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EP285: Becoming a Business Missionary with George Roller

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When comfort collides with calling, true transformation begins. In this episode, we explore how George Roller moved from boardroom success to serving on the ground in Guatemala, leading with faith, compassion, and a model for lasting change. From education and healthcare to spiritual restoration, this conversation reveals what it means to serve at the intersection of mission and marketplace. Tune in to discover how you can live with purpose, wherever you are.

Key Takeaways To Listen For

  • Why education is the critical first step to break generational poverty
  • How the "rescue mission" model redefines the purpose of faith-based work
  • What spiritual transformation looks like in the most remote parts of Guatemala
  • The difference between job orientation and ministry orientation
  • How missionaries can show up in business, boardrooms, or mountain villages


About George Roller
George is a full-time missionary and co-founder of Send Me Ministries, devoted to transforming rural communities in Guatemala through Gospel-centered service. Alongside his wife Tammy, George leads efforts that provide Bible-based education, discipleship, medical care, and holistic community development. Through initiatives like the Real Joy program in public schools and critical medical outreach, they are meeting both spiritual and physical needs in underserved regions. Leaving behind a career in the U.S., George stepped into his calling by faith, now helping lead a mission that brings lasting hope to some of the world’s most overlooked people.


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[00:00:00] Dr. Nate Salah
The world is a broken place. We need reconciliation, and it begins with a heart posture of love. Not that we just manifest it, but love that we first receive so that we can turn around and give it away. Have you ever thought of yourself in the business world as a business missionary? Well, I doubt it. Most people haven't. However, if you think about it, we are on mission to help people solve a problem, and that. Mission is paramount to our value proposition. It's paramount to the justification for our existence in this business realm. I've invited a friend, George Roller to help unpack this concept of business missionary work we do.

[00:00:49]
 Of course, he is a missionary, he's a missionary to Guatemala with Send Me, he's been on the show multiple times, and it's a super, super treat to have him share how he approach. Approach is business' mission,s and the mission that we have in our daily walk as business leaders can't wait for you. Listen in. I'm Dr. Nate Salah. This is A Call to Leadership. George, welcome back to the States brother. Thank you, Nate. Thank you Nate. Welcome. Welcome back from Guatemala, and I hope you had a great flight. 

[00:01:21] George Roller
It was, it's the first one in a while that it hasn't been moved or changed or changed to a different day or anything. So actually everything was, Relatively perfect except leaving at one 30 in the morning. Yikes. 

[00:01:32] Dr. Nate Salah
Yeah. Well, we had such a great time, especially having Tammy here last time we had you both on the show and just spending, moments and talking about your ministry, what you're doing, the wonderful things you're doing in Guatemala. We love the updates. And, you know, one thing we haven't talked about that our, our listener would be very interested in as you give us updates is having a conversation around. Your model for education and poverty and meeting people where their needs are and really how it relates to the simplicity of Jesus's model, right? All of it is stemming from, okay, how did Jesus operate in the realm of, Hey, you know what? People have challenges and I'm gonna speak to them where their challenges are. Was that intentional when you got into the educational side of this? 

[00:02:21] George Roller
I, I don't believe it was we, Nate, we, we looked at. The situation we were at, we looked at the, the poverty, and then of course, in your natural critical thinking mind, you start kind of figuring out like, what can we do? Oh, okay. They need food, they need medical attention, they need education. And it didn't take long in the process to realized that education, healthcare, really executive skills, all that would be included in that, that we get so. Naturally in the United States, you know, even in a low income family gets it that they did not have. And so education. When you say become a big part of that. 

[00:03:02] Dr. Nate Salah
When, when you say they, just a quick update for our, our listener. You're in a remote part of Guatemala. 

[00:03:07] George Roller
Yes. So, so as an example, you know, we're in Guatemala and then, which is a third world country, and then we're in like the poorest area of Guatemala. And so it's called the dry gorge. It doesn't get rain six months outta the year. That kind of influences the poverty as well. Then you have bad roads, no airports, you know, and all these things. And these are all things that play into, you know, bringing in resources and having jobs. And so yeah, it's, it's an area of, of a lot of poverty, of, of citation.

