That’s a win!
Three weeks ago, I started a program and I have consistently followed through with my intentions. A win.
Fasts honoured for years of missionary service
The Board of Missions (BOM) held the annual Missionary Fellowship on June 8, 2022, to recognize the service of Lesley and Marianne Fast, who are soon moving back to the Netherlands.
Maybe self-sufficiency isn’t the goal
Let me introduce you to my new home. It’s a city where roses bloom in the winter and some trees stay green all year.
‘I was pastor to a lot of people who didn’t attend church’
Around 2009 I realized I was pastor to a lot of people who didn’t attend church while the church we had planted was losing momentum.
EMC missionaries share about media ministry
Media is one way some EMC missionaries minister: from radio work to filming projects, from social media campaigns to audio recordings distributed by WhatsApp.
Training Team Members in Tirana
EASTERN EUROPE- One of the first visits Samuel made to our house after having been assigned as a field missionary was on a warm spring day. We sat in our little courtyard and he shared more about the journey of God calling him to this life.
Running with the Bears in Churchill
MANITOBA - The 10th anniversary Polar Bear Marathon took place in Churchill, Man., on November 20, 2021.
A Dream Come True
Our existence is made of interactions with others. When we arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso in 2006, our constant prayer was that God would send us to those who want to hear from him, those who are thirsty and hungry for him, or that God would send them to us.
God is Working in the North!
In the last few years life and ministry has been very different for all of us. Things in Northern Manitoba are slowly getting back to normal, and God is working! Here are some areas I have seen him move recently.
Paraguay - Come Along on a Typical Sunday
What does a typical Sunday look like for us? On the mission field, we don’t deal with a lot of typical or sameness in ministry; flexibility and change can be expected. Let us take you along on a Sunday like this last one.
SOUTH SUDAN: SUNDAY, AN ORPHAN AND A BISHOP
Sunday is not just a day. This story is about Sunday the man. Sunday grew up in refugee camps as a Sudanese orphan. Camp life was very difficult and as an orphan, and especially a Sudanese orphan, he had to figure out how to support himself in another country.
PARAGUAY: OUR KING IS A GOD WITH A LAVISH DISPOSITION!
Under-qualified. That’s the word that came to my mind when the Holy Spirit prodded me, “You should be on that prayer team to Paraguay.” Was this chance that a verse in Zephaniah leapt off the pages of scripture that very day to affirm the calling?
PERU: MY WEEKEND, PLANS AND GOD’S PURPOSE
Sometimes when missionaries share their stories, people don’t see the blood sweat and tears that go with them, but I can assure you that they do whether “at home” in Canada or elsewhere in the world.
MEXICO: A HOUSE CHURCH—CHRIST-CENTRED, INFORMAL, MULTIPLYING
What would a prayer team member see when they come to the city of Guadalajara to see the EMC church plant here?
ALBERT MARTENS IN CHURCHILL: THE MINISTRY OF THE POLAR BEAR MARATHON
The fifth annual Polar Bear Marathon in Churchill, Man., was once again an exciting experience.
PUZZLING OVER THE MEANING OF THE WORD ‘KI’
The Siamou language was not a written language when we started learning it 30 years ago. Along with the task of Bible translation came the job of linguistic analysis. We had to study the consonants and vowels in order to develop an alphabet.