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Let’s Be Honest: The Taste Of Pig Brains Are Not As Bad As They Sound

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392SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List One thing we promise all our visiting short term teams: we will let you experience things on the mission field that will be stories you can tell your children and children’s children! You will eat things you’ve never dreamt…

American Teams Bring The Message Of Jesus To Unreached Villages In China

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370SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This month we hosted 2 short term teams from America, from Victory Faith Fellowship in Spokane, WA and from The Rock of Roseville in Northern California. A total of 19 people traversed the Pacific and arrived in China to…

6 Reasons Why Asian Americans Make Great Missionaries

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258SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List My friend Toby at The Asian Rough Rider just posted something highly notable, and something I have been hashing over for a long time. He, of course is Asian, so it seems that it would be natural for him…

Missionary Died Thinking He Was A Failure; 84 Years Later Thriving Churches Found Hidden In The Jungle

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476SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Being a missionary is difficult because you cannot calculate success like a businessman can, measuring results by total assets, number of staff, or financial income. Life transformation is not nearly as tangible as most occupational positions. Being a missionary…

Chinese Christians Bravely Tell Government: Stop Illegal Anti-Church Campaign

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313SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Chinese Christians vowed to “guard their church to the end” while facing the growing anti-church campaign in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Local pastors and church members from various churches published a public letter the Wenzhou City government which included…

Where The Zeros Are [Video]

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226SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Here I am writing about the same thing again: the unreached and unengaged people groups of the 10/40 Window. I’m writing again because I am convicted and confounded by the lack of care and concern of Christians for those…

How China Deals With The Epidemic Of Internet-Addicted Teens Is Kind Of Shocking | 7 Min. Documentary

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457SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List In 2008, China declared internet addiction to be a clinical disorder, saying it’s a top health threat to its teenagers. “Some kids are so hooked on these games that they think taking a restroom break will affect their performance…

Everything Is About Us. Or Is It? A Life Dedicated To Something Greater

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329SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Sometimes my Facebook feed inspires. After unfollowing all the people who did nothing but post selfies of their beautiful faces all day, A richer social media experience returned. I saw people posting things that mattered, things that make a…

Every Missionary Should Go A Year Without English: Mandarin In 3.5 Months | 12 Min. Documentary

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443SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Over the last 2 decades, I’ve put tens of thousands of hours into learning Mandarin Chinese. The result is, obviously, I am now fluent in the language. Of course, there are always holes in language learning, but as far…

10 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Missionary

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340SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List A tongue-in-cheek look at some sure-fire ways to avoid becoming a missionary. 10 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Missionary @within_reach Click To Tweet 1. Ignore Jesus’ request in John 4:35 that we take a long hard look at the…