[00:03:42] Dr. Nate Salah
George, you're from the us. I'm from the us. Is there any place in America that someone here in it's listening to the US and say, oh, yeah. It's just like soandso or, or is it so far removed from anything we would ever even be able to experience firsthand in the United States? 

[00:04:00] George Roller
It's definitely, you know, far away from anything that you could experience in the United States. I always likened to my vacation in, I think it was, West Virginia or, or one of those states where it's Cade's Cove and it, it was like one of those areas where it was just like. Trapped by a mountain range, and it was like forgotten for a hundred years. And so like in 1960s they roll over and they're still grinding corn and everything. So, but there, they had resources and there they had, they still had education, you know, I mean, they didn't have an Apple tablet, but there's education where we're at. the poverty is, is so. I don't know. It's just so generational, you know? It's like, it's not like, oh, my dad was poor. It's like my last 25 patriarchs were poor.

[00:04:53]
 And because of that, we live on the top of this mountain and we dig in this clay and plant corn, and none of my kids go to school. None of my kids have shoes. We go down to the river every day and we get buckets of water that are not. Clean because there's no sanitary system in the Joa BA area, and so they're trucking that water up and they boil it, but that doesn't do everything. Mm-hmm. There's loss of teeth, there's loss, and you know, girls get married at 10, 11 years old, 13, 14, they got two babies. 

[00:05:28] George Roller
It is true poverty. 

[00:05:30] Dr. Nate Salah
Somebody might, and I wonder, you'll know the answer to this. Somebody listening is like, well. Would people have a, a general resistance or pushback and tell you, or anyone from the west here, or anyone from a more of a, a less poverty stricken area, Hey, it's worked for 25 generations. Why should we change it today? 

[00:05:51] George Roller
Well, yeah, there, there is that mindset, from the older ones that, that says, we don't need to change. Why? Why do we need to change? We have a peaceful life. We sit on our porch, we drink a cup of coffee, you know, and we get by. You know, I think that when, when one of those families hits a crisis point, say with special needs kid or an illness, or the loss, an earning mail that earns, income for the family, I think when that crisis hits, and then they even go to another level. Poverty. Poverty, that's when they, they reach out. I'm reminded just recently we had a medical clinic down and we had two families that were about five or six people a piece. And they were obviously the poorest of the poor hadn't probably bathed in 10 days. Families, mothers pregnant with like number seven. You know, they, the, the family all had h pylori, they all had worms. You know, their teeth are, are rotten out, and the mother is not even 30. And the kids. And, God just laid it on his heart to jump in and, and start helping. And I think, Nate, to your point, that the natural workout through that, through salvation, I mean, you have to look at it, it's through salvation.

[00:07:09]
 As they accept Jesus and the light starts coming their life, that's when they see the need to. Hmm. To kind of step up and it's not, you can, you know, you can do it, humanitarian, and there's a lot of good work that's done. And I thank the Lord for the work that's being done across the the world. But true, a true rescue, a true event has to begin with salvation because then you change the soul and then you invite the spirit of God into your life. And then of course they wanna start. Cleaning themselves. Then they're looking, how can I see my kids educated? How can I, how can I figure out how to be a better mom? How can we, you know, have better health? And, and that's when the spirit of God comes in and speaks to their lives. 

[00:08:03] Dr. Nate Salah
Yeah. You know, the way you just put it, George really hits hard because even in the terms we use in business, you've been, you know, you've been a, a titan, a business, and we've spent lots of years talking about efficiencies and helping businesses and transformation and, and in a way, sometimes we talk about the journey of walking with Jesus as a transformation and, and it is a transformation. However, the way you described it is a rescue mission. Absolutely know it's a, it's a rescue mission for the soul, and that changes how we approach this mission. You know, it becomes so much more personal. It becomes so much more viable and relevant. It's not just some multi-syllable word that you throw out because it sounds good on paper and it makes you feel good that you are part of something. It's, this is like, this is ground zero. Right? These are hearts and they need, they need to be rescued. 

