Written by Jackie Heberle, Amazon Mission Trip, August 2024 If there is one thing I have learned over the years concerning mission trips, it’s that plans change, timelines move, and God works despite it. Actually, I think He orchestrates it. On this, my third trip to the Amazon, these things …
WATCH THEIR STORY Pastor Ralci came to know Christ in an unconventional way. “I was hiding under the bed to surprise my wife,” he tells the story of what happened 25 years ago. At the time, his wife, Rosalia, was already a Christian. “She knelt down without knowing I was …
By Julie Reneslacis, JMI Logistics & Events Coordinator If you had asked me when I started interning with Justice & Mercy International in the summer of 2022 which of the two countries we work in I’d like to visit first, I would have said Moldova without batting an eyelash. If …
Shepherding children is holy work. Pastors and volunteers who lead little ones in 51 different villages gathered at our John Pac Center in Terra da Paz in August for our annual Children’s Leaders Conference. The Lord surprised us in many ways! We had planned for 60 people, but God sent …
If education unlocks a world of opportunity, how do you reach the littlest boys and girls in isolated jungle villages with this key? Our Amazon team partners with local churches to run an early childhood education program called PEPE. Started by a Baptist missionary couple in Brazil in 1992, PEPE …
Written by Jennifer Wilson, Serve + Study Women’s Amazon Trip 2024 As a child, I loved to hear stories from my aunt and uncle about their time living with an indigenous people group in the Amazon region. Their tales of snakes and piranhas and the uniqueness of the tribe’s language …
Written by Dr. Chris Barton, Belmont University Professor and JMI Board Member Years ago, I remember receiving an email from Jason Hale at Rolling Hills Church asking me to join his team headed to the Amazon. I wish I could say I went and had an amazing experience, but I …
Written by Anna Townsend, Preschool Pastor at Rolling Hills Community Church Don’t you love it when God allows you to experience something that truly marks your heart in a way you couldn’t have dreamed? As you think about those things, it’s likely that whatever it is, you now can’t imagine …
An Easter devotion from Priscila Rodrigues, pastora in the Amazon 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 confronts us with the seriousness of sin and the magnificence of Christ’s work. Here, Paul shows us that something as small as yeast can affect the entire dough; likewise, sin, even though it may seem insignificant, can …
Written by Esdras Silva, pastor in the Amazon “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 Easter is a sacred time for Christians, as it reminds us of Jesus Christ’s …
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