My husband, Jonathan, has never had a desire to leave the country. In the past we have talked about going on vacations to Mexico, or the Bahamas, and his stipulation was that we go only if it were on a cruise where we could set up camp on an American boat-HAHA! A few days after…
Scripture Focus: Colossians 3:1 17 (take some time to read through this as you begin) What I Desire: To be formed deeply into the likeness of Christ and live into the fullness of who He created me to be. To love, lead and serve like Christ in every part of my life. Prayer: Lord Jesus,…
We are two years into our first term right now and have experienced pretty much everything we were warned about before we left and a few other realities. Things like… how dumb you’ll feel how you’ll have to remind yourself you were a professional at one point; things on the surface will seem the same,…
Many years ago when my wife and I were developing the LAM (now UWM) student ministry in Bogotá, Colombia we met Daniel Salinas, a student of mechanical engineering at the National University. Daniel came from a Christian home, was an excellent student, and participated with enthusiasm in the activities of the group. He played the…
Our first value is to Seek God First and with that in mind we decided to make a Staff Playlist of our favorite worship videos for you to enjoy. Rilla: HR & Finance Manager Cheryl: Finance Assistant Desiree: Donation Support Specialist Bill: Volunteer Finance Assistant Wendy: Director of Mobilization Callie: Mobilizer for Latin America Jennifer: Business…
‘Tis the season to make and quickly break our traditional New Year’s resolutions (NYR). I recently read a statistic that said 90% of NYR’s are broken and discarded by the first of February. 25% fail in the first week. Less than 8% keep their NYR throughout the entire year. Why do most of us make…
The mountain hostel’s small meeting room was filled with twenty-two local pastors and church planters, all eager to learn and grow during our retreat. A national leader from another country in South Asia joined us to lead sessions on creating bigger vision as part of our “Breaking Tradition in order to Enter the Kingdom of God” theme. …