[00:09:07] George Roller
Yeah. And, you know, to come full circle with, with the concept of education. You know, I just had the privilege, last week of, being at the graduation, send me's first graduation of seminary. We had 15 pastors and, leaders that had went through a four year study of the Bible. The degree was actually in biblical studies, leadership and theology. This was the first degree ever offered in our area. Our area of Che Guatemala. And it's been eight years, it's been an eight year project, four years of doing conferences, building church, establishing relationship. Then when we were able to hire our pastor and he came with the credentials to do this, and then we developed a relationship with two Christian educators that were in the city. We developed the curriculum, we used their curriculum, and that's where we got the accreditation. And then our pastor, along with a couple other pastors, started teaching them. To think of, I guess you could get off into a theology issue of like, is salvation an event or is it a process? And the answer is, it's both right. You know? And so there, there's an event to accept Jesus, and then there's event as we work out our salvation or as we walk in our salvation, or we walk and crow in God, right? And so part of that process for the people that God has given me the privilege to minister to is there's an event, there's the Holy Spirit speaks to them.

[00:10:44]
 There's, there's a salvation event, or there's a, there's a time where God speaks to them and says, okay, it's time. For you as a pastor, go to the next level. And then when an organization comes around and says, Hey, we're gonna do a free seminary, you're gonna learn about God, you're gonna grow in God, you're gonna get educated, then the hand goes up and they start walking through that process and you know, we, we all say this, you know, when we all went to college or, or went into higher learning and higher education, graduate training, whatever. You don't know what you don't know, right. Right? Mm-hmm. And so to think, just, just put this, just frame this up in your mind, frame this up in your mind that you're a pastor, you have a congregation of a hundred plus, you've been preaching for 20 years, and the only books of the Bible you preach from are Psalms and proverbs.

[00:11:33]
 Occasionally, you'll get risky and teach from the 10 Commandments. That's your base for sermons for 20 years, because there's no knowledge. Of the minor prophets. There's no minors of the genealogy. There's no, there's no knowledge of the gospels. The great commission, the, the letters of Paul, you know, the, the other day, rabbit trail here the other day I had the opportunity to, to go to Europe and we went to Rome and we asked for, you know, is there anything Christian that I can go see here? And there's a, I'll mispronounce it, but it's like the mayhem prison. And that's where. Where Paul and Peter were both happy before they were crucified, and so we, we went down into the prison. It's not as elaborate as the Coliseum or you know, or the Vatican, but we, we found it and we walked down there and I sit down there with our kids, Jose and Yesi. We sat on the bench that very possibly that Paul and Peter both sat on and theologians, are they think that's where Paul wrote, you know, Romans 1 23, where you know everything to be thankful 


[00:12:42] George Roller
To get that concept of his journey. Yeah. That he's there knowing that he's gonna die that day, the next day, whatever. I think it was four days. At the very end. And to think that he was so thankful at that point to know God and to walk through that. And I got to just see it and just have that visual framework of what Paul, you know, writer of much of the New Testament did. And then to think that those words are for us to walk out to, to, to go on our journey. Then to think that a privilege it is to build, to bring education to these pastors in this poor area called the Dry Gorge. It's Eva, it's, you know, it's just a, a, a, a desolate area and to build, to bring the word of God, the transformation power of Jesus Christ into their lives. And one of those methods is education. Brilliant. It's beautiful. 

[00:13:43] Dr. Nate Salah
It's beautiful because it illustrates, really the, some of the central aspects of Jesus's journey and modeling it for us. I love the end of the ninth chapter of Matthew where Jesus is looking at the crowds and the scripture says that they were helpless and harassed, and then the very next trip says that he had compassion on them. Then he says famously, the harvest is plenty, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send more workers. And what Jesus is saying here is he wants us to share and his compassion for those who are helpless and those who are harassed and that swath of people. And sometimes people think, oh, well, I don't know what to do. Well, what's Jesus' model? Right. Healing and education. Right. I mean, and of course the third part, which is an obvious part, is modeling what unity with the father looks like right through him. And of course, there's a lot of other things like, not to get into theology, but that's, those are, those are some of the hallmarks of his steps during this very short three year period of ministry.

[00:14:56]
 And that, you know, and, and sometimes. People think, oh, it's, it's too complicated. but it's really not like what you did. I mean, you took some bold steps and it's not like everybody, that's everyone's call to go and say, you know, my wife and I are gonna stop this, you know, sort of American dream lifestyle, right? And then go live in not only a third world country, but probably the one of the most remote and desolate and areas give up everything for that. Now that's, that's a bold. Mission. Right. And God put that on your heart, and you are obedient to it, and I'm thankful for that. But it, it may not always look like that, right, George? Right? Yeah. It may not always look like that for somebody else. 

