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082	0		_a266.0023 Collins
100	1		_aCollins, Marjorie A.
245	1	0	_aManual for today's missionary : _bfrom recruitment to retirement / _cMarjorie A. Collins.
264		1	_aPasadena, California : _bW. Carey Library, _c[1986]
264		4	_c©1986.
300			_ax, 390 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aMissionary candidate aid series.
504			_aBibliography: pages 378-390.
505	0		_aSection I: Entering the race: preparation -- 1. Considering the mission field -- 2. Facing the challenge -- 3. The changing missionary image -- 4. Personal considerations -- 5. Preparation for service following acceptance -- 6. Continuing education and life-long learning -- 7. Developing financial and prayer support -- 8. Preparing for and presenting your meetings -- 9. Form letters -- 10. Prayer cards -- 11. Preparing a display -- 12. Outfit and equipment -- 13. Financial matters -- 14. Medical, dental, and legal matters -- 15. Ordination, dedicationg and/or commissioning service -- 16. Relationships to your mission board, your home church, and your other supporters -- 17. Home missionaries and workers in mission offices -- 18. Short term and summer workers -- 19. Women and missions -- 20. The single candidate -- 21. Marriage and the mission field -- 22. Children of accepted candidates -- 23. Bon voyage.
505	0		_a50. Prayer cards -- 51. Legal, medical and dental matters -- 52. Records, reports and financial affairs -- 53. Seeking new workers -- 54. Additional studies -- 55. Return outfit allowance and purchases -- 56. Packing and shipping -- 57. Extended furlough and leave of absence -- 58. Changing missions duirng furlough -- 59. Suppose your field closes during furlough -- 60. Resignation -- 61. Return to the field -- Section IV: Finishing the race: retirement -- 62. Thinking ahead to retirement.
505	0		_aSection III: Continuing the race: furlough -- 35. Reasons for and length of a furlough -- 36. Preparations from the field -- 37. Furlough housing -- 38. Reverse culture shock -- 39. Rest and rehabilitation -- 40. Ask yourself some questions -- 41. Living within your budget -- 42. Speaking engagements -- 43. Using slides and movies in your meetings -- 44. Use of other audio-visual aids -- 45. Question and answer sessions -- 46. Missionary conferences -- 47. Honesty in presentations -- 48. Courtesy and gratitude -- 49. Communication with the field.
505	0		_aSection II: Running the race: field experience -- 24. Arrival at last! -- 25. Language study -- 26. Spiritual food / worship -- 27. The work of the ministry -- 28. A wife's involvement in missionary work -- 29. Cross-cultural communications and relationships with nationals -- 30. Schooling for missionary children -- 31. Servants -- 32. Medical concerns -- 33. Rest and recreation -- 34. Loneliness and loss.
650		0	_aMissionaries _vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
655		7	_aHandbooks and manuals. _2lcgft.
830		0	_aMissionary candidate aid series.
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