The 2017 Gala Couldn’t Have Happened without our Amazing Sponsors! The 6th Annual Justice & Mercy Benefit Gala in Franklin, TN was a night we will not soon forget. Between our live event and online viewers, more people than ever before joined us for this special evening that included great music, special …
Christmas in Moldova
I wonder how Jesus feels about the way we celebrate his birthday? From the little I know and the little more I might guess, I’m thinking our Lord is always appreciative for every sincere acknowledgement of who he is and what he has done. For instance, I suspect he enjoys …
Immeasurably More in the Amazon
By Pastor and Author Jeff Simmons. Read his blog here We just returned from the 2017 Pastor’s Conference in the Amazon and it was absolutely incredible. After spending a week with these jungle pastors, I left inspired, encouraged and more in love with Jesus. These amazing men and women do …
🌾Finding Joy That’s Better than Grain & Wine
“You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and new wine abound.” -Psalm 4:7 When I was dreaming of all the places I wanted to travel to and what I longed to accomplish and who would make me happy in this life, the 6th Annual …
Six Years of Jungle Pastors’ Conferences
We’re Back From the Amazon! “Washing the feet of the pastors and their wives was such a sacred and beautiful time.I kept thinking about the passage in Romans 10 about how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel. Those feet were so beautiful. They had walked far …
Welcome to the Jungle
Can you believe it?! Thanks to our many amazing Jungle Pastor Sponsors, we’re just days away from the 6th Annual Jungle Pastors’ Conference on the Amazon River. Each year we have the honor of gathering with these men and women who are quite literally taking the Gospel to the ends of …
The Discovery Gets a Makeover
If you’re familiar at all with the ministry in the Amazon, you’ve seen or lived on the iconic JMI hammock boat, the Discovery. She’s become widely loved by our teams and has faithfully carried hundreds of trip participants down the mighty Amazon. We truly could not reach the villages and …
Noboy is His Name
“Noboy.” The name sounded like it came with a story, and it did. When I first met the smaller than average five-year-old and heard his name, it sounded a little humorous. But as I heard his story, that name – “Noboy” – began to make tragic sense. It seems that …
3 Reasons the Jungle Pastor’s Conference Is Kelly Minter’s Favorite Week of the Year
https://kellyminter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kellyminter-1321-e1402589694418.jpeg Nashville-based Kelly Minter is an acclaimed author, Bible teacher, speaker and musician. Her bestselling Bible studies have been an inspiration to women of all ages, while as a musician she has released four full-length recordings. She also speaks to women around the U.S. at events like Cultivate and Abundance. Kelly …
Caring for Vanea
You may remember a story from Moldova we shared with you a couple of weeks ago, entitled “Carrying Vanea.” It was an account from our recent Christmas in Moldova trip of a boy, Vanea in Costesti Orphanage who is disabled and cannot walk. One of our Transitional Living guys took …