A Bicycle for Juan

By Ricky Oliver (Missionary 2235) My friend Juan asked if I could get him a bicy­cle that he could use to get to work. Juan and his wife have a beau­ti­ful fam­ily with beau­ti­ful smiles. When I gave him the bicy­cle with two new spare tires and tubes, I for­got to take a pic­ture. On […]

How to Survive on the Mission Field, Part 5: Going with the Culture

You must embrace the cul­ture to which you are called. Embracing the cul­ture will allow you to con­tex­tu­al­ize the gospel.Paul did this with the Greeks he met on Mars Hill when he made men­tion of the statue to an unknown god. He said, “For as I passed along and observed the objects of your wor­ship, I […]

How to Survive on the Mission Field, Part 4: Rewards and Challenges

“We’ve given up every­thing to fol­low you. What will we get?” This was Peter’s ques­tion to Jesus in Matthew 19:27–29 NLT. From scrip­ture we know that the orig­i­nal apos­tles will sit with Jesus judg­ing the twelve tribes of Israel, but what about us? Jesus said that every­one who has left houses or broth­ers or sis­ters […]

2013 International Conference

The dates have been set and the loca­tion reserved for the 2013 International Conference. WIM mis­sion­ar­ies and friends will con­verge August 4-8 at the Courtyard Marriott River Village in New Braunfels, TX. It’s always a fun and refresh­ing time, so keep an eye out for upcom­ing reg­is­tra­tion details. We’d love to see you there!   ***UPDATE*** Registration is […]

How to Survive on the Mission Field, Part 3: A Sustainable Lifestyle

In my last blog, I dis­cussed the “camping-out” men­tal­ity that has caused many good mis­sion­ar­ies to fail in the plans God had for them. Camping out is not a sus­tain­able lifestyle. From WIM’s per­spec­tive, it is true that mis­sion­ar­ies could be con­sid­ered “tem­po­rary” because the end goal is to be replaced by local lead­ers who can lead […]

How to Survive on the Mission Field, Part 2: Camping Out

After you have prayed and found the will of God on where you are to serve, we want you to suc­ceed. So the next ques­tion is how are you going to suc­ceed? I believe it is impor­tant that you learn about camp­ing out. Have you ever gone on camp­ing trip? It’s a fun get away […]

“Vibrations” or Prayer?

If there is any unity of expres­sion in the newslet­ters mis­sion­ar­ies are wont to send, it is found either in their requests for prayer or in their thanks­giv­ing for it. All mis­sion­ar­ies desire and need prayer for their daily liv­ing, for their min­istries and for those to whom they min­is­ter. So do the rest of us.  […]