Missionary Ponderances

<p>Natalie Monk went to Mozambique as a medical missionary with something to give. Through cross-cultural and personal challenges in a rural medical clinic she discovered she was the learner; she didn't have all the answers. While she had the medical training as a pediatric nurse practitioner and resources she acknowledges having but a fraction of the strength resilience intelligence life skills and selflessness that the Mozambicans around me had.  </p><p> </p><p>As frequent physical illness tested her and ground her down Natalie faced her own fears and anxieties and confronted prejudice poverty sickness and weakness. Beyond a mere missionary experience Natalie's story is a deeply personal account of a young woman who comes to the end of herself faces her fears in a perfect storm of circumstances and develops an abiding trust in God who is enough. </p><p> </p><p>For anyone who wants to serve God but struggles with anxiety self-doubt and fear of not measuring up these hard-won realizations will open room for new avenues of grace in hearts.</p>