[00:15:40] George Roller
It can even be more difficult than that. A good friend of mine works right here in St. Louis, and God called him to start, being a missionary to his fellow workers. And that was. Played out in the form of a Bible study every Monday before work, played out into calling the CEO in to see if there was any prayer requests that, that they would have. And so he's taking bold steps. Honestly, Nate, it's real easy for me to get out of my truck, walk over to the school, and present the gospel to people. I don't know, there's, that's not difficult. You know what would be difficult is walking to a group of fellow peers. Presenting the gospel, but the result is the same. Mm-hmm. The transformation power of Jesus Christ is then unleashed. 

[00:16:33] Dr. Nate Salah
Yes. And, and, and it doesn't always, you know, someone listening may have a business and they're like, well, I'm not going to go out and I'm doing business as missions right now. And I love that. I love that aspect as well, because, I dunno if I told you this, but. When I was, new in the faith, I told my wife I wanted to go to seminary because I thought I needed to be a pastor. Right. And in her wisdom, she's like, well, why don't you finish your MBA first and see what your spiritual maturity leads you to? Which was I'm, which was the right thing to do because I was a babe. And as I matured, I realized that ministry was not a destination, it was an orientation. Place to go. It was a person to be. We are in ministry wherever we are, and if God is calling us to walk somewhere else, and we will be in ministry there as, as has happened with you.

[00:17:27]
 What I've found, and to tie this all together, I've had an accounting and advisory firm for 30 years, and based on Jesus's model for healing and teaching. That's really how this business has grown because we want to heal people of the infirmity they have in whatever area that we can help solve their problems. In our case, it was tax accounting, business advisory, and we wanted to educate them. We wanted to teach them better ways, ways to rescue them, if you will, in these areas. And, and what naturally happened, George, is people began to gravitate and say, you know, there's something different about you. There's something different about you and it's not just your, your core values or your mission statement or all of the corporate type stuff. Right. It's because from day one, and the team would tell you this, is that we tell people we're not in the tax accounting and advisory business. We're in the love business and it sounds so weird, right? Right. It sounds in a corporate environment, a company environment, to even throw that word out. But you know, just as well as I do, that is the foundation I.

[00:18:39]
 That's the, the energy, that's the force. That's, that's God's source for us to go out and administer the education, the healing, the rescue mission. And that changes the dynamic of everything we do in business. Because if you're listening and you're thinking, well, I'm not a, you know, I'm not, I'm not going to a another third world country, but you can do ministry wherever you are. 

[00:19:05] George Roller
Absolutely. Absolutely right where you are. Well, it brings up a good point to what you said as far as orientation. I was reminded the other day, in a staff meeting that, I challenged my staff that are we working a job or are we in ministry? And I, I left that as a question. And then I gave an example, personal example of when I was, when I was doing turnaround consulting, my mother used to speak into me and she used to say, you know, George, you're a business missionary. And she would just say this over and over again. Of course it would then follow with, you know, scriptures and stuff. And so as God was working in my own heart, developing me for this decision to become a missionary years later. She was saying that, and I remember one weekend particularly, we had this conversation and she again, came out with this, George, you're a business missionary. And I was just starting to embrace it. I'm like, okay, I'm a business missionary. What does that mean? You know? And obviously that means what you were talking about is that you're ready for whatever God speaks to you. You're, you're sort of, you're sort of on the clock if you would be. Okay. And so, my first client that week, I, I walk into his office, I sit down and he has a piece of paper.

[00:20:13]
 It's. Wrinkled weird on his right side of his hand. And I'm looking at that and I'm looking at him, and he says to me, listen, George, this is not gonna be your typical Monday morning. Which I thought was kind of weird for a guy to say, 'cause like you wouldn't know what my typical Monday meeting is. You know, a turnaround consultant. There's, there was never the same meeting. And he said that he explained his financial position, which was rough and he was about to lose his business and his house, and his house was gonna be foreclosed on that day and his kids were gonna have to leave college. And it was just a complete. You know, disaster rollup. And he looks over at this piece of paper and he pulls the piece of paper back and there's a Glock on the table, and he taps the Glock with his finger and he says, if this meeting doesn't go well, I'm gonna shoot myself. And I think back to that moment, had I not been on the clock, mm, had I not been ready, I would've been thinking, is he gonna shoot me?

