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When God Chose to Disrupt My Plans

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The last thing anyone would want when traveling overseas would be unexpected changes to the itinerary. I guess God didn’t get the memo when I embarked on my very first mission trip a few months ago to Tokyo, Japan, as part of a Bible school program I was attending at my church.

Why Short-term Mission Trips May Not Always Be A Good Idea

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Have you been on a short-term mission trip before? If you haven’t, picture these three scenarios

Amy Peterson: The Banished Missionary

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Ministering in a country where Christians are a minority can…

Quitting my Job for Nepal

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I remember distinctly the speaker’s call that Sunday: give one year of your life to missions. It was during the “missions month” in my church.

Eugene Wee: To Reach the Poor, He became Poor

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Would you bear eating your deceased pet dog instead of burying it? That was one of the hard decisions Singaporean Eugene Wee, 35, had to make while living among the Hmong, an ethnic minority in Phetchabun, a province in northern Thailand, sometime in 2008.
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Broken and Shaken, but Far from Forsaken

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I grew up in Chile; life was good then. My father had an important position in a large company and my mother worked as an army nurse. We led a carefree existence in a neighborhood away from civilization.
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My Brief Encounter with Adoniram Judson

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I had not heard of Adoniram Judson until I came across the biography about him, “Adoniram Judson: How Few There Are Who Die So Hard!” by Bible teacher and theologian John Piper. Intrigued, I decided to read about this “obscure” missionary that Piper had taken time to write about.
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How God Opened Doors for Me in Vietnam

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“God if this is your will, show me the way and open doors for me to reach out children in need in Vietnam. Amen!” Deep in my heart, I’ve always felt that God has given me a vision to reach out to children in need all over the world.
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The Day I Decided to Quit School

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In my country, 16 is the age when most students have to decide which educational path to embark on next. It could be going to a polytechnic, a junior college, or taking up a course in a post-secondary institution.