God does not call everyone into the mission field and certainly not to Africa. I don't mean that everyone isn't capable and equipped for it's your calling, God will make sure you're equipped. Acts 1:8 suggests that we're to be witnesses locally and beyond.
So does that make the calling to go abroad somehow greater than serving locally? I think our calling is to spread His good news and to love our neighbors, locally and globally. Each of us has unique gifts from God (1 Cor 7:7), thus each must serve God differently.
Beyond the best use of our gifts or talents, I believe that different calls serve to form each of us based on individual needs. For me, earthly comforts has the danger of making me content and stagnant in my faith. I can easily become the servant of the one buried talent. This trip, to me, is a wake-up call that will ignite and maintain a passion for lifelong service.
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