by an AFM Cross-Cultural Worker Here’s a sentence I never expected to write: The day I got robbed was one of the best days I’ve had as a missionary! Sounds crazy, right? I was riding in a tuk-tuk (an open, two-wheeled cab pulled by a motorcycle) to an airport in southeast Asia. My suitcase was […]
by an anonymous AFM Cross-Cultural Worker Jenny (my wife’s pseudonym) went into labor after falling asleep on the couch the evening of the 29th. Contractions came every 10 minutes or so throughout the night and were quite strong by daylight. Around 6:30 we made the decision to go to the hospital. There is a 7-7 […]
by an anonymous AFM Cross-Cultural Worker We are in our sixth week of lockdown—staying at home except for a weekly trip to get food. I expect we’ll be in this situation through May, barring the creation of a treatment for COVID-19. Our country has closed its borders, and stopped schools and public gatherings (including worship […]
by Duane Miller, AFM Cross-Cultural Worker I didn’t even remember the phone call. One evening when I was loafing around the house an Arabophone brother called me from a foreign country and had some questions about our small Arabophone fellowship, Kanisa. What did we believe? I answered: we had an evangelical orientation and confessed the Apostles’ and […]
by an anonymous AFM Cross-Cultural Worker // As concern over the coronavirus has grown in our adopted country, my husband and I decided to keep our previously-scheduled plans to celebrate our wedding anniversary in a nearby country where our daughter, son-in-law, and 9 month-old grandchild live. Travel from our remote location (in our country of […]
There’s a story of a priest who lived in a fishing village near the sea. One year, in his annual congregational report, he announced that “nine fishermen had been lost at sea in inclement weather.” The church was shocked, amazed, and confused. “Who are these nine people—why isn’t the entire village talking about this?” The […]
