Why would someone choose to be a missionary? What motivates a man with a job and an active social life to spend his time volunteering on the other side of the planet? What inspires a woman to leave her comfortable home and instead, sleep in a cramped hot quarters, using filthy bathroom facilities, and eating subsistence foods? Ask a missionary why he gives up so much to spend his time and money to help others. Likely, he'll get a dreamy look in his eyes as he remembers the faces of the grateful people he helped. He'll smile, shrug, and say, "I gained more than I gave."