There are many reasons people shy away from proceeding with missions: fear of the unknown, they think they are not ready, family responsibilities, finances, just to name a few. The bible talks about the early disciples and describes how they left everything to follow Jesus. If you are not in a place to go overseas …
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Since moving to a new city of nearly 3 million people last summer I’ve been blessed to make many new friends. This past Fall while helping with an English club one evening, I met two girls from a village more than an hour away from my city home. When they found out that I love …
Mission Impossible. Is this how you see cross-cultural missions? At times we might be tempted to think: “Why bother? They aren't going to change their minds.” “It's too hard...” “Someone else is more equipped than I am.” “I have goals and plans I want to do first.” “It's too expensive and I could never ask …
Baptisms are always a time of great celebration in the Turkish church. They are also a huge step for the believer being baptised. For believers who were born and raised as Muslims, baptism is like a point of no return or a final once-and-for-all crossing of the line. Turks are expressive and emotional. Those giving …
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The apostle Paul wrote, “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow”. (1 Corinthians 3:6,7) Life is full of surprises. Recently, I have been gardening and I was surprised …
We first met Abdul when he was a new believer, stuck in an Islamic school in a very conservative village. He was all alone and he fell away from his faith. He left home to complete a year of mandatory military service. His phone didn't have internet the entire time, but the Bible app was …
Sometimes we don't always connect the dots as to what God is doing in our lives with the opportunities He is presenting to us. Many years ago, as I was about to embark on an internship with my bible college a mentor said to me, “Take every opportunity that is offered to you even if …
Somehow, in reading the Christmas story of a poor family traveling around on a donkey, looking for a place to stay at night, collides in my mind with rather ratty looking folks in front of the bazaar asking for anything we would give them. Winter is not an especially nice time to be poor. Being …
The International Church of Bishkek was established and registered in 2001. Their purpose is to ‘seek together to learn what it means to be wholehearted followers of Jesus’. They are an English-speaking International Church in the Protestant, evangelical stream of churches. They are a community of approximately 250 to 300 people who come from 15 …
Central Asia is a story telling culture. In recent years many of our staff have begun to use “storying” as a method of sharing the good news of Jesus. The format we have adopted is taught through the organization called Simply the Story (STS). Built on the foundation of “storying,” STS added the dynamic of …
