One month after its release, Surrendered Heart: How God’s Calling Shapes Relationships continues to resonate with readers who are navigating calling, service, and the relational realities of global healthcare missions.
Written by MedSend CEO Rick Allen, Surrendered Heart was created to address a gap many healthcare missionaries and supporters quietly feel. While much is written about the logistics of missions, fewer resources speak honestly about how obedience to God’s calling shapes relationships with God, within families, and among colleagues.
In the weeks since launch, early readers have begun sharing reflections on what the book has meant to them.
- “Surrendered Heart is a deeply insightful and moving discussion around topics that are hard for missionaries, or anyone in ministry, to explore openly and honestly. The real-life struggles shared in this book touch your heart and give you hope that there is a way through it all.”
- “This book is an amazing story of surrender and sacrifice with a clear message that ‘you are never alone’ in the journey. From the author’s own transparent story, to a dozen others who have committed their life to service, the book shares both the hardship and the victories in the journey. I recommend this book to anyone considering serving in missions and others who have a passion for supporting missions.”
- “Personally, not having any background in missions’ life, I still could relate and apply much of the message of this book, Surrendered Heart. Walking in a daily relationship with Jesus as Lord of my life requires a heart surrendered to Him. Through that surrender comes His peace, promises and perseverance that the stories shared in this book, including the author’s, conveys with raw, honest, heartfelt experiences. Everyone, anyone will be strengthened by reading this book.”
What stands out is not enthusiasm for a book alone, but recognition. Readers have shared that the stories helped them name experiences they had struggled to articulate and feel less alone in the tensions they carry.
The book draws from real stories connected to MedSend’s mission—stories of healthcare professionals preparing to go, those serving long-term in challenging contexts, and those supporting the work from afar. It offers an honest look at both the cost and the grace woven through lives surrendered to service.
All proceeds from Surrendered Heart support MedSend’s work of equipping and sustaining healthcare professionals and national doctors around the world. By addressing educational debt, supporting training, and investing in long-term resilience through initiatives like The Longevity Project, MedSend helps make faithful service possible over time.
If you have not yet read Surrendered Heart, we invite you to learn more and consider how these stories reflect the heart of global healthcare missions.
