Mission Adventures

Has The Western Church Missed The Bus?

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

A great article written by a missionary living in Turkey.  Photo (Chris D.) There are more fully supported pastors in Christchurch, a city of 350,000, than there are pastors and foreign “workers” among Turkey’s 78 million. Are Paul’s Methods Ours? Has The Western Church Has Missed The Bus?? Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, [...]

An eight-year-old’s mission

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Ella caught the eye of hundreds earlier this year when she was featured in her local paper for her first mycharity: water campaign. Now, she’s doubling her goal and getting a hundred kids to fundraise alongside her. ‘Last fall I got a book called Kids Make It Better by Suzy Becker. It’s a journal that [...]

A special thank you from Cambodia…

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

We recently received the following update from the Joy of Cambodia ministry. A great team from Wanganui Central Baptist Church recently spent some time with the children from the school there, teaching English, playing games and washing their hair, as well as an unforgettable day at the local water park… “On 26 July, we have [...]

He isn’t scary, he is just homeless

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

A recent post by a good friend… Last night we hosted a fundraiser/dessert for Steps of Justice. We had coffee, cake, snacks and spent some time sharing about what we have been doing with Steps of Justice and also where we are going on the Justice and Worship tour. After the night was over we [...]

Re-entry from Cambodia

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

We have been back for about a week and it has taken me this long to begin processing all that happened on my trip to Cambodia. I am sure it is cliché to say that this trip changed me but it surely did. I am a certainly a confirmed advocate for short-term mission trips after [...]