Being Alongsiders [Rours & Reaksmey, Cambodia and Paul, Australia]

What does it mean to be an alongsider?

In this episode of  Missioning, intercultural team members Rours, Reaksmey and Paul explore this question. Paul shares from his experiences serving in Central Asia and Australia. And Reaksmey and Rours share stories from their years in Brisbane, where they are living as they prepare to join the Baptist Mission Australia team in Cambodia.

It's a rich conversation with lots of takeaways wherever you are in the world.

What does being an alongsider mean for you in your community?

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This is the extended conversation of the four minute Alongsiders video produced for May Mission 2023. (You can watch that video here: https://vimeo.com/813385481)

Or you can watch this extended conversation here: https://vimeo.com/811894058

Discover more resources around the May Mission Month theme of Alongsiders: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MayMissionMonth

Chapters

• 0:33 Episode introduction
• 1:21 Listening and learning
• 4:33 Hospitality
• 6:25 Loving neighbours
• 12:38 Word and deed
• 14:55 Prayer
• 17:41 Trust
• 20:10 Listening first
• 23:57 Loving people
• 25:05 Partnership
• 33:12 Thanks and goodbye