GUEST POST: Kim Broadway

When my son and daughter-in-law asked me to write a blog post about what it’s like to be a parent of missionaries, I immediately replied, “Of course!” because that’s what we do. We help them in any way we can. But when I tried to start writing, it was much more difficult than I anticipated. Not because I didn’t want to write it. Not because I couldn’t write it. Not because it was too much to ask. There are just so many different aspects and emotions wrapped up in it that I couldn’t figure out where to begin. I wasn’t sure I could accurately explain or describe it all, and above all else, I didn’t want to leave any parent with the feeling that they should try to persuade their own child not to go into the mission field. Because if your child is being called to the mission field, not only should they go, but they need to know that their parents support them.

With that being said….here it goes…

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