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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Love Tears Down Walls
Love led John Perkins to tear down the wall of a formerly segregated health clinic in Mendenhall, Mississippi. As he puts it, “God’s love and justice come together in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, and we can’t be about one and not the other. They’re inextricably connected.”
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Worker Profile: Dan and Mary Hess
Dan and Mart serve in the town of Milot, Albania, where they focus on building relationships to lead people to Jesus. They are involved in children’s ministry, discipling new believers, and training emerging leaders.
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Call to Prayer: Cherishing What God Speaks
“In our 14 years of our marriage, we have moved 14 times, not to mention all the transitions each time we came back to the US for home ministry assignments,” Ruthy Hershey writes. “God reminds me that we have not only survived all of this transition, but have been able to thrive.”
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Prepared in Cusco for Service in Virginia
Hannah’s identity and understanding of the world and the gospel are forever changed by the opportunity she had to grow up as a TCK in Cusco, Peru. “Before leaving, I was given a say in this decision to move. Making this choice at age seven deepened the degree to which I took on the role of missionary.”
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A World United Under God’s Love
I have had the blessing of serving on a few mission trips and have also assisted in after-school tutoring. I realize now that the fire to serve others was sparked as others invested in me and my community. I strive to see others as God sees us—as one body of Christ, as being equal.
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For Different Seasons Blow Different Winds
Oftentimes it seems that we blot out our most important identification, our foundation: we are children of God. The fact that I am a TCK no longer seems to weigh on me. I will encounter misunderstandings because of it, but I have a greater purpose and longing that my heart seeks after.
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Thankful for a Life of Paradoxes
I like being a TCK because I get to see and do things a lot of people don’t get to. For example, I have learned to do Thai dancing and to cook Thai food. I have made friends who live in many countries. But sometimes I don’t like being a TCK because I don’t really fit in anywhere.
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Joy and Mourning
Growing up as a TCK, I experienced a lot of opposites. I would feel excited when we moved to new places, yet I felt sad about all the things I had to give up, sometimes forever. The window is symbolic of the lives of the people around me that were opened to me because of my TCK experience.
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Anna and the Life-Giving High Five
The game of the street in Central Asia was urtganiki, which consists of “ball dodging and life swapping.” Whether the teammate I high-five back into the game does well or poorly, we feel connected more deeply because of the life-exchange. Similarly when we reflect on Jesus giving us his life, we feel more connected to him.
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The Children Who Ask, “Who Am I?”
Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are uniquely formed and called to serve. Having grown up in Thailand, our daughters are TCKs. They are convinced of the reality and relevance of Jesus, and they are well-positioned for witness in the intercultural settings that abound in our world today.
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A Front Row Seat to the Gospel’s Power
The power of the gospel is this: that the unlovable are loved, the irredeemable are redeemed, the disinherited are adopted, the faithless are made faithful, the wicked are made pure, and the unqualified are made participants. This is Kyle’s story.
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Tracing the Trail of Forgiveness
God is calling Bethany Tobin to both teach and walk out Jesus’ humble yet powerful message of forgiveness as she serves in Thailand. She prays, “Use my mistakes Lord – make a fool of me – so that the power of your gospel can be revealed.” She shares these glimpses.
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