Tag Archives: Missions

Prayers of Insanity?

By | October 29, 2012

What’s insane? Missionaries. For the past month some of the male missionaries at Covecrest have been getting up early and working out with a program called Insanity. Now, when I say early I mean 5 in the morning. For a guy straight from the west coast who was used to getting home at that time, that in itself was insane.  5 in the morning everyday hearing Shaun T talk about digging deeper and not quitting. I’d be in that room working my butt off with a few other guys jumping and running around

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His Grace Poured Out Like Wine

By | October 15, 2012

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As the last little bit of his wine was being poured out onto the ground, with tears rolling down his face, he prayed, “Jesus, help me to be the man you want me to be.” As a missionary, I have had some very blessed and grace filled moments, but seldom compare to this one. Recently, I was taking some of the new missionaries on their first home visit. I first encountered home visits while we were on mission in Mexico with Family Missions Company when I was going through my formation year

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Live Simply So Others May Simply Live

By | August 28, 2012

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As missionaries have always tried to live simply, but as with anything, over time (especially while living in the U.S.) we become more and more comfortable, and it is easy to justify extras. Soon our conviction to live in solidarity with the poor is compromised by settling with a lifestyle that is just a little more simple than that of the others around us . . . not exactly the definition of Gospel poverty!

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Blessed Am I Among Women: 2012 Life Teen Ghana Mission

By | July 24, 2012

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So what have I learned? I have learned that the initial excitement and feeling of adventure of foreign missions has faded for me. But the good news is my intentions have been purified. I realized that a major motivation to go on foreign missions was selfishly motivated by what I got out of them. I now have a greater understanding of “It is better to give, than to receive.”

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Children make the best Missionaries!

By | July 24, 2012

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This is my third mission to Ghana in just over 2 years.  On my first trip, I came as a single missionary working with FMC (Family Missions Company) and throughout the mission I got to know and fell in love with my missionary husband, Erik.  God is faithful and made His will very clear to us, so by the following year we returned to Ghana as a married couple.  On that second mission, we realized that we were expecting a little one.  This year have returned to Ghana as a family with our beautiful

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A Few Good Men For Ghana

By | April 20, 2011

This summer Life Teen Missionaries are going back to Ghana, Africa and we need a few good men.  We currently have filled all our slots for women, but we could still use a few more men.  We are looking for college aged students or recent grads who are looking to take their faith journey to the next level, looking to go deeper and put their faith more into action and we are looking for men who are interested in possibly being a full time missionary.  Several years ago the Marines had a slogan

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Remembering Mexico

By | December 13, 2010

One year ago I met Christ in the deserts of General Cepeda, Mexico. Here’s a video a couple of my brother missionaries put together after we returned.

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My Journey Into Missions Pt. I

By | December 5, 2010

I’m not growing into the man I thought I would be 4 years ago. I had plans like any other freshman in college. And, like any of those freshmen, they changed 5,345 times each week…

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Christianity is Missions

By | November 20, 2010

Our God is a missionary God. We who are created in His image and likeness must be missionary.

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