A Day in the Life of a Missionary

Hey everyone! This is Jessi. I just wanted to tell you all a little bit about my experience so far here in Italy. Ms. Debbie and I are staying with the Macleans and it has been a wonderful experience. I have heard several missionaries at our church talk about what they do, but it is completely different to experience what they do. We have had the privilege and honor to work with the Macleans here in Italy. So far we had helped with open air evangelism, church, and tract distribution. During open air evangelism (as we have posted in a previous blog), we assist Scott by doing skits to draw attention before Scott does a sketchboard. A sketchboard is just a visual that assists with the gospel message. It usually begins with a few markings on the board that eventually tell a story. Scott will give the gospel message while painting pictures and words on the sketchboard. During tract distribution, we break up into groups of 3 and walk around putting tracts (gospel literature) into people's mailboxes. Eventually we will be doing a children's club (which the Italians do often with Scott) where we will teach the children songs like "Jesus loves me." The Macleans do many outreaches here in Italy. It is amazing to see exactly what Scott and Sharon do on a daily basis here. It takes so much strength, courage, faith, and patience to walk out onto the streets of Domodossola everyday and preach the good news to everyone, especially people who simply do not care to hear it. There is such a need for missionaries here, and the Italian believers are so willing to tell others about Christ. As important as it is to have missionaries here, we need to be missionaries in our country as well. As American Christians, we assume that the majority of the population is "religious" in some way, shape, or form; but here, no one seems to care about religion, or God in general. How do you tell people the good news of Jesus Christ to people who do not seem to care about religion; let alone a true relationship with God. The Italian believers can answer that very simply; don't stop trying, don't be discouraged, be patient, and keep on telling!