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I didn’t want to believe what I was hearing. Uladu’s strongest leader was leaving? How could this be? Teacher Josh Kiwa was needed here to help mentor and teach this new church. Though we had heard of him before, this was our first time meeting him, and he told us…
“What’s written in your notebook?” I asked Sony. “It’s the Bible,” she replied. In a country where Christianity is forbidden, and the Christian faith can be seen as an act of betrayal to the predominant culture and religion, Sony, a citizen of Himadria, has chosen to follow Christ, defying the…
What a blessing! Elated, I started jumping for joy! Jack Sample offered to build us a house so we can live among the Ama! He and his daughter Corrie, along with our AFM partners, Orion and Keren Lawrence, called from May River in Papua New Guinea while Joella and I…
Lonely. Exhausted. Tested in faith. Being a missionary in a faraway country can make you feel that way sometimes. Yet I will never forget one particular day off work during my first turn as a missionary in Japan. I had decided to get on a bus and just ride it…
What was the name of the teddy bear you would tightly squeeze until you fell asleep at night because you were afraid of the dark? Or that beloved doll you would tell your secrets to when you were sad? Whether you realized it or not, your may very well have…
“Honestly, I just can’t agree that Jesus is divine,” Aaron admitted as we finished our study of the first chapter of John’s gospel. “I’m not saying that I will never believe,” he continued, “but right now, it just doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe I will believe if I keep…
It started with a tickle. On November 13th, 2023, I first noticed a tickle in my throat. Three days into an evangelistic series at one of my churches, I hoped it wasn’t the start of a cold or flu. I didn’t experience any other symptoms, so I chalked it up…
Imagine a wedding where the guests number into the thousands. In Tai-Kadai culture, when you are invited to someone’s house or to a special event, it is commonly expected that you will bring a friend along. If you invite a friend over, always expect that two people will show up.…
As field directors, part of our responsibility is to visit the missionaries once a year at each of the projects we supervise. It is always interesting to see how our workers interact with the local people and how the people respond to them. Last October was no different when we…
“Haha, hehe,” Teeka panted as she ran. Teeka’s sister-in-law Mia was pregnant with her second baby, and Teeka and Lang, midwives, had been doing prenatal care for her. That morning, people from the village called to say that Mia was in labor, so Teeka and Lang were running up the…