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A Breaking Heart

My heart is breaking, not because I have lost a family member or a close friend, but because a hard man with a hard heart and a foul mouth has told me that he is done with God. This is not the first time that he has told me that.…

Don’t Touch the Monks

Perched upon my bike early in the morning, I was preparing for a trip to the market. As I glanced up the road, I saw a group of men and boys walking down our street. Their bright orange robes rustled with each step as the morning fog swirled around their…

Worth Stopping For

In northern Japan, there was a small railway station called Kyu-Shirataki. Tucked away in the countryside, it served very few passengers. As the surrounding area became quieter and fewer people used the line, the station was eventually scheduled to close. But before it did, one regular passenger remained: a schoolgirl.…

The Power of a Quiet Prayer

There are moments in mission work that cannot be planned, only received; moments when heaven moves quietly, almost imperceptibly, yet with undeniable power. Meeting Seihoa was one of those moments. Seihoa is a young girl with bright, searching eyes and a gentle smile, just beginning to discover who God is.…

Don’t Get Stuck with This One!

When I look back over a ministry spanning more than half a century, I would have to enthusiastically say that God has been so very good to me. The opportunities He has provided me, the challenges He has seen me through and the thousands of wonderful people who have blessed…

Trusting God Instead of Fear

Twice every week, I travel about seven kilometers (4.3 miles) from Guinea-Bissau to the small community of N’Dam. The distance may seem short, but the journey is never easy. Public transportation is limited, and the village has no electricity or running water. Most families live with very few resources, yet…

Did You Ever Wonder Why?

What am I doing? I found myself asking over and over as I prepared to launch last year as a student missionary in Guinea-Bissau. What am I doing, and why am I doing it? I had already been through the month-long AFM training for student missionaries. In many ways, I…

The Bible That Kept Giving Hope

Before pausing my nursing career in Brazil and coming to Africa as a missionary in February 2026, I received a very special Bible from Mrs. Cleide, a kind woman from Londrina, Brazil. The Bible had belonged to her daughter, who, before passing away from cancer, expressed one final wish: that…

Needle in a Maghrebi Haystack

Cracked earth and hardy palm trees; city streets full of people, cars and motorcycles; hotels, apartments and villas with pools. And above it all, thousands of satellite dishes, like barnacles clinging to the dusty rooftops. Just then, the speaker in a nearby mosque crackled. A male voice began to recite.…

Called to Love

Short-term missionaries are not simply people coming to help with a project, they are people willing to be used by God. Every short-term missionary who comes to our mission field brings something unique: a story, a talent, a profession, a personality, and, above all, a heart willing to serve. I…

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