Jewell Family – Missionaries in the Dominican Republic

“It will not do to say that you have no special call to go to China. With these facts before you and with the command of the Lord Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home.”

“People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives ... and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted.”

"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving."

“Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell; I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell.”

“If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?”

"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."

“Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist.”

“The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.”

“God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him”

“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.”

“The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed”