Here’s the thing: the missions world needs you. Teams need you. Families need you. You are a force, a breath of fresh air, a teammate and a friend.You are the glue that holds a team together. You are a gap-filler that makes a healthy, well-rounded, high-capacity team. You are uninhabited by challenge and change. You are free to obey passionately when He calls.

3.1 billion people are in such a dark place they offer up gifts to a god, yet they haven't heard that they can receive the ultimate gift of life. The gift that doesn't require a bell or a giant mountain top temple... He just wants our hearts. He wants all of us for His glory. He already won the victory.

Our transformed lives are the product of an infinitely loving and gracious Father who seeks us out and calls us to himself. The power of our Creator, who made all things and in him all things hold together, the power of our shepherd who restores our souls, and who leads us by his voice, the power of God incarnate, who pardoned our iniquity by dying on the cross, providing a way for us to be made righteous before God, and giving us access to a real relationship with a perfect and holy God—there are so many more things to talk about in terms of increasing enjoyment in God and how his Word is fully true, alive, and does not return void.

But there is rest for the fearful, hope for the hopeless, and sight for the blind in Jesus Christ. I'm encouraged knowing I have a relationship with the One who casts out fear, who is my eternal hope, and who gives me a vision and the assurance of my future. This motivates me to pray without ceasing, fervently asking God to draw these lost sheep to him.

Join me.

This echoes so true when you are fearful. When has He ever failed? Why would He start now? He never fails us— what peace that brings. Fear has turned into peace over and over again because the Father is so good. From preparing for this trip to being here 7 weeks, He is good, all the time.

We praise God for what He has accomplished through us. It is His work. He simply invites us to be a part of it. And what a privilege that invitation is to accept.

God is the author of my story...if only it were easy becoming a blank page.

Here are 7 scriptures about God’s Will. When you are seeking guidance or are struggling to make a decision, we hope that they will be a beacon of light for you. Think on them prayerfully and read them in context.

Considering going overseas one day? Heres a story from a former student answering this simple question: Why?

It can be hard to think about missions in terms other than being overseas, but the truth is that missions is multifaceted with a variety of roles that can be accomplished from many places, not just overseas. How can you be involved in missions without going overseas?

One of the main goals of our overseas mentorship is for students to see what their life could look like as a cross-cultural missionary. We aim to break down the barriers that could keep them from moving their lives overseas and address some of these questions that need real answers.

We haven’t been able to run an overseas program for a few semesters now, but some of the lessons you can learn overseas you can also use stateside whether you’re waiting to go long-term, working to mobilize your church or school, or learning about unreached people for the first time. We wanted to share something one of our students from a previous semester learned on our program!

Some book and podcast recommendations to kick off 2021!

Lets begin this new year with gratitude to the Lord.

Year in Review - 2020

Here are some ways to make Christmas extra special this year.

Refresh your phone and get into the holiday spirit with some downloadable Christmas wallpapers!

We looked deeply into John 14:6 together about Jesus’ claim that He is the only way. Finally, knowing since AJ had just heard the Gospel that this moment was crucial, I asked, "You've been learning all this stuff about Jesus, what do you believe about this?"
As I let that question go, I was filled with vulnerability. What is going to happen?

This year during the holiday season, we wanted to give you some fun ideas on how to practice gratitude together as a family! We know that there are many different ways to give thanks to God, so here are a few of our favorite new tradition ideas to help you reflect on all that you have to be grateful for!