We are only 8 miles from downtown San Francisco but rarely go to the city. I carefully spend most of my ministry time in the community and we love to stay home and do projects.
One of the projects is my library of textbooks and different Bibles. I went to Home Depot recently and purchased two of their largest containers with wheels. Then I'm going to fill them with my books and put them in our shed.
I don't know about donating them to a library because I may have to sort them and this would take too long. I also don't want to donate them at a Goodwill or Salvation Army store. Seminary is overstocked with more than enough books donated back to them. So I decided to keep them.
I have met Christians who love to live in the country and attend their local church. I enjoyed listening to their way of living, small population, good surroundings of nature and when we get to the topic of our faith, I learn the problems of living in a small country setting and how the Bible sets their foundation of living and lessons learned.
I learned that the Bible Belt is not limited to the country parts of the United States, but throughout the world for example;
The Republic of Ireland's Bible Belt
Norway's Bible Belt
Lithuania's Bible Belt
Slovakia's Bible Belt
Macedonia's Bible Belt
The Mangere–Otahuhu in Auckland, New Zealand
The "China Belt"
The Philippine's Bible Belt
When a missionary, whether short or long term, can give a hands on experience of their missions in the provinces of these countries and more is worth their time of service to others.