David Joannes
157SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This is a blog originally published by my wife, Lorna, in December, 2011. Her writing is always so touching and inspiring because she writes from a deep place of honesty and transparency. I am honored to give you a…
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230SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List My little girl, due in December 2012, is going to be a Third Culture Kid (TCK). She will have traveled around the world before she’s 2. She will speak English, Tagalog and Mandarin before she’s 6 years old. She…
read more109SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Original blog from Elias Popa, Within Reach Global intern: The Seasoned Explorer » Noodles and Jesus. I was sitting there with Brother C, the man I told you about in an earlier story whose niece had passed away. After 4…
read more772SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I don’t mean to be rude, but I have to be honest: the odds are, mathematically, stacked against you. THE 10/40 WINDOW The 10/40 Window is home to 6,921 unreached people groups. (Joshua Project) 2.82 billion people live in the…
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280SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List After church planting among unreached people groups in to China’s Southwest interior for nearly 15 years, people often come to me for missions advice by asking, “How can I tell if God is calling me to be a missionary?”…
read more128SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Nearly two weeks of monsoon rains across Metro Manila and 16 surrounding provinces have left 850,000 people displaced in the Philippines. About 60% of Manila and nearby provinces are still flooded. This is one of the worst floods in…
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192SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List There are so many layers of poverty, from the flaky outer shell to the sweetish center. But like an onion, the whole thing will make you cry. As a traveled American, it’s hard for me to swallow the poverty…
read more128SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List As Within Reach Global is expanding its leadership base, it is a huge favor and blessing to send our local missionaries to the Philippines for an intensive leadership training. The training, which is every year for two months, focuses…
read more183SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I recently saw a time lapse shot from NASA satellites. A pause. I wonder if you are able to pinpoint a single infinitismal whisper wafting through the air as the universe spins incessantly. My voice is small. The slow…
read more193SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This post is from my amazing wife, Lorna. See the original post on thereisyethope.com. Follow her on twitter @lornajoannes. Enjoy! Sitting at our 40 square meter apartment in Manila, I am crying to God, asking where is my…
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