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Prayer: A Voice When Words Fail

By Denise Rhoades Arriving in your host country, you're eager to get started.  But it’s been six months, and language…

6 years ago

#BestoftheBestFriday: Answering the Critics; Language Learning Infographic; Africa & China’s Unique Dynamics

Is Missions a Joke? Answering the Critics There are some well-aimed critiques being leveled at global work lately, which may…

6 years ago

My Story: Prayer like Oxygen

I hadn't been following Jesus that long when I wheeled my bags onto a West Africa-bound jetliner. For seven months,…

6 years ago

How Ready Am I? A Self-Assessment for Global Work, Part I

When I was 23, an editor position opened up at the publishing house where I was working. In the vein…

6 years ago

Your Last-Minute Medical Missions Equipment Checklist

The lists when you're headed overseas? Pretty much interminable--all the stuff from "take passport photo" to "can I get bedsheets??"…

6 years ago

Medical Missions: Ordering Your Equipment

So you're heading overseas in a medical capacity--as if the overseas part wasn't enough, right? Hopefully you've got an experienced…

6 years ago

#BestoftheBestFriday: Free UPG Prayer Guide; 8 “Ifs” to Reexamine; No One Mentioned That; Peru, the World Cup, and Global Work

free prayer guide for the 31 largest unreached people groups The William Carey Library has compiled this free daily prayer…

6 years ago

#BestoftheBestFriday: Phases of Life Overseas; Wishing I Wasn’t a Racist; Time-release Culture Shock

Forbidden Roots Amy Medina writes compellingly of the seasons of overseas life. At the beginning, the remnants of your old…

6 years ago

He Said/She Said. You Say? “How can I know if God’s calling/leading me overseas?” Part I

I've written before that my husband's and my decision to shuffle our family of six overseas wasn't perhaps as clear…

6 years ago