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When Keith and Saundra stepped into retirement from 44 years of pastoral ministry, they were simultaneously stepping into a new calling to minister to The Wesleyan Church in a South Asian country*. As they embarked on this new endeavor nearly ten years ago, they had...
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My first interaction with my site leaders – Lexi Collins and Collette Nybakken – was over Zoom. I remember instantly connecting with them over our shared love for coffee. From the start, I could tell I had some pretty special NEXT site leaders. When I first met...
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This reflection is an excerpt from a newsletter written by a missionary who recently moved to the Waha field and is raising funds to serve there long-term. “Waha” is a pseudonym for a Global Partners mission field in the Turkic-Arabic Area. A few weeks ago, I had the...
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How does a group of eight individuals from a church in Fremont, Michigan find themselves surrounded by 200 young Nepali believers on a mountain plateau, worshipping the Lord and greeting one another with the local Christian greeting “Jaimasi”? Or in a church building...
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When NEXT interns land on the mission field, they are exposing their hearts and minds to what God is doing around the world. They’re broadening their perspective and relying on the Holy Spirit in ways they haven’t needed to before. It’s hard to say exactly what...