{"id":13576,"date":"2025-01-29T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13576"},"modified":"2025-01-29T07:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:55:39","slug":"devotional-when-serving-gets-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13576","title":{"rendered":"Devotional: When Serving Gets Tough"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13599\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhenServingGetsTough_CVR-Front.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>When Serving Gets Tough: A Thirty-Day Devotional for Missionaries<\/em>, by Carol B. Ghattas. William Carey Publishing, 2024. 136 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where do you turn if you\u2019re struggling, tempted, angry, tired, or just miss your mom? This little book is designed to help new or seasoned missionaries know they aren\u2019t alone and find strength in God\u2019s promises so they can press on despite difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/collections\/new-releases\/products\/when-serving-gets-tough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more or buy the book<\/a> for US$7.99 to $12.99. The website includes the table of contents, endorsements, and an interview with the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s another resource for cross-cultural workers. Download the 28-page PDF workbook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everywhere2everywhere.org\/articles\/language-learning-before-you-move-overseas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Language Learning: Before Your Move Overseas<\/a>, by Aaron G. Myers. It has super practical ideas for getting started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Serving Gets Tough: A Thirty-Day Devotional for Missionaries, by Carol B. Ghattas. William Carey Publishing, 2024. 136 pages. Where do you turn if you\u2019re struggling, tempted, angry, tired, or just miss your mom? This little book is designed to help new or seasoned missionaries know they aren\u2019t alone and find strength in God\u2019s promises &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13576\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Devotional: When Serving Gets Tough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13601,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576\/revisions\/13601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}