Director of Vision Baptist Mission , By Jeff Bush

I used to think, with the American dollar having more value than the peso, I could hire someone to help me do much more of the work and get twice as much done. Although this could be very true and used correctly, it has both its pros and cons. The simple thought that I can hire someone and avoid having to spend time raising and maturing new Christians, many times is easier than, but ends up costing much more in the end.

God has been very gracious to us, and compared to many horror stories, we have not faced as great of difficulties. But I do want to say that we have had more problems with outsiders that have come from other ministries than we have had in the people that come from our own ministry that the Lord has given us.

Without a doubt the ministry is in need of much work and more laborers. But I also believe that if we are not careful, we might think we can skip the raising up leaders for the fact that we can just hire leaders. God has called my family to specifically raise up leaders. The truth of Matthew 9:37 is still true – “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few”. Cutting the corners by hiring instead of raising up is not only painful in the end result when the person hired leaves, but also many times is problematic when he/she is still with you.