David Joannes
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 as conversational language skills, I’m pretty satisfied with my level of fluency. I cannot stress enough how important language learning is…
read moreEvery overseas missionary seeks to emulate the supernatural lifestyle that characterized the ministry of Jesus. We want our lives to matter for eternity. We want to see whole communities come to Christ. We want our outreach to be infused with strategy, relevance, and Kingdom power. But the world has changed dramatically in the last 2,000 years. The 21st century missionary…
read moreIt was a power-packed Christmas party, complete with side-splitting laughter and moments of intense importance. The advent of the Kingdom of God alters atmospheres, and everyone in the room was filled with a sense of delight at the true meaning of Christmas. Power-packed Christmas party in China, side-splitting laughter, intense importance. Click To Tweet No, pause for a moment to…
read moreAt Within Reach Global, we host weekly English Corners. English Corners are an awesome platform for Chinese college students to gather, practice their foreign language skills, and build new relationships. Life With God Versus Life Without God: A Chinese College Student perspective Click To Tweet We call it our “big net”. It’s a place where we cast our nets into…
read moreWe saw amazing things happen at Within Reach Global in 2015! 3 countries 6 outreach centers 13 local missionaries from 7 different people groups 10 foreign missionaries 9 church plants 10 tons of clothing given to the poor 150 led through our discipleship course 3-5 English Corners per week 120 students reached through Camps 135 college students / young professionals…
read moreEvery year, we host 2 college student camps at a resort on the outskirts of the city. It’s what we like to call our “big net” where we gather students from our 5 weekly English Corners and pour into their lives relationally, emotionally and spiritually. This year the theme was “Upgrade Yourself”. We encouraged the students to think outside the…
read moreDownload the PDF here Overview The year 2014 was a year of vision brought about by the experience gained from years past and the hope elicited by years to come. It saw darkness in the form of rebellions, explosions, stabbings and earthquakes. It witnessed adventure in the form of many voyages and it sparked our imaginations with various ruminations. It…
read moreOne 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 of before. You will sleep in the most awkward of places. You will do things you did not previously think yourself…
read more9. They happened during threats of persecution. You can’t just go out to a public lake and start baptizing people in China. Even with the promise of “religious freedom”, the government won’t like that. Many times, baptisms are done privately in bathtubs. The men baptizing these people have all been threatened by local police for sharing the gospel. These baptisms…
read moreChildren 8 to 14 years old prepare and cook meals to pass them out to the elderly homeless around Orphan Home outreach center in China! This is an incredible new ministry that has begun in the midst of persecution and governmental pressure. [TWEET THIS] Just 2 weeks ago, the police warned Lin, our local missionary, not to do any kind of…
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