Missions on the Frontline

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July 2009 Blog Posts (12)

July-August 2009 International Ministry eLetter

…on the front burner…

Surprise

Recently I was talking to a couple of guys, one a believer and the other not yet, on the why of missions in a world of vying belief systems. I’m sure you’ve had similar conversations when people discover you’re a missionary. It struck me again at how a faith-in-God answer can simultaneously sound normal and absurd. To the one, missions are a natural response to one’s faith in Jesus… Continue

Added by Jeff Denlinger on July 30, 2009 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments

Hans Finzel and Jim Copeland discussing today's Missions

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Hans Finzel and Jim Copeland sit down and have a candid discussion about today's Missions needs and how the DNA of a Missionary has changed to meet the times.

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Added by Missions on the Frontline on July 29, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Choosing Missions for My Children

Choosing Missions ... for My Children

Before I became a parent, my main perspective about raising a missionary family came from my positive experiences in the Philippines. I loved being a missionary kid (MK) and to me, the Philippines was home in every sense of the word. As I became an adult, I realized that not every MK is grateful to have grown up overseas, for reasons as varied as the landscape of loving it. Instead, for them, the only way they would use the word “positive” in the… Continue

Added by Marie Foote on July 27, 2009 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments

PTEE...What is it, and what do they do?

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PTEE = Program of Theology Education by Extension. Listen how God is using this Program to spread the Message of Jesus Christ throughout the Arab world community.

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Added by Missions on the Frontline on July 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Helping Others find Jesus

What a rewarding experience
to reach out and help others
in another culture
in another language
in another place

Joy and Walter have lived in
3rd world land of Ecuador
they have traveled with medical
teams to 3rd world Dominican Republic

Helping others is rewarding.

supporting tomseward.com
in Mali.

Added by Walter & Joy on July 18, 2009 at 2:05pm — 1 Comment

June 2009 International Ministry eLetter

…on the front burner…

"The Contrarian"

You’d think that a Major League Hall of Famer would, from an insider’s perspective, articulate some unique insight that would allow the rest of us mere mortals to elevate our understanding of baseball and how it is played. Or maybe a World Series winning manager would challenge the status quo on how we understand the actual game strategy itself. Or perhaps a baseball analyst on… Continue

Added by Jeff Denlinger on July 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

Debriefing in Littleton

We are enjoying a great week here at WorldVenture headquarters going through debriefing and getting up to speed on all the new things happening in the missions world.

Added by Gary Bennett on July 16, 2009 at 10:16am — 2 Comments

An Interview with Vernon Grounds

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During this Interview Dr. Vernon Grounds is 95 years young. The wisdom and heart of this Godly man is captured as Hans Finzel, President of WorldVenture, and Chancellor Vernon Grounds of Denver Seminary, have a conversation about his life's work, his legacy and his thoughts on missions.

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Added by Missions on the Frontline on July 15, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Climb

In two years working at the WorldVenture Home Office I have learned many things from the missionaries, but there is one thing that I have heard over and over again. “Raising support is the hardest part of being a missionary.” I am so grateful to have known that truth as I began the support raising journey than to stumble upon it myself.

Expecting challenges in support raising has definitely taken some of the edge off. Not to say that I am sitting around waiting for everything to go… Continue

Added by Mallory Long on July 14, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

On the Field Interview with Mark and Rea Wilson in Guinea, West Africa

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As Hans travels across West Africa, he takes the time to meet and interview Mark and Rea Wilson, Missionaries with SIM...Listen as you will hear the ups and downs of ministry in an area of the world branded the "Missionary Graveyard" because of the level of difficulty in personal challenges as well as spiritual warfare.

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Added by Missions on the Frontline on July 8, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Jacob or Esau: which twin is older?

Have you ever noticed that we always say “Jacob and Esau”? Why not the other way around? Esau was born first so was older, and he was also Isaac’s favored son. But we know how the story came out: against the odds, Jacob became the more important one with all the rights of the firstborn.

Now bring this story to the Nyarafolo context. None of the above makes any sense.

Years ago, when Dave and Karen DeGraaf (SIL) were our partners in the Nyarafolo Translation Project, they… Continue

Added by Linnea Boese on July 4, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment