4 results for tag: missionaries
Burdened for Others
By Greg Burton
We had a party at our home in London to both celebrate my 50th birthday (no comments please) and also to celebrate our family being in London for 1 year! More than a few times that night I stood back and marveled at the Lord's provision as the room was filled with friends that just one year ago we hadn’t even met! There were neighbors, home school families, guys I coach with, church friends, and others whom, in just one year, we had broken bread with, laughed with, cried with, and built relationships with. But what moves us the most are the friends in our home that night who do not follow Jesus.
In this ...
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. Jotham was surprised at this and thought he was joking, but he was mostly serious. ...
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 anymore?) As Christmas approaches and you get ready to head home for the holiday, here ...
What We Do Will Vibrate Through Eternity
Carolyn King, Director of CBM in Maryland went to be with the Lord this past October. She will be greatly missed by all of us. We will treasure memories of her always.
Reading the newsletter from Maryland this month, I am touched by one of her legacies that will live on through her the summer missionary intern program. She, along with others has taught many young adults how to share the Gospel with children.
This report is from one the summer missionary interns young adults:
From Talyah asking, “Why does God always yell when everybody’s in church?” to a clubber shouting “Fairy” in response to the review question, “Who freed ...
