Upcoming Training
Interested in Short Term Mission training before you go? Call us at 800-222-3872 ext 2164 or email BIMvolunteers@abc-usa.org to schedule training in your area.
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July 27, 2011
Note:
Raymond served as an American Baptist pastor in Indiana and now serves
in the Virginia Baptist Convention in Boykins, VA. This is his fifth
summer of service in DR Congo with ABC IM missionaries and partners. Raymond Bunn's letter to the churches, July 2011 Our
pro...more
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July 23, 2011
Dear Friends,I have not been idle since I wrote a journal to you. Did you read the two news articles on the IM web page? Here is the link for one of them: http://www.internationalministries.org/read/36881 . Then brush your cursor over the word “about“ on the menu at the top-righ...more
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July 19, 2011
Michigan Servants for Christ. . . represent six different churches.. . . are old and young, untried and experienced, black and white, gregarious and shy, excited and apprehensive.. . . have been called to ser...more
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July 15, 2011
Matt is saddened by the broken spirit of so many Haitians. The hopelessness, apathy, desperation, and resulting practice of superstitious religions to reach out for something larger than life were disturbing and frightening yet seeing leadership capabilities of Haitians...more
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July 15, 2011
The Savage Expedition of Unknown Length is now “of Known Length.” We’ll be heading back to the States once the school year is over here in early December. The plan at this point is for Jenn to begin looking for teaching jobs and for me to begin work on my Master’s degree at OSU in Sc...more
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July 14, 2011
Dear Hermanos,Today, (July 6) which is my 23rd birthday, I would like to share
with you a story about an amiguito of mine. Let's call him Martin. Last
November Martin turned two years old. While most children receive presents and
cake and hugs on their birthday, my little frie...more
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July 11, 2011
¡feliz cumpleaños a mi esposa!I married a fixer. A problem solver. Quite the innovative man. I didn’t realize the full extent of this characteristic until more recently, when Chris put an end to a longing I was having to bake. (The stove top skillet oven just wasn't the same...) No, he didn’...more
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July 05, 2011
Some people believe that the future is bleak. If you’ve lost everything, or even just your job, it is like walking with your head down and just looking at the dirt road rather than looking at the road stretching out ahead. Our hope in Christ is sometimes hard to verbalize to someo...more
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June 27, 2011
Remember to breathe...Thank you for your patience in
getting this very delayed newsletter to you! This winter and spring
have been very busy in La Romana and I have also been taking some time
off in the US for much needed rest and relaxation. By the end of April,
the Good Samaritan...more
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June 21, 2011
I have been here now for two months. As my Tica Mom says "¡Qué rápido!" Which I agree, it seems like its only been a couple weeks at the most! Over the last two months I have been learning a lot and I know I have a lot more to learn. I am learning more and more Spanish which is making conversat...more
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June 03, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
In the jungle the mighty jungle the mono
sleeps tonight...
This weekend on the Caribbean was a great time for relaxing,
seeing monkeys (monos), and fellowship with friends that are also IM volunteer
missionaries here in Costa
Rica. Hope, the other volunteer in the
S...more
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May 31, 2011
Requirement: Professional skills as a therapist with some experience and knowledge of how to work in underdeveloped areas. Need to be culturally sensitive. One month of learning Thai is required upon arrival. TBMF (Thailand Baptist Missionary Fellowship) and CDPD (Center for ...more
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May 28, 2011
Dear Journal Friends,The Lord continues to guide and direct me through the tasks he has given me to do. However, it seems like waiting patiently is a big part of it all. You all are probably saying the same thing in waiting for communication from me! “If I could just get an answer...more
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May 26, 2011
From Alan Selig...Most days I pray that I will make an impression on the students in my class. Today, however, I was praying I would not make an impression. Last night I was experiencing what some call the traveler's lament. Something, out of all the new and different things I have eaten, did not ...more
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May 20, 2011
Stan Murray warned me that when I went into Myanmar I should be readyto preach at any moment. "You may arrive at the school and they willsay 'we want you to come now and meet the students and share a messagewith them.'" It was good advice, because that was what happened when Igot to Ho Chi Minh Ci...more
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May 20, 2011
Each meal I try to remember to bring my camera to the table. I accuse the women of preparing a meal for a king but they assure me that a king gets much more. Still our table had three or four meat dishes, one or two vegetable dishes, sometimes another plate of tofu, a large bowl of soup in the cen...more
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May 13, 2011
Queridos Hermanos en Cristo,Many
things have happened here in Deborah's House since the last time that I wrote to
you. But first of all, let me tell you about the albergadas
themselves. We have three families here at the moment. Two of them
are families I met while working he...more
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May 13, 2011
Here we
are four months into our year of adventure and service in Costa Rica.
