Stories of Mission
Explore mission themes in our quarterly magazine as workers tell stories of making disciples in the way of Christ.
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Doors for Ministry Open Through Italian Schools
The schools that our boys attend have become major areas of ministry for us. We help teach English in the middle school. This has been an open door to talk to and be a healthy example to youth that have few good adult role models to follow.
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Mission Encouragements at Joshua Center
It has been a cold winter here in Lezhe, but we have been blessed in a lot of ways. The work at Joshua Center is going well. I can see God working in a very special way in the lives of the little ones.
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A Thirty-year Round Trip of Mission
Thirty years and the circle has come around complete. Only God knows what else will come around full circle in the next thirty years out of the obedience to the call of Jesus by his followers.
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Miraculous Turnaround at Lezha Academic Center
We have been through our share of fires this year at Lezha Academic Center. The first months of our ministry here were full of conflict. Each of us had days when we felt like throwing in the towel, but somehow we made it through.
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God is a Rewarder!
Muslims are thirsty. We don’t want to just give them a drink, but to see their eyes opened to the well, to drink deep of God’s love for them, so that those rivers can begin to flow out from them as healing for their nations.
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Winds of the Spirit
The Spirit blows at will, we are told. We do not fully know its direction nor can we ever adequately predict its affect. We can, however, see some of the results and we have been told what fruit to look for. We do well to continue to look for “love, joy, peace” as evidence of where the Spirit is blowing.
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In Christ, All Things New
Being unaware of the importance of marriage in God’s eyes, my marriage at a very young age soon proved to be a tragic mistake. After escaping that trap of anguish, I began pursuing what I hadn’t found. But this search only caused more suffering.
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Much Given, Much Required
Scripture says that to the person who has much given to them, much will be required. Throughout my week in Belize, I was humbled and challenged by the training and counseling given again and again, the prayers offered, the food given freely.
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Jamaica Mennonite Church Leader Dies
Pastor Morris Baker died in Kingston on February 15, 2012, after a five-month illness. He served as pastor of the Alpine Mennonite Church since 1995. He was appointed president of the Jamaica Mennonite Church in March 2011.
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Global Sisters Enrich My Life
I have the unusual privilege to visit church sisters in the Caribbean region several times a year. Talking with the women in their settings is heart-warming, and sometimes heart-rending. Global sisters show me that holding onto faith is imperative in this uncertain world.
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A Pause for Prayer at Life’s End
My patient was a young man with right leg swelling of several weeks’ duration. A large abscess in his thigh pressed on the large vein nearby, causing it to clot off. Clots of this nature are dangerous, because they can break loose and travel to the heart and lungs.
Read MoreService sows passion to see German youth grow in God
In reflecting over this past year on my mission-intern assignment in Kaiserslautern, Germany, I have been astounded in God revealing more of the passions and skills He has placed in me. I have the opportunity and blessing to live with nine Germans currently between the ages of 16-19 years old. The youth live here for…
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