Learn a trade. Qualify in a profession. Learn to do something useful, something by which you can serve and help other people. Don’t be halfhearted about this, and don’t stop at partial measures. If you decide to be a nurse, a teacher, a librarian, a social worker, a bookkeeper, a preacher, or a hostess for a mission home and headquarters in some foreign land, then get the best training you can. Give it all you’ve got.
Be assured that if God has called you and has mastery of your life, He will in time place you where He wants you. There are many openings for service. Listings of such openings are available which show the need for missionaries all around the world and for all kinds of jobs.
Some years ago, it was thought that missionaries had to be either preachers and church workers, doctors and nurses, or schoolteachers. But in a modern rundown of the backgrounds of missionaries you will find anything from booksellers and construction workers to mechanics and farmers. The task today is so complex and many-sided that it offers opportunities for service to people with many kinds of skills.