This article from Apple Insider introduces a new mobile app that can expedite reentry into the US via certain airports. The app, Mobile Passport, has been authorized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and can streamline an entire family’s customs process. Without the app the typical wait time averages over an hour. From the article: Read More
Click here for a link to a free PDF entitled, “Raising Resilient MKs.” It contains a plethora of wisdom about educational, cultural, and relational issues relevant to missionary kids around the world. This book contains the collected wisdom of 38 authors who wrote the 56 chapters. It was the collaborative effort of ACSI, Interaction, Inc., and Read More
If you are looking for another resource for graphic design, check out Commission Creative. From their about page: We are a missions-focused design studio, started by MKs, dedicated to serving missionaries like you who are carrying out the Great Commission. We believe fundraising can be done with excellence and within a budget. We strive to Read More
From the Wife’s Perspective: Our first three months on the field are somewhat of a blur now, but yet I believe them to have been a very vital part of our continuing ministry. While emotions are still running high from walking away from family and friends, a new reality begins to set in on the Read More
Here is a little of my heart, I hope there something you can use. I could go on and on about God’s goodness and mercy. Nancy and I can remember when we first arrived in Russia. When we first arrived we can remember being questioned like spies on the airplane and the security guards kept Read More
1. Get the family settled in to your living quarters comfortably and as completely as possible. 2. If there is already an established work- be regular in attendance- even if you do not know the language. 3. If there is another Missionary there, after the home is set-up, follow him around and begin meeting the Read More
For whatever this is worth…since I have been in many different mission fields, here is my contribution: 1. All my fears were already taken care in prayer before I arrived in the mission fields. The Lord had already even given me precious promises as an answer to those fears. Perhaps I had met some missionaries Read More
One of the best things we can do in the ministry is to recall God’s call- every day, if necessary. WE will not conquer the world in a day. WE will not reach our community in a week, or even in a year. Only God can do what God can do, and yet He chose Read More
In some ways, it’s hard for me to remember everything that felt new and that challenged us in our first months here; because so much of it has become commonplace now. But there are a few things that stick out in my memory. We arrived in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, Brazil (specifically, the city Read More
I. Help Your Wife And Your Children Feel Comfortable In Their New Home. Going to a new mission field can be very exciting for the man, but it can be avery fearful place for your wife and your children. It’s very difficult for your wife to leave her family, her friends, and her comfort zones Read More