{"id":39,"date":"2014-09-30T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2015-02-11T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T19:30:39","slug":"becoming-my-kind-of-missionary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/becoming-my-kind-of-missionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming My Kind of Missionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment171\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/10\/HkfieTpR7YlMXXGB0NnV3XYniqLJy3JEFLmUasMe5vE.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/10\/HkfieTpR7YlMXXGB0NnV3XYniqLJy3JEFLmUasMe5vE.jpeg\" alt=\"Women\u2019s Trip by Bullock Cart, c.1960\" class=\" wp-image-171 \" height=\"352\" width=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/files\/2014\/10\/HkfieTpR7YlMXXGB0NnV3XYniqLJy3JEFLmUasMe5vE.jpeg 692w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/files\/2014\/10\/HkfieTpR7YlMXXGB0NnV3XYniqLJy3JEFLmUasMe5vE-636x462.jpeg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women\u2019s Trip by Bullock Cart, c.1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barry\u2019s father\u2019s family was filled with ministers and missionaries. In these stories, Barry explains how she arrived on the plan of becoming a missionary and what that meant to her. She also explains that the mission board charged her to live \u201cin the midst\u201d of the people, wherever she was assigned. She wondered, at first, how she would fulfill these instructions. In time, she came to believe that living \u201cin the midst\u201d \u2013 the title of this series of stories \u2013 was the best possible way as a missionary to interact with others, no matter their faith.<\/p>\n<p>No Judgment<br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_No-Judgement-Ma-Bap.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_No-Judgement-Ma-Bap.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_No-Judgement-Ma-Bap.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>I Was All Set to Go<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_I-was-all-set-to-go.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_I-was-all-set-to-go.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_I-was-all-set-to-go.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Misionary in India<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Missionary-in-India_FINAL_combined.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Missionary-in-India_FINAL_combined.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Missionary-in-India_FINAL_combined.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>How Will I Know?<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_midst_how-will-i-know_FINAL.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_midst_how-will-i-know_FINAL.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_midst_how-will-i-know_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>India Marrying Out<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_India-Marrying-Out.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_India-Marrying-Out.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_India-Marrying-Out.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>India Church Vote<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Indian-Church-Vote.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Indian-Church-Vote.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Indian-Church-Vote.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/podcast\/\">here<\/a> to download the podcast for this segment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\">Back to\u00a0Stories by Theme<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/jim\/\" title=\"Jim\">&lt; Previous Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/tennessee\/\" title=\"Tennessee\">Next Story &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\r\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\r\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\r\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\r\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\r\n\r\n  ga('create', 'UA-56761359-1', 'auto');\r\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\r\n\r\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry\u2019s father\u2019s family was filled with ministers and missionaries. 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