Three FBC Boerne members traveled to the Middle East with one purpose: to strengthen believers who had almost nothing — and came back changed by what they found.
In part two of this conversation, Kris Campbell, Lori Rogers, and Heather Austin share the moments that stayed with them. Lori sat with new believers who had traveled 12 hours to reach an airport — people who had never owned a Bible and were writing down everything they heard. Kris worked alongside young men living in metal shipping containers in the desert, men who face daily persecution and still show up with open hands. Heather found herself in a refugee camp with hundreds of Yazidi children, five team members, and no shared language — and watched God close the distance anyway.
What strikes you when listening to all three accounts isn’t the hardship. It’s the contrast.
These believers have almost nothing by any Western measure — no furniture, limited water, no heat in the winter, metal walls, floor gaps, and cold air coming through. And yet, as Lori put it, they’re ready. They’re willing. And it convicts me. What the American church often treats as optional — prayer, sacrifice, surrender — these believers treat as air. They traveled across borders for the first time in their lives. They came with nothing but a hunger to know Jesus and bring him back to their families.
That’s not a story about the mission field. That’s a mirror.
The team also reflected on what it means to participate in a mission without getting on a plane. Heather laid out the five habits of a global Christian: give, go, send, pray, and mobilize — and the FBC Missions team is actively building infrastructure for all five. Perspectives classes launch in January. Ten mission trips are available in 2026. Sending teams exist for every one of them.
The question the episode keeps circling back to is the one Lori named most directly: We have it so easy. And yet — are we willing?
Sacrifice, it turns out, isn’t the cost of following Jesus. It might be the point.
Listen to the full conversation on the SO THAT Missions Podcast, Episode 85, Part 2: available below, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you listen.
Go, Pray, Give, Welcome
These stories are one expression of what it looks like to take the Great Commission seriously — not just as a concept, but as a way of living. At FBC Boerne, we believe every follower of Christ is called to play a part: to go, to pray, to give, to welcome those who’ve been brought close. Faith is doing all of it.
If her story is stirring something in you — questions, curiosity, maybe even a little fear — that might be worth paying attention to.
Interested in learning more about missions at FBC Boerne? Visit fbcboerne.org/missions to learn about upcoming trips and the Perspectives class.
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