Missions on the Frontline

a ministry of WorldVenture

September 2009 Blog Posts (17)

Linda Heesch, an Apostle Paul experience at the Birmingham, England Airport

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Listen as Hans Interviews Linda Heesch, a Missionary with WorldVenture, as she tells her Apostle Paul incarceration experience.

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

My Vision, Part 1

By Bruce A. Thomas

The following narration encapsulates my vision of what I hope will be an experience duplicated many times over as our family heads to Poland to teach English as a Foreign Language.

Mirak leaned back in his chair with his arms stretched out behind his head and his fingers interlocked. The expression on his face was one that reflected the imaginary light bulb that had just clicked on above his head.

He had joined the English Bible… Continue

Added by Bruce Thomas on September 29, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

The Human Side of the Ministry of Jesus

The Gospels never cease to amaze me with their portrayal of Jesus Christ. I am still trying to learn from the Gospels. Recently I received two books in the mail-- Jesus and the Gospels by Craig Blomberg and The Historical Jesus by Gary Habermas. A lot of the content of the books is technical, but much needed in a world which 2,000 years later is still grappling with the Jesus-question: Who was/is He, and so what?

Preparing for two Bible classes at the International… Continue

Added by Keith Sellers on September 26, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Annual Mission and Vision

What would have happened if churches did not reproduce disciples? The obvious answer is that the Gospel would never have spread like it did. What would happen now if churches no longer reproduce disciples? Obviously, churches would disappear and Christianity would be extinct. The leaders of our international church, Il Faro, is meeting to ensure that we are reproducing mature disciples.

Pray for the leaders of the church as we meet this weekend in an attempt to clarify and affirm our… Continue

Added by Dr. Timothy A. Monahan on September 24, 2009 at 2:19am — No Comments

Bill and Nancy McComb sharing opportunities in Senegal

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Bill and Nancy share what God is doing in Senegal. Their partnership allows other missionaries do their work because their children are well taken care of in an American style Boarding School in Senegal.

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Added by Missions on the Frontline on September 23, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

helping

I LOVE helping get folks supported and off to work in West Africa as well as taking people for prayer walk/vision trips!!!

Added by Andy Spohrer on September 21, 2009 at 6:38am — No Comments

Nomad

Nomad

© Linnea Boese, 2009

I am only, always

just a resident alien

on a yoyo between worlds,

with a foreign address,

borrowed rooms,

and a “home”

where I never live.

At least not yet.

Someday.

Meanwhile everything

is temporary.

A modern nomad,

I have no herds,

just other moveable goods:

my books, my music,

practical clothes,

and indications

of my nesting… Continue

Added by Linnea Boese on September 20, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Rites of Passage...Male bonding Under the Knife

We've already learned a lot about Ramadan this month from our neighbors. This weekend is the major holiday called Korite (Eid ul-Fitr in other countries), which is the official breaking of the fasting period. As part of the celebration, the head of household will buy a goat or a sheep, or split the cost of a whole cow to share among their neighbors and friends. There is still a lot though, that I don't understand. As I type, there is some loud chanting blaring from the mosques loudspeakers… Continue

Added by Matthew & Nicole Paschall on September 18, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Gifts From Heaven

"So, my very dear friends, don't get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures."

--James 1:16-18 (The Message)

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Added by John Roper on September 18, 2009 at 8:01am — 1 Comment

Rodger Schmdit - Transformational Ventures at work series [2 of 2]

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Rodger and Lynne Schmidt are serving in Church planting and leadership development in Mozambique. Listen as Rodger shares his heart and passion for Ministry while pouring life on life into 9 young men as they live, work a chicken farm and minister together.

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Added by Missions on the Frontline on September 16, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Wanderer

Photo credit: Nemo.H

HYMN 7

"In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." -- Isaiah 30:15.

With a heart full of anxious request,

Which my Father in heaven bestowed,

I wandered alone, and distressed,

In search of a quiet abode.

Astray…

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Added by John Roper on September 15, 2009 at 7:19pm — No Comments

Rodger Schmdit - Transformational Ventures at work series [1 of 2]

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Hans talks with Rodger Schmidt, WorldVenture Missionary in Mozambique, about Transformational Ventures and how God is using eggs to teach leadership and business skills for missional growth.

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Added by Missions on the Frontline on September 9, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Dance to the Lord!

We were dancing, three rows of women lined up facing another singer, bowed from the waist and whooshing left, then right, arms swinging in rhythm. After the singer called out each verse we stood upright to answer with the refrain, and then it was back to bending over. I felt the unity, the power of our matched movements and voices singing to the Lord to “open the door, let your children in—we’re suffering in this world.”

It was Sunday afternoon in our thatched apatâme (large gazebo),… Continue

Added by Linnea Boese on September 7, 2009 at 11:38am — 2 Comments

Parable of the Golden Rain Tree

From MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul, (Jan. 22):

Do thou, my God, my spirit's weather control;

And as I do not gloom though the day be dun,

Let me not gloom when earth-born vapors roll

Across the infinite zenith of my soul.

Should sudden brain-frost through the heart's summer run,

Cold, weary, joyless, waste of air and sun,

Thou art my south, my summer-wind, my all, my one.

In this dry season, I’ve been meditating on Psalm 1. The… Continue

Added by Linnea Boese on September 5, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

In The Truth

Photo credit: notashamed

He who loves will rejoice in the Truth, rejoice not in what he has been taught to believe; not in this Church's doctrine or in that; not in this issue, or in that issue; but "in the Truth." He will accept only what is real; he will strive to get at facts; he will search for Truth with a humble and unbiased mind, and cherish…

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Added by John Roper on September 4, 2009 at 8:29am — 1 Comment