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, [...]
You are invited to JMI’s FEAST OR FAMINE Dinner Wednesday, November 16th at 6 p.m. There are few things as hard in life as staring into the eyes of a hungry person. Most of us – even, if not especially, followers of Christ – reflexively look away. Why do we do that? For me, it is a combination of [...]
JMI NEWS! On Sunday, October 9th, JMI Becomes a Beautiful, Fragrant Thing! If you’re in the Franklin, Tennessee area this coming Sunday, please – pretty please! – stop by the table set up by the JMI booth in the WareHouse between 9:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and purchase some Mary Kay products being offered for [...]
4 INTERNATIONAL MISSION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEXT 5 MONTHS! BRAZIL / MOLDOVA / INDIA / SOUTH AFRICA Jesus said, “I have come that you might have life, and have it more abundantly!” The Christian life was never envisioned to be anything but extraordinary! If it’s becoming anything less, recharge [...]
Amanda Sanfilippo is someone we endearingly refer to as “a Moldova-head” in much the same way that “Parrot-heads” are Jimmy Buffett fans. She has worked with our orphan friends on many occasions there and has mastered many of the songs in Romanian with which the rest of us continue [...]
One of the real blessings of our ministry is watching how God moves in the lives of people once they’ve been exposed to the plight of children around the world. Jason Cruise went to Moldova for the first time this summer and returned with his heart broken for the orphaned and abandoned children who are [...]
I have been involved with JMI since the first of my five trips to Moldova in 2006. The first trip started off on a dare with another man in my church, that if he went, I would go along on a construction team. That trip has changed both of our lives with my friend eventually taking into his home an orphan from Moldova.
LemonAID Club is more than just a kid’s business. It is a way to teach philanthropic ideals by having kids helping other kids. This philosophy is at the core of JMI, people reaching out to others. By utilizing the Christian values of brotherly love, charity and sharing in God’s glory, humanity as a whole becomes [...]
I do not have the kind of money Bill Gates’ has, and I’m not even sure I’d want it. Seriously. That’s a massive level of responsibility and stress. I have, however, dreamed many times about what I’d do if I did have Bill Gates money. I know I would first set it up where my [...]
My wife Jessica and I were the typical American family. We have two young boys, a dog, and a schedule that constantly keeps us moving. We are active church members who also volunteer our time in the music and children’s ministry. This was our “comfort zone”. It wasn’t until late summer 2010 that all this [...]
