Category Archives: Testimonial

First Term Reflections

As I write this, we are just four weeks from departing on our first furlough. It is impossible to condense everything that has happened to us, and within us, into one small article. Here are a few things that stand out to me right now.

Three Things I Have Learned About the Congo:

There will always be […]

You Cannot Have Two Masters

Iglesia Comunidad Cristiana del Vaupés Bible Storytelling Workshop

One of the amazing things I’ve discovered is the wisdom displayed by indigenous men and women as they unpack spiritual insights after listening to Bible stories.

Iglesia Comunidad Cristiana del Vaupés in the Amazonian basin of Colombia, South America, invited MAF-Learning Technologies to come and train indigenous […]

Intentional Christmas

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 […]

Rainbow Promise

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 […]

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep …

The dogs barked and woke me up. Again. Don’t get me wrong – this was a good thing. I am grateful that they would likely alert us to nocturnal intruders on our property.

Listening to the whir of the fan overhead, laying still in the dark, my mind wandered. Why do people walk down our street […]

A New Brother in Haiti

“You’ll be staying with JeanJean and Kristie Mompremier…” we were told when our family first arrived in Haiti in 2006. We were sent to Pignon in the Central Plateau for six weeks of language study. It was an amazing experience, an awesome introduction to ministering in a country engaged in deep spiritual warfare. MAF has […]