‘I am a missionary to my own country – England’

We might think being a missionary means going to a far off land, and living amongst people of a different culture, but Lucy Burrows shares her story of God calling her to ministry in her home country.I have always been an international; many of the children in my London nursery school came to the UK for their parents work in the nearby embassies. Then I spent my childhood in Hong Kong, there were over seventy nationalities in my primary school!

Being called to be a missionary took me to Cape Town, South Africa to join Youth With A Mission (YWAM). I served with YWAM, travelling to lots of different countries. In 2006, after five years in Cape Town I returned to serve with YWAM in the UK through mercy ministries and training. From 2010, YWAM England started visiting the cities and towns around the nation in anticipation of the Olympic games in 2012.