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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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Urbana 2025 closed the year in Phoenix, Arizona with a call for the 7,000 attendees to join God in His mission for the world. For over 75 years, Urbana has convened every three years as a leading missions conference for young adults. Fourteen Global Partners (GP)...
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Our family serves with Global Partners in a country where 99% of citizens identify as Muslim. With the lunar calendar used in Islam, the inescapable “reality of Ramadan” will once again come 11 days earlier this year (February 18 – March 19). The “Ramadan...
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I was waiting in line at the airport ticket counter next to a cart overflowing with 50-pound duffle bags. So many thoughts were racing through my mind. Would the bags arrive at our destination? Did I forget anything? Was I ready for what was next? My husband and I...