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Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility

“We are heading back to Ama on Wednesday,” I told Joella. “So we need to pick up a few supplies and start packing.” We had met with our field director in the port town of Vanimo, but he was now gone, and we wanted to go, too. If we would…

His Message. On Time.

“Lord, I have enough words prepared just to launch this boat,” I prayed as I stood to speak at the funeral service. “After that, I have no idea where we are going. Please help me.” The phone call leading up to my prayer came earlier in the day. Fellow AFM…

Baby Abigail

When a young couple showed up at our house one Sunday night, I did not recognize them at first. They introduced themselves as Moses and Sarah, one of the couples who had gotten married here on our compound at the big wedding in April 2025 (see Adventist Frontiers August 2025).…

Diploma of Fundamental Studies

The Diploma of Fundamental Studies (DEF) is considered Mali’s most important national examination. Many French-speaking West African nations recognize it as a key certification for students who have completed the foundational stage of their education. The DEF generally corresponds to junior high or middle school, and attaining this milestone signifies…

Growing Into a Leader

Yanique, a 19-year-old young man from the Balanta ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau, began attending our church plant in Antula about three years ago. He was very shy at first and rarely spoke during meetings. However, as he became involved in Bible studies, youth activities and outreach programs, we watched God…

When the Storm Seems Never-Ending

On that day, when evening had come, He said to them, ‘Let us cross over to the other side’” (Mark 4:35). Only a short time later, the disciples would face a storm that seemed impossible to survive. It was this very passage that Victor, our Bible worker in Chicualacuala, shared…

Praying Like Noah

“Sit!” Shamaila hit the thin mattress in the center of the room for emphasis, then seated herself on one end. Following her example, I sat cross-legged at the other end. Two couches with significantly sunken cushions lined the cloth-covered wooden walls of their one-room hut. Opening my new box of…

Riatit

“Would you like to join us to say a prayer?” we asked nine-year-old Riatit as soon as we arrived home. We had been on a boat together over the weekend, and his father had been showing him how to steer it the entire way. As we got off the boat,…

The Day of Blessing

On the first day of every new school year, in every school in Greece, a special back-to-school blessing ceremony begins. Parents and children gather in the school yard. Teachers busily prepare a table outside in front of the main school door and cover it with an embroidered tablecloth, onto which…

An Oglala Lakota Emergence Story

All cultures have their emergence story. And the Oglala band of the Lakota Sioux are no exception. See how many similarities you can find between the biblical creation story and their emergence story. Write to me at afm.nativemissions@gmail.com and let me know what you find. Traditionally, the Sioux believe they…

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