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“When you’re ready, yell ‘Hit it!’ And don’t let go of the rope.” By this time, I was feeling exhausted and ready to give up. I felt like I had swallowed a gallon of muddy water and was about to vomit. I was floating in the middle of the Fox…
No booming voice, no writing in the sky, no answers spelled out in alphabet soup. Sitting in his office, the recruiter had asked, “How have you sensed God calling you to full-time mission service?” I racked my brain, trying to recall an exact moment when God told me that becoming…
“The only way that the gospel will reach the entire world is through the internet, radio and TV!” The man’s words were earnest as he shook my hand after the sermon. I had just preached on the need for missionaries to go to the billions of people who still do…
A while ago, we received the following comment from a man, whom I will call Hassan. Here is a little glimpse into how God approaches godly Muslims, and what helps us communicate with them. Salam. In my dream, I saw Prophet Isa (Jesus), alayhi-s-salām (peace be upon him), seated on…
“Nathan, I need to ask you a favor.” We never imagined the impact that phrase would have. In the midst of our process of learning the local language, we witnessed how God can use our testimony, even without words. Through our language teacher, we met a family who invited us…
“Hey brother, I am going to church this Sabbath!” Since January 2023, I have written a handful of times about my friend Mustafa and his spiritual growth in Christ [see also the March, May and August 2023 issues]. I am excited to say that he continues to grow in his…
Vision trip: noun. An opportunity for missionary candidates to visit the country in which they will serve as career missionaries. On July 2, during our recent vision trip, we reached Aomori, a small town in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. We stopped there for one night after taking the shinkansen (bullet train)…
“I can’t do this. I’m going to die!” Rinla’s eyes showed her fatigue and fear as Lang came into the room of the small jungle house. Lang put down her medical bag and began taking out her blood pressure cuff and the equipment for checking the baby’s heartbeat. Rinla was…
As we waited for the ferry to return to the mainland, I listened to the Sabbath morning sermon by our new General Conference president and my heart was stirred to be bold for Jesus. We were just returning from a week’s holiday on the beautiful island of Koh Samui, Thailand,…
The thick, humid heat enveloped me as I stepped out of our air-conditioned car, prompting the sweat to instantly resume. As I turned to greet my old friend, Azim, my first friend in Cambodia, I said to my wife, “Go on ahead, I will hitch a ride once I am…