Last week, we had a blast at the Global Outreach headquarters in Tupelo, MS. You may have noticed our FB posts about our long road trip to Nashville, Mississippi, and Texas. Well, the primary goal was to complete a candidate week with Global called Missionary Orientation Training. It was a wonderful time of meeting the...
We are excited to announce that this past week we became official missionaries with Global Outreach. You may have noticed our FB posts about our long road trip to Nashville, Mississippi, and Texas. Well, the primary goal was to complete a candidate week with Global called Missionary Orientation Training. It was a wonderful time of...
Three chairs sat empty on the first day of teaching. Three of our Ambo students called Pastor Fikadu to say they would be a day late. They asked that we pray for their protection. Their normal journey consisted of 12 hours walking through the bush and over mountains. Then public transportation (also dangerous) carries them...
I’m starting a collection of books I consider important for a biblical understanding of missions: its theology, motivation, task, and goal. I don’t agree with every word said in all these books, but together they will give you a robust and biblical understanding of global missions. This is not an affiliate store. Just book recommendations....
Supporting missions isn’t just for grown-ups. As parents, our primary goal in raising children is to develop kids who love and worship God rightly. That includes teaching them how to disciple others and to support disciple-making endeavors such as missionaries and mission agencies. Our children get birthday money, chore money, and maybe even allowances. Most...
Bang! Bang! Bang! “Hodi. Hodi? Baba Nia! Baba Nia? Njole.” I cracked my eyes enough to see that the sun was just peeking over the horizon. My body ached with fever and I was sweating. The sound vibrated through my head like a cymbal crashing by my ear. Again, the old man repeated the process...
