By Bruce and Laura Edgar 1. It will be harder than you think It’s easy to hear stories or read newsletters and think that missions is easy. Some days it is but many days it is not. You will be tried in unique ways and there will be days you feel like giving up. That […]
A Life Changing Understanding of Support Raising
by Jordan Smith When I first realized that God was calling me on a journey to minister overseas, my first thought was, “Oh, no, I’m going to have to raise financial support.” At that moment I had some very mixed feelings. Let’s just say I wasn’t the most excited about it. I saw my ministry […]
The Importance of Short-Term Mission Trips
By Laura Edgar In recent years there has been a lot of discussion over whether short-term mission teams are helpful or not. While everyone’s experience may be different, ours has been that short-term teams have a positive, lasting impact. “When teams have the proper focus, they can be an invaluable part of the ministry.” There […]
Three Reasons Why Long-Term Missions Can Never Be Replaced
By Joshua Paxton In the high-tech and fast-passed world of today, we often find ourselves asking how can we accomplish things more quickly? How can we meet goals more quickly? How can we expand more quickly? Studies have shown that the current attention span of Generation Z is a mere 18 seconds. This is largely […]
Until the Whole World Hears – Bible Translation to Other Languages
By Tori Garrison John 3:16 “God wen get so plenny love an aloha fo da peopo inside da world, dat he wen send me, his one an ony Boy, so dat everybody dat trus me no get cut off from God, but get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva.” Big question: […]