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Snakebite!
December 1, 2024
“Do you feel all right?” he asked. Hickel didn’t look well. He didn’t look well because he didn’t feel well. Thump! Hickel fainted and fell to the floor.
Read MoreMission Refocus
November 24, 2024
In the 1980s, we decided it was time for another mission refocus. Leaders came together to pray and strategize. They looked at the world map and saw the areas where the church still had no presence.
Read MoreMusic Is Our Mission
November 24, 2024
The nurses gathered the patients in a hallway, keeping them a safe distance from us to protect their health. Even though we couldn’t hug them, we could see how embraced they felt by our spirit of love
Read MoreMemories of a Mission Childhood
November 17, 2024
As we sailed up the Yangtze River in the middle of the night, the boat struck a rock. A fire broke out, and it blistered the place around my baby brother’s crib
Read MoreThe School in the Forest
November 17, 2024
“I would love to learn to read better, but I have this little one. May I attend with my daughter?” Mary asked. “Absolutely.” Grandfather looked at Mary and nodded. The time had come to better their lives.
Read MoreJohn and Dorothy Andrews
November 10, 2024
In the Tibetan border region, conversion to the Christian religion was forbidden, a crime punishable by death. Largely because of his surgical skills, Andrews gained the trust of the Tibetans who came to his clinic.
Read MoreEarly Australian Indigenous Missionary Couples
November 10, 2024
While at Aroma, Jessie wrote that the house they were living in had “great big holes,” which allowed the building to fill with sand when the west winds blew.
Read MoreJohn Nevins Andrews
November 3, 2024
People were aware of meetings in their neighbor’s homes in the crowded rowhouses, and fellow Christians often created problems for Seventh-day Adventists.
Read MoreMission Begins Young
November 3, 2024
That year, my worldview began changing. I saw another culture, another way of thinking. I went to my students’ homes and listened to their stories, saw their personal grief.
Read MoreGetting Healthy With Henry
October 27, 2024
“If Jesus lived on earth today, I think He would be with us in this project because its purpose is to give others better ways of living,” Henry says.
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