As we near end of the year, many people take time to reflect on what has happened in their lives and dream about the future.
It’s no different at MAF. In reflecting over the past year, I see how MAF still faithfully responds to the vision God gave this ministry many years ago: to help meet […]
What makes Christmas…Christmas? Since my first overseas Christmas eight years ago, I’ve wrestled with that question. In the past eight years, we’ve had eight very different but equally wonderful Christmases. There was the year we were in language school in Costa Rica and loved ones came to celebrate with us on the beach. There were […]
Today’s missionary blogger serves in an area of the world where Christians can be persecuted for their faith. Her identity is not given for her protection and that of her family.
Christmas season here is different. I now live in a region where there is no sign of the Christmas season (except for the handful […]
I hung over the Amazon jungle intent on finding my destination, worried about a weather change, calculating fuel left in the tanks, and wondering if my passengers there would be ready. Hung? As in suspended? How many hours had I flown that way without ever considering just what, exactly, held me up? To what did […]
The corner store is smelly, and crowded with others like me—coming for something quick and small. Some vegetables to make dinner maybe. Gas for the stove. For me, I’m searching for more time—for my phone.
These are my neighbors. Some live in houses like mine—with furniture and plants and tiles on the floor. One of the […]
I’ve always loved rainbows, but ever since a morning in 2001, they have held special significance to me. I was sitting on our front porch in Indonesia, struggling with post-partum depression. Feelings of hopelessness, despair and anxiety racked my body. As I poured my heart out to the Lord, my eyes glanced at the sky […]