What Does A Missionary Do?

Mark 16:15 "And He said unto them, Go ye into all th world and preach the gospel unto every creature."

Most people today really don't have any idea what a missionary does. If you have had an occasion to read the life story of some of the missionaries from many years ago, you would be surprised at the difference in the work being done today. There are several reasons for the change. First, the people are different now and some of that is because of the increase in population. When modern day missions first began the missionary would sail across the sea to a port in a land with a small populace of people. They would begin walking the streets and preaching the Gospel. Now, a missionary can be most anywhere within a couple of days and with his laptop computer have a bead on exactly where he wants to begin his ministry. After all, he has spent hours researching the people and finding the best location to minister. He may then print off some fliers and begin passing them out in the neighborhoods to invite people to come. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not saying that the way it is done today is wrong. I believe that since God has blessed us with new modern technology, we need to take advantage of it. But, I think that if we are not careful, we can miss the whole purpose of going out. No matter how we go about doing it, we still have a single purpose and that is to let a lost world know that they can be saved through death of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary. Oh, by the way, we don't have to go over seas to do that. We can all be missionaries to our home land. So, as a missionary, what do you do?