[00:21:13]
 Am I gonna get outta here? I'd have, you know, had the fight or flight. Syndrome. It's not something you usually do before your second cup cup of coffee, and God just allowed me to start minister to him and to encourage him and to give him a way out that that wasn't grabbing that cold hard. Glock, and that's what God has for us. You know? And if you're on the clock, if you are to your words, if you're orientated to, to the gospel, to what God would have, whether you're sitting there in QuickBooks or you're doing a financial sheet, or you're figuring out a tax strategy, or you're frying a hamburger, or whatever you're doing, but you are, you know, with the heart of God and on the clock. And that was my example to my team to convince them or to kind of woo them over to the fact that you're in ministry, you're not working a job, and if you're in ministry, then you're loving pe Just like you said, you're loving people through the process. Yeah. You're, you still have things to do. You still have metrics to hit, you still have things to do, but in the process of it, and, and I'll throw in my word in that is your, your motivation in that. Is, is to bring the gospel to people, and sometimes it's through healing. Sometimes it's through meals, and many times it's through education. 

[00:22:39] Dr. Nate Salah
Yeah. Wow, bro, that was a powerful story. I, we've been friends a long time and I had, I had not heard that one yet. That's definitely, he was right. It was not your typical Monday morning meaning, and so I guess a praise report is that it, it didn't end the way, it would've been a tragic ending. Exactly, yeah. Because of your posture and your identity, you know, this ties into identity, who we are, and of course who's we are. Yeah. That's a critical aspect of your, your story, your, your crisis story that you dealt with, because I think about that just. Kind of unpacking that. Think about, okay, how would most people react? Like the first thing that likely most people do is say, oh, well I've met her, come with with everything to help this guy fix this impending financial crisis. Right? That would be the first thought for many people. Like, I don't want him to shoot himself and shoot me too while he is at it, and it's like, well, is it just about the money or is there something deeper? Because it was just about the money. Then it's a different conversation. Right, right. Because if it's money, like I've been on the verge of bankruptcy. I mean, I had to sell everything. I had to sell my home, move into a tiny little villa with my wife and my son. I mean, it happens when you're in business.

[00:23:56]
 There's, there's variables, ebbs, and flows. You just can't predict. It's just the way it is, man. And I'm good at spreadsheets. Like I can make a forecast, brother. I can make, but that forecast is based on information you have at the time. Okay. Administrations change. Products change, regulations change, buying, habits change, pandemics happen. All kinds of things that are far beyond our reach and control have an impact on your finances when it comes to whether you own a business or whether you work in a company. Right. Period. You know this. So it's like, okay, well, because for me it was just, all right, well, it happened. We're gonna regroup and. We'll come out stronger. Did it hurt? Of course. Did I love seeing my wife crying at the kitchen table saying, I'm not ready to leave our home. Of course, but my mind was on. These are things right. We got each other, and because that wasn't this individual's heart place, I would suspect the individual puts so much value on their worth being tied to making a provision. That they felt worthless unless that provision was made. And if I'm worthless, what good am I here on this planet? Yeah. 

[00:25:17] George Roller
It was certainly their priority as it is with many of us. Right. And, you know, it speaks volumes to the fact of the relationship he had or had not had with his wife, that he could be honest and that they could go through it together. You know, and include her in those choices. there's a lot of things that go into play, but, the rubber meets the road at 8 0 5 on a Monday morning, you know, with a guy holding the Glock. You, you, you know, you gotta, you gotta say, God, what, what comes outta my mouth next? Mm-hmm. You know? And what went through my mind was, do I run for the door? Or. What do I do? And fortunately, my mother had been speaking to me for probably over a year and that weekend, and that really put that in my mind that I'm, I'm a missionary. Yeah. And she made it clear and now it's crystal clear, but at the time it was a little muddied that, that I was in board meetings that a pastor would not have been in, a missionary would not have been in. And you be there to speak the mind of God, the love of God. Transforming power of God when God gives you a voice. Amen. 

