We serve in a transition home working with girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking. One of these girls “D” had escaped from being trafficked when she was young and was in the process of reporting her perpetrator with the Mexican government. She gave birth to her baby during her time with us and…
For the past three years, we’ve been working towards forming a local (in-Sicily) partnership with another church or group. In January of this year, a relationship that we’d been nurturing began to take shape, and we agreed that we wanted to do something together this year. We began meeting 2 or 3 times a week…
For several weeks, Amet has been in regular contact with a faithful listener of our Radio Broadcasts. This man is named Mbaye BÂ, and is the Chief of a village about 150km outside of the region of Dakar where our broadcasts are transmitted regularly. He is a father of a family and has grandchildren as…
The elderly woman’s joy faded into panic as she anxiously told us that she could not pay us for the healing she had just received. We had met her only moments before as she sold snacks to travelers at a rest stop. She was walking with difficulty, and we offered to pray for her. As…
Didn’t the Apostle Paul say, “All things work for good…”? This week has been difficult for a couple of new missionary families seeking to discover their financial support. Both couples have been challenged to evaluate their motives by family members who do not trust their reasons for leaving the U.S. Others are struggling with the…
My home church, Elmbrook Church, in Brookfield, WI, supports and works with over 80 missionaries, mission organizations, and apprentices around the world. It is truly a blessing to be a part of the Elmbrook family, and the almost 60-year history of a church with a heart and DNA for mission. Elmbrook is a non-denominational church…
I have been involved in missions for over three decades, and in that time I have personally found that one of the biggest hurdles for people raising support is the Ask. Most people are afraid to ask or don’t know how to ask for support. Unfortunately, a lot of times, we treat support raising “as…
You’ve already done the hard part. You made a good list of contacts, and you made some phone calls. You worked up all the bravery that you could muster, and you asked for an appointment, an opportunity to share what God is doing in your life. To your surprise, they agreed to meet over coffee,…
Our home church in WI, Elmbrook Church – Brookfield, has been a source of great support since they sent us out as part of their first Target Area Project to the Borana people of northern Kenya in 1984 (we were not with UWM at the time). Through these 30+ years we have hosted short-term teams, come home for…
When I first realized that God was calling me on a journey to minister overseas, my first thought was, “Oh, no, I’m going to have to raise financial support.” At that moment I had some very mixed feelings. Let’s just say I wasn’t the most excited about it. I saw my ministry overseas as the…