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here I sat, a typical Adventist college senior doodling in my notebook, half listening to my economics teacher as thoughts of my own financial predicament churned in my mind. Graduation was imminent and with it substantial student loans I wasn’t sure how I’d repay. I wouldn’t have been so concerned if I was planning to work for a secular organization. But I longed to use my media skills for Jesus. Could I really support myself doing that? I wondered. Would God sustain me? I made my future employment a matter of serious prayer. Soon I learned about an opportunity to serve as a volunteer missionary in South Korea, teaching conversational English and Bible. It wasn’t media, but it was a perfect solution for the present. It would be a mission, fulfilling my desire to serve Jesus, and it would pay the bills, fulfilling my obligations to Caesar. I was sold! God planted a seed for mission in my heart when I was a boy, although I wasn’t very happy about it then. When my bodybuilder older brother announced that he would be leaving home to serve as a volunteer missionary in Taiwan, I sat in the hallway of our Southern California home pouting and teary-eyed. I should have known better than to throw a tantrum. He picked me up with one hand, pressed me against the wall, and looked me straight in the eye. “Why are you acting like this?”
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