Upcoming Training
Interested in Short Term Mission training before you go? Call us at 800-222-3872 ext 2164 or email BIMvolunteers@abc-usa.org to schedule training in your area.
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July 15, 2011
The Savage Expedition of Unknown Length is now “of Known Length.” We’ll be heading back to the States once the school year is over here in early December. The plan at this point is for Jenn to begin looking for teaching jobs and for me to begin work on my Master’s degree at OSU in Sc...more
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July 14, 2011
Dear Hermanos,Today, (July 6) which is my 23rd birthday, I would like to share
with you a story about an amiguito of mine. Let's call him Martin. Last
November Martin turned two years old. While most children receive presents and
cake and hugs on their birthday, my little frie...more
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July 11, 2011
¡feliz cumpleaños a mi esposa!I married a fixer. A problem solver. Quite the innovative man. I didn’t realize the full extent of this characteristic until more recently, when Chris put an end to a longing I was having to bake. (The stove top skillet oven just wasn't the same...) No, he didn’...more
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June 21, 2011
I have been here now for two months. As my Tica Mom says "¡Qué rápido!" Which I agree, it seems like its only been a couple weeks at the most! Over the last two months I have been learning a lot and I know I have a lot more to learn. I am learning more and more Spanish which is making conversat...more
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June 03, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
In the jungle the mighty jungle the mono
sleeps tonight...
This weekend on the Caribbean was a great time for relaxing,
seeing monkeys (monos), and fellowship with friends that are also IM volunteer
missionaries here in Costa
Rica. Hope, the other volunteer in the
S...more
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May 26, 2011
From Alan Selig...Most days I pray that I will make an impression on the students in my class. Today, however, I was praying I would not make an impression. Last night I was experiencing what some call the traveler's lament. Something, out of all the new and different things I have eaten, did not ...more
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May 20, 2011
Stan Murray warned me that when I went into Myanmar I should be readyto preach at any moment. "You may arrive at the school and they willsay 'we want you to come now and meet the students and share a messagewith them.'" It was good advice, because that was what happened when Igot to Ho Chi Minh Ci...more
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May 20, 2011
Each meal I try to remember to bring my camera to the table. I accuse the women of preparing a meal for a king but they assure me that a king gets much more. Still our table had three or four meat dishes, one or two vegetable dishes, sometimes another plate of tofu, a large bowl of soup in the cen...more
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May 13, 2011
Queridos Hermanos en Cristo,Many
things have happened here in Deborah's House since the last time that I wrote to
you. But first of all, let me tell you about the albergadas
themselves. We have three families here at the moment. Two of them
are families I met while working he...more
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May 13, 2011
Here we
are four months into our year of adventure and service in Costa Rica.
What have we learned? Have we done any good by being here? Is this
place better for us being here? Questions such as these are daily
discussed between the two of us, and we are finding them much mo...more
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May 13, 2011
Hello from the Amazon River! Thank you for your prayers this past week as a group from our school ministered in 3 indigenous Amazon communities. The trip left me with a lot to pray f...more
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May 02, 2011
Travel Alert
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
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May 1, 2011
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March 25, 2011
Oh, waiting can be sooo hard! Generous folks have called and emailed offering their time and talents to serve the people of Japan. We appreciate you and your heart to serve. We are in contact daily with our missionaries in Japan as we continue to receive updates about the situation ...more
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March 21, 2011
Jennifer and Chris Savage are serving as volunteers in Costa Rica. Have you been keeping up with "The Savage Expedition of Unknown Length"? If not, go to http://thesavageexpedition.blogspot.com/ to read the latest blog post and catch up with the ones you haven't read yet. <...more
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March 12, 2011
We have received word from Roberta Stephens regarding the need and capability for volunteers to help with earthquake relief in Japan."Two rescue workers from BWA Rescue 24 - Hungarian Aid arrived safely in Narita airport this morning. They
are being hosted at the Japan Baptist Convention of...more
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January 31, 2011
"And the American Embassy is aware of their presence.." Sweet words to read when your colleagues or loved ones are traveling in a country that has undergone sudden and unexpected upheaval. This was not the case in November, 2008 when I had a group in Thailand.
Nothing violent ev...more
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January 12, 2011
As Chris and Jenn Savage prepared to serve in Costa Rica, they developed a blog. This is the from the first entry....We
were blessed to have a Skype conversation with Gary and Mylinda Baits a
few weeks ago, and not only did I get to "meet" them via skype, but we
also got to see our first glimps...more
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January 05, 2011
In January of 1977, my family’s home burned to the ground in the
middle of the night. I was 10 years old and it was just me and my mother
at home that night; my father’s work had taken him away for a few days.
Our home was on Wells Creek in Sandy Hook, KY. My father was born and
raised the...more
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January 03, 2011
It’s that time of the
year again. Stockings are being put
up. Decorations are being sold (in the
middle of the street at every stoplight).
Lights shine from every window. Christmas
goodies are being made (tamales and ponche instead of cookies and egg
nog). The gr...more
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October 19, 2010
On June 28, 2010, a group of 12 from First Baptist Church, Midland, MI left for a two-week mission trip to
Ghana in West Africa. There, in cooperation with the Ghana Baptist
Convention, they spent the largest proportion of their time working
at Frankadua Girls School. The school provides educa...more
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September 10, 2010
Hi friends,I hope you are making a good transition from summer to fall. It is strange that it is only the beginning of September, because we have been in school for more than a month. I’ve been thinking of you all at home quite a bit, so write me to let me know how you’re doing.&nb...more
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July 20, 2010
Myanmar (Burma) November 2011 Cost
$1500*Prepare to
be blessed and inspired as you are introduced to the people and ministry of the
Myanmar Baptist Convention in the place wher...more
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July 14, 2009
Farming, Bible Study, Teaching English, Immigrants, Human Trafficking, First Generation Christians, Church Planting
Where can you find all of this? On the Discovery Team list of opportunities for 2010! Sustainable Agriculture in Japan, May 2010 details Bible Study...more
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June 08, 2009
For if you remain completely silent
at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another
place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you
have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 (NKJ...more
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April 08, 2009
Picture a Discovery Team..Twelve
people, from coast to coast and in between: Waylon, Dale, Sam, Tom,
and Angela J. from Nebraska; Dave Ron, and Bob from northern Indiana;
Shane and John from southern Indiana; Hugh from Oregon, and me. I had
met two of them, ta...more
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February 12, 2009
Culture shock, unrealistic expectations, and team conflicts are inevitable.Instead of short-circuiting your trip, problems like these can become opportunities to learn and grow. That's why leadership is so important. Take advantage of the "Going...more
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January 20, 2009
What is a "Going with God" Toolkit? Going With God: A Short-Term Mission
Team Leader’s Tool Kit is an in-depth, easy to use training toolkit to help STM leaders
prepare, and guide their teams before, during and after the trip....more
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November 08, 2005
Jan Grogan, one of our Discovery Team members, shared with us some of her experiences this past summer, while building Deborah's House:
The story continues, as Monday morning dawns and we prepare to begin work on the site of the future Deborah House, Casa Debora. All of us are awake so...more
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