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. …
When you hear the word missionary what words come to mind? Perhaps ambassador, courageous, strong, self-sacrificing. We Christians are all called to be Christ’s ambassadors and bear witness to Jesus who loved us sacrificially and perfectly. We all do fail though; we aren’t perfect and yet in trying to live out one’s faith there is…
We can all look back on moments in our lives that changed us; moments that awakened our souls to something new. I had one of these moments in May when I had the opportunity to go to Cuba for the first time. I have traveled all over Latin America and have even lived there, but…
A WOMAN OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY: HELEN ROSEVEARE (1925-2016) “God never uses a person greatly until He has wounded him deeply. The privilege He offers you is greater than the price you have to pay. The privilege is greater than the price.” —Helen Roseveare Written by Justin Taylor at The Gospel Coalition…