[00:26:29] Dr. Nate Salah
And just like Jesus's story in Matthew chapter nine, this particular situation had someone who was indeed helpless and harassed and you had compassion. That compassion is the beginning. How do I, as you said, become a business missionary in this, in, in this situation, many situations, most, and I would argue that I'll probably never see anyone with a Glock on the table with a tax return. I'm not paying, not unless this meeting is different. And that's an extreme case of course. And I'm so thankful that, that, that it was, that you had an impact that was positive. There's cases like that every day, though, maybe on different levels. 

[00:27:26] George Roller
Absolutely, yes. 

[00:27:28] Dr. Nate Salah
Yeah. And so, and but our posture, our identity and understanding where people are in the moment, the helplessness and the harass, and I, I tend to look at helpless and harassed. Like, okay, what, what makes people helpless and harassed? Well, they don't have the provision they need. Right, right. They're helpless. And what's the provision really, in our case? It's so many things. One, and the most important one is the living word of God, right? That's the number one provision is a living word of God, and that living word of God then offers all these other provisions, as in your case, it offers medical treatment, right? For their ailments. It offers education so that they. Are no longer slaves to poverty, right? Because the educated mind cannot be enslaved. It's been wisely said, and I believe that. And it's also the ability to have a community now around you that can bolster the possibilities for having, not only a sense of security, but man bearing each other's burdens in a new way. That's those, these are all these provisions that help to move out of helplessness. Right? Right. And the harassed piece is, man, you know what? You may believe in a real Satan, a real spiritual adversary. You may say it's symbolic. At the end of the day, Satan, the one who gets between the divider. It's the same concept, right? The same concept. It gets between you and your relationship with God. 

[00:29:05] George Roller
Amen. 

[00:29:07] Dr. Nate Salah
And we want to rebuke that. We wanna say no more. We, we, we no longer will give dominion over to anything that gets between, that divides me from my relationship with God. 'cause if there's one thing Jesus taught more than anything else, more succinctly in his own modeling is unity with the father. That unity, when it is unbroken, that's when the true power of the gospel is poured out and us as missionaries in different ways. Right? I love the way Paul puts this, puts it, he says, you're ambassadors of Christ, right? You're ministers of reconciliation. That's what we're called to do. We're called to be reconciler. Why? Because the world is a broken place. Yeah. We need reconciliation. And it begins, it begins with a heart posture of love. Love that. Not that we just, we just manifest it, but love that we first receive. 

[00:29:59] George Roller
So that we can turn around and give it away. Amen. Amen. I'm reminded of, our last mission trip. we had a, a doctor down Dr. Songer and, we, he had seen a, a girl towards the end of the medical week that had had hip surgery. And, a lot of the reasons I won't go into it, why we're wanting to do medical in Hova and Guatemala and build a hospital was that, they had actually put a, plate on her femur, which had broke and put in a screw on one side and the screw on the other side. Had, if you've ever done like woodworking or something, had shipped off the bone and just went off into the flesh, so you have like a two inch screw that's just like off into the flesh of, of this hip. And it had been that way for 10 months. Yeah. And so every time she walked flinched, I put weight on her right side, that that screw would then eat into the flesh of her, of, of her hip, and, and then the doctors as they do, and not being critical, but just the real world, they would always say, well, it was your fault. You did something wrong. You know, you know, and, your surgery's perfectly fine. I'm looking at X-ray, it's perfect. And we, through God's provision, had an X-ray machine, and we had an orthopedic surgeon. Mm. Somebody that you would see like an mm-hmm. You know, like a Chicago trauma event. Mm-hmm. And he's like, we're not leaving until this lady's taken care of.

