tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post13178644357210958..comments2023-02-28T21:05:46.381+07:00Comments on Reformation Missions: HOME? ASSIGNMENTAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06437108255123482716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post-72965143063848431662013-06-10T22:08:24.164+07:002013-06-10T22:08:24.164+07:00Thanks for the two satang. (your opinion is defin...Thanks for the two satang. (your opinion is definitely worth more than that) I do appreciate differing views on things. I don't know about you, but when I go back to America, I always encounter culture shock again. I agree that it is "home", I guess I just don't see it as any more home than Thailand is. Both places are a little foreign to me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437108255123482716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post-30561542376209387782013-06-10T20:15:54.901+07:002013-06-10T20:15:54.901+07:00Good point on the use of "deputation". ...Good point on the use of "deputation". Though it has sort of fallen into disuse in the last few decades. <br /><br />I agree with your point that Thailand is home now. It is for me as well. I feel more at home and more comfortable here in some ways. But in another way, we will always be farang outsiders here. The foreigner, no matter how brilliantly fluent in the language and customs is forever an outsider. Of course in the body of Christ there is evidence of the gospel's power to break down those dividing walls. But outside of that, I don't see how Thailand could ever quite be "home" to us. <br />I'm kind of drifting off topic, but there's my two satang. I'm sure one could counter that for the Christian, the same foreign-ness is true in our countries of origin, and that would be true; though still to a lesser extent than in Thailand.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602351426725570440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post-20526504628547055462013-06-05T08:03:09.731+07:002013-06-05T08:03:09.731+07:00Deputation's not a bad choice. The whole thin...Deputation's not a bad choice. The whole thing is kind of a mixed bag on what missionaries do. Don't know if one word can do it justice. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437108255123482716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post-74801383410822958022013-06-04T13:39:52.471+07:002013-06-04T13:39:52.471+07:00Agree with your post. Lots of confusion out there...Agree with your post. Lots of confusion out there about HA/furlough (which is why I wrote this post: http://dahlfred.com/blogs/gleanings-from-the-field/330-why-do-missionaries-go-on-furlough)<br /><br />Maybe deputation is the best word? Because I feel a lot more "at home" in Thailand, in many ways, because this is where my primary work, responsibilities, and friends are. Karl Dahlfredhttp://www.dahlfred.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post-18070018871972899022013-06-03T22:28:37.652+07:002013-06-03T22:28:37.652+07:00You're right, we have already talked about thi...You're right, we have already talked about this. My family also had some rest time while in the States, but overall it was a lot of work.<br /><br />I like front-line reporting; it fits well with what Paul and Barnabas did in Acts 14:27, "When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles."Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303421924515541879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post-90393973458343494442013-06-03T20:05:09.715+07:002013-06-03T20:05:09.715+07:00I think we've had this discussion before. 555...I think we've had this discussion before. 555! I guess furlough does have that connotation to it. I do try to use half my furlough as time to recuperate. Honestly, I probably work more than half the time though. Maybe we should call it front-line reporting. Let me know if you come up with any good ideas. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437108255123482716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420619666587003298.post-19644365758921052682013-06-03T19:38:57.176+07:002013-06-03T19:38:57.176+07:00Cory, I agree that the term "Home Assignment&...Cory, I agree that the term "Home Assignment" has its problems. When I failed to define its meaning clearly during out time in the US, one friend understood that we were leaving the field permanently! Maybe my kids has a better perspective: when we talked about the reality that both the US and Thailand are our home, they often said, "Our real home is Heaven!"<br /><br />At the same time, "furlough" is also imperfect. The word often carries the idea of a vacation and, even though we did have a break from our field responsibilities during our time in the US, we were definitely working!<br /><br />So, I guess we need a new word, huh? <br /><br />Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303421924515541879noreply@blogger.com