Retire? There's Too Much Work To Do

Most people retire to take it easy. Most people fill their quotas for adventure with movies, amusement parks, games, and tourism. Most people try to keep the needs of humanity from getting too close. I hope to persuade you to "retire" to a life of adventure while serving humanity.

I will be able to retire in mid-2013 (I'll be 52). At that time, my wife and I will take our meager savings and small pension to the Philippines. (If we were to stay here, we wouldn't be able financially to retire yet. In that Third-World economy, we'll be living pretty well.) We'll devote our lives to the welfare of poor children. Startling fact: 50% of the population in the Philippines is age 16 or younger. With the poverty, domestic violence, neglect, and child-labor abuse in that nation of 80 million, there's a lot of need.

Don't praise us for any perceived altruism...imitate us! Ask God to show you a need in a Third-World country that you can get passionate about.
Many of you have job-related retirement benefits waiting for you in the future. Others have savings and investments prepared. Why retire here and barely get by, playing games and rocking your chair every day, when you can live well and do good in Mexico or Liberia or the Philippines?

You probably have an ability that would be a great blessing in a Third World nation. Even if you can't do things like construct buildings or repair laptops, since you're reading this, you can teach conversational English. Millions of people elsewhere know some English but desperately want to learn it better. And if you're a Christian, you have something better than such abilities. You have the answer to every soul's desperate need. If you don't think of yourself as much of a soul-winner, please consider the fact that in many nations, average Americans are celebrities. You can use this attraction to point people to Jesus. And people in such countries are often much more hungry for truth than the average American.

OK, I understand that this missionary retirement is not for everyone. But billions of people have no idea why they were created. Is the Church is fully obeying The Great Commision? It is God's will that none should perish.
How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them? And how can anyone tell them without being sent by the Lord? The Scriptures say it is a beautiful sight to see even the feet of someone coming to preach the good news.
Romans 10:14,15