Learning a Valuable Lesson in Japan
We came to Japan to tell people that they are valuable because they are created in the image of God and loved by him! What makes people valuable is not what they offer to society, not their position in...
View ArticleSuicide Forest
by Abi H., Bible School for the Nations student In the breathtaking photos of Mt. Fuji, the shadow at the foot of the mountain is a forest. It’s known as Suicide Forest because so many people go there...
View ArticleTransformation Seminar in Nepal
by Elizabeth J., BSN student Our first week of teaching in Nepal was filled with laughter at our attempts to speak Nepali, and cups of steaming chai and dry rusks during “tea break.” We enjoy learning...
View ArticlePhotos from "Spoil the Kids" event for refugee children
Hannah and the kids share some good laughs after their faces are painted.
View ArticleA Safe Home
Evening ushers in an orange-streaked sunset as we pack ten adults and one child into a small van. After an hour weaving in and out of the honking traffic, we tumble out in front of an ordinary but...
View ArticleMiracles in Nepal
by Nick S., DTS student, Nepal The highlight of my day was after we left the elementary school and stopped at a fork in the road. We stuck out as obvious foreigners — and managed to attract a large...
View ArticleLiquor Store Preacher
by Nicolaj, DTS student, Nepal Just an hour before our team was set to leave Tikapur, a friend invited Nick and me to share our testimonies and pray for a man. We follow our friend through town and ask...
View ArticleLouder than words — Syrian refugees in Turkey
by Ben V., DTS student, with Samantha L, Writing School student I stood still for a moment and took in our situation. A small crowd of Syrian children watched my team with expectation while they...
View ArticleMeet the Unreached People Group Who Captured My Heart
These are the Loy people. They are quiet and few. They make me happy. I wish you could meet them. I wish you could see the children running through the green plants and on the dusty path outsides their...
View ArticleBringing glory by obedience
One team member showing God’s love by coloring with a special needs child at an orphanage in East Asia. By Kayla DTS Student We are currently in our third week of outreach and we have seen God’s...
View ArticleThrough the red lights, there are people
By Jenna Staff Walking to the bars, I didn’t know what to expect. In the red light district, the bars are the only places to go to meet people. I knew there would be men, alcohol, and many things...
View ArticleFaithfully serving in the little
Counting beads for inventory at a ministry for trafficking victims in East Asia. By Kayla DTS Student “His master replied, ‘Well done good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few...
View ArticleHealing of the heart
The team playing with children in a foster home in East Asia. Written by LaShanda This week God showed me the power of prayer. Our team has been working in a foster home for children with medical...
View ArticleGames, fun and no fear
The East Asia team doing an exercise on “fear.” Written by Anna Organize a Vacation Bible School camp for 23 kids that would last for five days? No problem. Do that with two days of prep? How could we...
View ArticleThe Journey to Manhood
“I, Garett Collins, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…” This was the honorary speech I repeated at the...
View ArticleReady to Say Yes
by Keahna, DTS student Meet our South Asia Team It was only five hours into our 30 hour journey to SE Asia, and I was the only one on my outreach team still awake. I flipped through the in-flight...
View ArticleThis is What Love Looked Like Today
by Kaehna (DTS student), with Monika She charged into the preschool, eyes on fire. I stepped out of the pregnant woman’s way as she raced past me and into the Director’s office. My friends and I...
View ArticleLove the “Monster” too
story from Daniel (DTS student) The sun had set hours ago, the street brightened by neon lights promising Girls, Girls, Girls. The couple, if you could call them that, caught my eye when they walked...
View ArticlePowerful Words of Hope from an Indian Street Kid
I was reading through my journal from my DTS last night, processing some of the things from my outreach to Nepal and India that I have long left unprocessed. After my team got back from outreach, we...
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