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September 01, 2010 - Journal
by Jill Lowery
Greetings from Congo!
I had a great meeting with the women this morning and wanted to give you an update on what we're doing.
I'm sure that many... more
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August 31, 2010 - Journal
by Stan Slade
At my age, I guess I'm slightly embarrassed to admit it. I get a bit tongue-tied trying to talk about it. But my just-two-weeks-old grandso... more
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August 31, 2010 - Journal
by John Armagost
“John sensei, do you want to help me catch bugs?” The question came from 3-year-old Hana. We had just finished breakfast at junior-senior high camp... more
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August 29, 2010 - Journal
by Ruth Mooney
August 2010Dear friends,In Children’s Church, I was
playing a game with the 9-12 year olds. Three groups had each been given a
handful of (play) mo... more
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August 27, 2010 - Journal
by Ketly Pierre
“My church was destroyed, but God saved my life! At the same hour of the earthquake, if I had been in Haiti, I would have been teaching music i... more
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August 26, 2010 - Journal
by Stan Slade
When he thanks a foreigner, Richard says, "Thank you very much!" When he speaks to another Kenyan, he says, "Asante sana!" When he speaks t... more
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August 26, 2010 - Journal
by Patricia Kelley
Dear Journal friends,
When Douglas McArthur fled the Philippines during WWII he had the audacity (or foresight?) to say “I shall return.”&... more
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August 26, 2010 - Journal
by Debbie Kelsey
57 Ones of You! Thank you! We are up to 57 “Ones” of you who, with Jim and me, financially support our mission work with immigrants and ... more
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August 25, 2010 - Journal
by Bruce Borquist, Ann Borquist
Por que estou aqui? (Why am I here?) is a question you have probably asked yourself at one time or another in your life. Our youth and young adults gro... more
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August 25, 2010 - Journal
by Karen Mason
The following, are a series of journals created by Lisa Lapina, a volunteer in global mission. Lisa is a senior, majoring in Elementary Education... more
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August 25, 2010 - Journal
by Karen Mason
Lisa is a senior, majoring in Elementary Education at Bloomsburg University. She spent a month as a volunteer at WellSpring, learning just as muc... more
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August 24, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
Kim Brown’s mother, Helen Walter, passed away on Sunday August 22 after
an extended illness. She passed very peacefully at home, surrounded by
fa... more
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August 23, 2010 - Journal
by Carole Sydnor
“Hello! Hello!,” she shouts from our front door in her small sweet voice, which gets louder and louder if we don’t come right away. With th... more
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August 23, 2010 - Journal
by Wendy Bernhard
Wendy sent this prayer request on August 16 to her missionary partnership team. Please keep this situation in prayer ~
Greetings from the Democr... more
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August 23, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
John and Tomoko serve with the Japan Baptist Union (JBU)
churches in the Kansai (western) area of Japan. They preach, teach, and lead
Bible studies f... more
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August 23, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
J.D. and Rhonda
have been endorsed to serve as missionaries in partnership with The Unión
Bautista Boliviana. They will serve in theological educati... more
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August 23, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
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Ed Hobart and Owen Knight from Massachusetts, serving in Viet Nam,
August 24 – September 24.
·&nbs... more
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August 22, 2010 - Journal
by Ed Noyes
I hadn’t planned to be at Vanga a second time this week. I had already spent half a day trying to
track down batteries and a barrel of gasolin... more
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August 21, 2010 - Journal
by Annie Dieselberg
Dear Friends, It was hard for me to leave NightLight for 8 weeks and to trust everything to God. I have an amazing team, but we were leaving so many he... more
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August 21, 2010 - Journal
by Nzunga Mabudiga
Dear Loved
ones,
Time seems to fly fast. It is just a little bit over a year since we came for
our deputation. God has been good to us. We h... more
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August 20, 2010 - Journal
by Mayra Giovanetti, Carlos Bonilla
When the going gets tough, the tough get going…"Ohana” means "family." "Family" means "no one gets left behind."“We are stronger when we are toge... more
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August 18, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
A Remembrance by Mercy Gonzalez Barnes, American
Baptist Missionary serving in Baja Mexico.During the past
three years, we saw Iris as she lived what... more
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August 18, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
She writes: Return to Japan: Now after more than a year since discovering
that I had cancer, I am cancer-free and have received permission to re... more
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August 18, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
Lauran has been
working for more than two decades on behalf of and caring for women who have
been exploited and abused. Most recently, she serv... more
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August 18, 2010 - Journal
by Bob Santilli
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Hannah Kistner from California serving in Nicaragua, August 19 – September
14.
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August 18, 2010 - Journal
by Miriam Noyes
How would you teach Sunday school if there were no Bible bookstore in town, no printing house preparing Sunday school lessons, no pre-packaged teaching... more
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August 17, 2010 - Journal
by Dan Buttry
Today I was reminded by a colleague of the verse from Hebrews 12 that follows the rich recitation of faithful saints in chapter 11: "Therefore, s... more
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August 17, 2010 - Journal
by Gary Baits
“I
realized that I was a racist, and I hope you will forgive me.”
These
words of confession came from one of the participants in my rece... more
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August 16, 2010 - Journal
by JD Reed
As I write I am sitting in my living room pondering the summer of 2010. It has been filled to overflowing with activity. Raising your own s... more
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August 16, 2010 - Journal
by Mercy Gonzalez Barnes
During the past three
years, we saw Iris as she lived what she called ‘her journey with cancer’. The
words that come to mind are the joy, hope, f... more
