Preach, Pray, or Die
By Maria Van Der Decker I still remember one of the first times I brought Jotham home (as my fiancé at the time). We were partway through missionary training, and we visited my home church. It was our Christmas service, which we call Wassail night, and my pastor was getting to know Jotham, giving him a hard time, and was soon to start premarital counseling with us. This evening, he came up to Jotham and informed him that he'd be doing special music that night, singing in a quartet with 3 other guys who were recently engaged to or dating other girls in the church. ...
What Missionaries Really Want for Christmas
By Jacquelyn Davis
With the Christmas season upon us, it is once again time to think about others, spend time with loved ones, and be joyful in life's small moments. How does missions fit into the holiday season? I mean besides the shoeboxes of toys, and the change we throw into the metal bucket hanging by the somewhat gloomy Santa who is unenthusiastically ringing a bell outside the grocery store. Missions is so much greater than one month of the year and random pocket change. (That seems to get smaller each year because who on earth carries cash with them ...
5 Things You Need to Know Before Missions
By Bruce and Laura Edgar
1. It will be harder than you think
It’s easy to hear stories or read newsletters and think that missions is easy. Some days it is but many days it is not. You will be tried in unique ways and there will be days you feel like giving up. That is why it’s important not to do missions on a whim thinking, “It will be fun to try.” A key to success is to have a support structure in place. This may be a mission board, as well as your church’s and pastor’s full support, and mentors who will be there for you along the way. This ...
A Life Changing Understanding of Support Raising
by Jordan Smith
When I first realized that God was calling me on
a journey to minister overseas, my first thought was, “Oh, no, I’m going to
have to raise financial support.” At
that moment I had some very mixed feelings.
Let’s just say I wasn’t the most excited about it. I saw my ministry overseas as the goal and
support raising as the obstacle to trudge through in order to do the ministry I
really felt called to do overseas.
Today, however, after living on financial support for about 4 years, I
think about it much differently.&...
His Hands and Feet: Guatemala Mission Trip Update
Jacquelyn Davis, National Intern Coordinator
This year our team had the great opportunity to serve in Jalapa, Guatemala with Little Lambs International. While we were there we got to go into the villages and pray with families, share our testimonies at a local church, love on the orphans at Little Lambs and run a 3-day VBS for the those in the area.
The theme I saw this year was God’s great love and grace; that our God would allow us to be His hands and His feet is simply beautiful and overwhelming. This team was so diverse in so many ways and yet, ...
