There have been some good missions and some bad missions in the world. The same is true of missionaries. My Uncle Bill who has been a Southern Baptist Missionary in South America all his life seems to fall in the middle. A good man who has had questionable result.

At a family reunion I saked him what his most important contribution was to his mission and he said, "Bring flushing toilets and private bathrooms to the hill people in Colombia." I asked if it was for sanitary and water safety reasons he said only partly. It was mainly so they wouldn't been seen peeing in the bushes. Modesty in the Garden of Eden I guess.

When asked to support missions I ask if they are Evangelical Missions or strictly Mercy, Help, and Service. I will not support Evangical Missions of any kind. I am appalled by the notion that we feel we can ram a religion so far from a cultural down the throats of a population because we think our faith is better than theirs.

But if the mission is there to feed the needy and help the sick. I'll offer support only if the effort to convert is strictly by example and not by Evangelical brow beating.

Don