There have been many good comments here in regard to missions, ministry and calling. We all answer individually to God for honoring Him within the sphere of influence He entrusts to our care/stewardship. That cannot be diminished in any way by numbers. God's economy isn't based on numbers, but on faithfulness. We must not think like the pragmatists. We must seek Christ first and serve where He sees fit to use us.
My first choice for ministry was foreign missions. However, it became clear through events, health and other providences that we were not going at this time. My calling to this church isn't any less sure simply because only 18 voted when I candidated though. The need isn't diminished because there are "churches" (buildings) throughout the area. Before speaking to me, they had interviewed several men who they thought were qualified. But these men did not want to come because of the size of the church and sparse population (not to mention the weather). Qualified men, within a broad spectrum we'll call reformed, are focused on salary, advance, promotion, security, comfort and notoriety to the point of no longer having a vision to take on the hard things in the hard places, unless it will gain them status in the eyes of men. Simply put, our seminaries and churches are churning out spoiled, soft wimps who don't want to get their hands dirty, think they need huge salaries with benefits to merely provide for their families and see themselves rather than Christ as the end all. I asked one young man who was looking for a place to learn and grow in ministry if he would be interested in joining us. With little experience and no education, he stated that he needed a full time position that paid XXXXX dollars because he has a wife and children to provide for. Heh, I'm not making 2/3 of what he said he "needed."
On the side of the need for clear biblical teaching, I spoke with an older gentleman just the other day who goes to what may be the largest church in the area (considered reasonably sound by most people). We debated on whether or not one can lose their salvation. Works righteousness abominations of the RCC plague this area. The Bible belt is plagued with the worst of easy believism, damning people to hell with a worthless promise. We must not think that the absence of the Word of God is the only measure of a need for Gospel preaching. The dearth of true slaves of Christ in our land is clear evidence of a need, and the fact that there are many hirelings and few true shepherds.
Finally, consider Jesus. Did He go to a place where there was no Scriptural testimony? If He had then He would have likely gone to the Americas or perhaps Australia. But instead He went to the place where there was the greatest availability of truth. He went into the heart of the presence of God's Word, where many knew what was taught and memorized vast portions of Scripture. He went to the place where the teaching of God's Word had been conformed to the philosophies of men, turning the covenant into a system of shackles and chains that condemned men rather than saving them. Sounds a lot like today's America to me.
Having said that, if a man said he wanted to be a missionary and asked me where I thought he should go, I would tell him to find the deepest hole of humanity that is furthest from any Gospel witness, whether it held 10 men or 10 million.
In regard to Village Missions,
I'll let the director speak on this.