups within closed bor-
l
ders, you?l have to do so with
something other than a traditional
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missionary visa and traditional
But access is more than just enter- RESOURCES
ing the country. We must have ac-
cess to the people with whom we
desire to share the good news 1. Beating the College Debt Trap by: Alex Chediak
about Jesus. In some places, the 2. App: You Need a Budget (YNAB)
strongest access occurs when you https://www.youneedabudget.com/
are embedded in the workplace 3. Financial Peace University (FPU)
with the local people (or perhaps
serving them through a develop- https://www.daveramsey.com
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ment project). In such a situation,
