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…

An Answer to Prayer

Since arriving in Croatia, we have been rotating between the three churches here in the capital. And since we know we will not have a church to attend in our target area, we occasionally have Sabbath worship at home or out in nature. Worshipping at home is also relaxing for…

The Imposters

“Shiloah, what has gotten into Sky? She is so mean now, and look at Lemmon. He’s so friendly and interactive!” We were surprised when we got back home from our furlough and found our cockatiels had completely transformed in their demeanor. “Look, Dad,” Glenda said. “Lemmon loves to be petted.…

September 2026

New Neighbors

Quiet, empty, without life. For two and a half years, the apartment directly across the hall from us has sat, waiting for someone to move in. For two and a half years, we have been praying that God would send good neighbors. For two and a half years, our children…

The Friend We Almost Lost

“I’m a language teacher. I can teach you and your wife.” Let us call this teacher Levan. Last year, when we arrived at our mission field in Georgia, our priority was finding a language teacher. We searched for schools and local tutors—anything to help us start learning Georgian. In the…

Before the Rain

Heat. Merciless heat. The weather had been very hot for several days. And though dark clouds drifted across the sky, somehow they always seemed to pass us by. Our garden, suffering for days without a proper rainfall, began to wither. I was tired. The previous days had been full of…

AFM: The Special Forces of Mission

“When I think of Adventist Frontier Missions, I think of it almost in a Christian army context. The missionaries at Adventist Frontier Missions are like the special forces of our Seventh-day Adventist missionary movement.” Those were the words of ASI President Danny Houghton when he was asked what AFM meant…