[00:31:25]
 I, I've spent my life educated to do this surgery. I'm here, we have the resources, we're doing it. Honestly, even with my faith, some people think I have a lot of faith at that point. I'm like, I'm done. I'm ready to, I'm ready to go to Antigua, have some good coffee. You know, I, I don't wanna have a surgery. All the things that go wrong, you know, it's really what not in my, in my toolbox. Yeah. And so, through his faith and his endurance, you know, we rented a, a clinic that had a surgical. Table on the last day, like hours before we leave Eva, eight o'clock on a Saturday morning, he goes down, they have an anesthesiologist, he pops her open, grabs the plate, shears the plate off, bone healed, pulled out the screws, you know, treat her with antibiotics, sewed her back up, pulled the plate out, and she said even when she woke up, she said, I feel better even right after surgery. Mm. You know? Amen. And I'm thinking about the love of Christ because there is very few people in the world at that moment, in a third world Tesla area of a third world country in an area that doesn't even have really good x-ray equipment. We had a brand new x-ray machine, and we had an orthopedic surgeon mm-hmm. That had 40 years of experience. 

[00:32:42] Dr. Nate Salah
Amen. And, and, and that didn't happen on its own. No. That happened through the, the generosity of your partners at helping through you sharing this message. So this is a great segue to just how can we continue to help? You're amazing. Send me Mission in Guatemala. You, you know.

[00:33:03] George Roller
Nate, the, the main thing is, is just prayer, is just walking, by faith and praying because I'm convinced that the people that need to be there for the harvest will be called example. Out of nowhere, we had some wanna attend a, a trip. They said during the trip, Hey, we wanna come down and spend an extended period of time and help you. You just look like you need a lot help. And and one thing led to another. They came down for nine weeks. Did it come down just one time, and so they came down for nine weeks and, and did a lot of heavy lifting for us. we have another lady from actually the same trip that's coming down on Monday. She's gonna be there for an entire month. She said, God told me to come. I'm not buying a, a return trip flight because I wanna know when God wants me to go. So God is providing some of those workers. And then, this week we've had some, you know, some opportunities talk to people about fundraising on the hospital, and God is starting to open up some of those doors.

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 And so I. I guess as you get older, we were joking earlier before the broadcast that, you know, age and, and comes with wisdom and trade off. I, I always still take youth and, you know, read out a book if I needed something, but as you walk with the Lord and you start to become comfortable in the fact that God is gonna provide what you need, I can remember the day I stood up in the street and said, we're gonna build a hospital in Hova without a dollar and three years later. We have a medical bus on the port. It's about worth about 150. We have a piece of property that's completely been donated. Now we've got a group of men that we're mobilizing to start to raise money for, to build this hospital. We have surgeries going on. We had almost 800 people in the last month that has had medical treatment. We invite an entire school over, and we had 57 munchkins on the property and about eight or nine of them really needed some, some, some. Looking to some, some, medicine for their stomach and different things, and God is just allowing us to build, to touch these people. So what can be done to help prayer?

[00:35:17] Dr. Nate Salah
We can do that. We can do that. We, and, and, and we'll make sure to, Place away of how to find you saying Send me Send, is it send do me or send me.org. It's send me.org. 

[00:35:31] George Roller
And then we also have a, a YouTube channel that we just, eclipsed a hundred videos too. So I'm real excited about that. So that can, that can make a difference as well. Yeah. You can see a tree logo, and you'll know that you have the right. Mm-hmm. Right. One. Yeah. Send me Guatemala. 

[00:35:46] Dr. Nate Salah
Well, we'll make sure that folks find you so that we can support you continually. We, we love this to support you. We're planning a trip to come visit you. I am looking excited to see you soon. Super excited about that. Yes. Yeah, so I'll be sure to give a praise report and share with the, with our community. There may be a volcano involved. There may be a volcano. I, you know, possibly some coffee. Hey. If anyone knows Dr. Nate Sala, one cup of coffee a day keeps the Alzheimer's away. So thanks for being here, George. Thanks for the invite. Appreciate the time. Well, my friend, we did it. I'm so honored you were able to join me on this episode of A Call to Leadership. Now, this might not be for everyone because you really have to be in a certain place in order to take the kind of steps to level up your leadership, and I want you to be taking steps.

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 And for those of you who feel like you're ready for something like this, there's a place you can go. You can go to our website, greatsummit.com. I'll make sure that's in the show notes. But here's the cool thing that we have. We've got a masterclass. We have all different kinds of events. We even have our leadership club where you can meet other people just like you to go deeper in your leadership journey. You and I'll get to spend some time together and really focus on aiming for greatness. I can't wait to see you there. I'm Dr. Nate Salah, and this is A Call to Leadership.





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