What have we learned? Have we done any good by being here? Is this
place better for us being here? Questions such as these are daily
discussed between the two of us, and we are finding them much mo...more
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May 13, 2011
Hello from the Amazon River! Thank you for your prayers this past week as a group from our school ministered in 3 indigenous Amazon communities. The trip left me with a lot to pray f...more
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May 13, 2011
Is God calling you to engage as a short-term volunteer missionary?Short term missionaries are primarily serving...more
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May 02, 2011
Travel Alert
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April 28, 2011
Six Steps or LessIt’s a small world. Most of us have said it and have heard it said at least a few times. We often hear it when we discover that somebody knows someone we know and the odds are seemingly impossible that it would be true. Frigyes Karinthy in his 1929 short story,...more
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April 24, 2011
Sometimes our perspective is too narrow We make judgments, or base our feelings on the little porthole we’re looking through. But there is a wider picture we should be looking at. Even the wider perspective can be scary. This is an observation I made after seeing the deva...more
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April 14, 2011
Dear friends,Two weeks ago, if I had gotten a phone call from Michie, something might have gone awry. But God’s timing is perfect. When we pay attention to all the hints we are given we’re able to see God’s hand.As you know, I’ve been doing what I can to mend a back problem.&nb...more
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April 12, 2011
In March, Dr. Richard Young of Heritage Baptist Church, Cartersville, GA and his team of five including Michael Tutterow, pastor of Heritage Baptist Church served in villages in the mountains around Chiapas. Carlos Fray, a doctor from Pueblo, Mexico also served with them.&...more
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April 05, 2011
Monday March 7, 2011 Robin Smith’s Journal There´s a lot going on in Bogota in the midst of our rainy season, so I ask that you pray for those involved in ministry here. I´m sending a picture of some students I teach, which is my main ministry, but I also want to w...more
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March 28, 2011
Dear Journal friends,My apologies to you for letting a few days pass without posting a letter. As much as I want to keep Japan in front of you particularly now, time to do so has slipped past. What have I been doing instead of sitting in front of my computer/TV? God has been cari...more
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March 28, 2011
"You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet fromthe cliff edge of doom. Now I stroll at leisure with You in the sunlit fields of life. [What, what would have become of me,] Lord, had Inot believed that I would see Your goodness in the land of the living."From Prayers that Avail Much Dear Ro...more
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March 28, 2011
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March 25, 2011
Oh, waiting can be sooo hard! Generous folks have called and emailed offering their time and talents to serve the people of Japan. We appreciate you and your heart to serve. We are in contact daily with our missionaries in Japan as we continue to receive updates about the situation ...more
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March 21, 2011
Jennifer and Chris Savage are serving as volunteers in Costa Rica. Have you been keeping up with "The Savage Expedition of Unknown Length"? If not, go to http://thesavageexpedition.blogspot.com/ to read the latest blog post and catch up with the ones you haven't read yet. <...more
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March 20, 2011
Dear Journal-Praying friends,
I haven’t written for a few days, not because I had nothing to say but because I’ve been helping translate a web page into English that some of you might be interested in seeing. Those of you who are familiar with Japan or have served here will ...more
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March 17, 2011
Dear Friends,Not all is grim. The news media tends to exaggerate much of what is happening in Japan. The evacuation is recommended for people living 80 miles radius around the nuclear power plant. The Hwangs and I are 300 miles distant. A friend reminded me that when you have ...more
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March 16, 2011
“He said,Naked I came from my mother’s womb,And naked I shall return here.The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 NASV
I must admit that I have never have really been fond of this passage. I understand the first part, but “ble...more
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March 16, 2011
I wish I could have taken you shopping yesterday. First I went to the local Seven-Eleven to pay my phone bill. Just across the street was a gas station. The cars were line up for about a mile. This I checked out later on my way to the supermarket. I thought of sitting in th...more
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Teams
Resources
We have a lot of resources for volunteers and volunteer teams. From suggested reading to the forms you need to register, to the summary of the travel accident insurance, you can read more on the "Becoming a Short-term Missionary" page.
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