“The Nazis came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the [...]
Hey Buckaroos! JMI was recently honored to be the beneficiary of $1,005 raised from a Barrel Race Rodeo put on by Cross Creek Cowboy Church in Vale, North Carolina. Better yet, Pastor Alan Davis has promised to make this an annual event on our behalf! Cross Creek is a mission of Hulls Grove Baptist Church. [...]
JMI is ecstatic and proud to announce an amazing new corporate partnership with F.A.I.T.H Riders that will help us change the futures of hundreds of orphaned and abandoned children in Moldova. F.A.I.T.H Riders is a Christian ministry for motorcycle enthusiasts who want to fold their love for Jesus into their common interest in riding. In [...]
Partnering with JMI will be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ministry opportunity F.A.I.T.H. Riders has ever had. With God’s prompting my wife Michele and I traveled to Moldova this past December. The only sure thing about the trip Michele and I knew was that God said go! Everything else was a mystery. To [...]
Brazil Interest Meeting This Sunday, February 12 at 12:30pm in the Warehouse conference room. Sunday, February 12 at 12:30pm in the conference room. This trip is unlike any other JMI provides. The indigenous people we have the privilege of ministering to live in small, simple villages along the banks of the Rio Negro, the largest [...]
Newsletter: LATE-BREAKING MOLDOVA SUMMER CAMP NEWS! For those of you who couldn’t make our informational meeting this Sunday (and even for those of you who did), here is the most up to date “skinny” on our planning to impact the lives of the fatherless in Moldova!: You have two weeks and three available teams from [...]
Ashley Powell, Sponsorship Director ashley@justiceandmercy.org Ashley graduated from Murray State University with a bachelor’s degree in English Education, and Trevecca Nazarene University with a masters degree in Educational Leadership. She has a heart and passion for teenagers, and was a high school teacher for five years before joining the JMI team. After her first trip [...]
Haiti Mission Trip! (March 31 – April 5) The country of Haiti continues to lie in the ruins of the earthquake that, in seconds, took the lives of a quarter million people. http://justiceandmercy.org/serving/haiti) As predicted, many of the social service agencies that rushed in [...]
Does it sound odd to you that I am eagerly awaiting JMI’s return mission trip to Haiti, March 31st-April 5th? I wouldn’t be surprised if it did. If you followed along with my blog of last year’s trip, you will remember that we: were greeted by the battle of the raging baggage porters at the airport, suffered [...]
PLAYING FATHER CHRISTMAS IN MOLDOVA: What I’ve Learned About God It’s Friday in Moldova and I’m suiting up in anticipation of making my surprise appearance to a room full of orphans in Falesti. My first experience as a European Santa imposter came on Thursday when our mission team visited the orphanage in Drochia. That morning, [...]
