Challenging believers to adventurous and Christ-filled lives through wild steps of faith
In this episode, I interview Matt and Sophia McCann who are currently doing missions work in Peru. Matt and Sophia share about their challenging work of reaching natives and how they have to balance respecting the culture of the Yanesha people while also being willing to point them to Biblical truths. Check out the last… Continue reading Episode 10: Respectfully Reaching Indigenous Tribes with Matt and Sophia McCann (Part 1)
My last few posts have been pretty serious and challenging, but I don't want any of you to think that my whole time in the Middle East was all hard. I had a ton of fun in the Middle East. So, I'm excited to answer this question "Did you go on any fun adventures in… Continue reading Did you Go on Any Fun Adventures in the Middle East?
In this episode, I interview my good friend and coworker from the Middle East (due to security reasons, I can't share her real name). "Jo" shares about her unique experiences of ministering to Muslim women in the Middle East, as well as some of her hilarious cultural mess ups. She answers how to discern your… Continue reading Episode 9: Hilarious Stories of Ministering to Muslim Women with “Jo” (Part 2)
Spending two years anywhere is more than enough time to learn some serious lessons about yourself, God, and the world around us. Here's a few of the most life-changing lessons I learned from my two years in the Middle East. Freedom is a Serious Blessing I had numerous friends tell me how much they longed… Continue reading What are Some Life-Changing Lessons You Learned from the Middle East?
There's a lot of crazy things that happened while I was in the Middle East. When I got this question though, one particularly crazy story came to mind. It's perhaps not a huge miraculous story, but it is crazy, funny, and scary, so I think it counts. Though I was close to dying, this is… Continue reading What is Your Craziest God Story from the Middle East?
Ministry looked very different in the Middle East. There were lots of extra hurdles we had to clear to do ministry effectively. All of this made ministry in the Middle East look completely different than ministry here in the US. So what was ministry like in the Middle East? Ministry in the Middle East was… Continue reading What Was Your Ministry Like in the Middle East?
In this episode, Darrell Dobbelmann shares about his various ministries over the last few decades. He shares about big risks they took in Mexico, Guatemala, and India, and how we shouldn't let fear stop us from following God as he calls us, even if it means saying something crazy on a stage in front of… Continue reading Episode 6: Do Crazy Things for Christ with Darrell Dobbelmann (Part 1)
Fear is one of the major things that keeps people from going to be missionaries, and it almost stopped me too. Only by God's grace did I have the strength to carry on. Because I love adventure, I wasn't too afraid of dying, so my fears weren't very focused on physical danger. So what made… Continue reading What Made You Afraid of Going to the Middle East?
As I've conversed with people the past several months, I've gotten a lot of questions about my time in the Middle East. As much as I'd rather use these blogs to help and encourage you all rather than talk about myself, I've learned recently that by sharing my story I can help a lot of… Continue reading Why Did You Go to the Middle East?
We don't like waiting and love to rush into things. Thanks to microwaves, fast-food chains, and high speed internet, we hate waiting. So, when God gives us a calling, all we want to do is rush straight into it. We get angry when God slows us down. But, sometimes that's exactly what we need. God… Continue reading One Important Reason Why God Might Make You Wait