One Month Away! In four short weeks, a team of about 15 pastors, teachers, and staff from the U.S. and the U.K. will be heading to the Amazon. There, we will join 60 indigenous jungle pastors and wives for JMI’s 4th Annual Jungle Pastors’ Conference.This conference, held at the John …
Put Moldova 2015 on your Heart and Calendar!
It seems crazy to be thinking about summer when it’s not yet Christmas but, if you missed the memo, time flies, and the warm weather will be defrosting us before you know it! I hope you will prayerfully consider making a trip to Moldova with JMI in 2015. Working with …
Join us in the Amazon!
We could really use two or three volunteers to fill our upcoming Nov. 15-22 Amazon mission trip. If you have the time flexibility, desire and financial means to jump into this epic trip, please contact [email protected] as soon as possible. Due to the need to apply in advance for a …
Fall Amazon Mission Trip
Nov. 15-22, 2014 We’re looking for construction and medical volunteers to go to the Amazon with us this fall! Our mission will include building a school for a village and doing some “first responder” type medical training and possibly seeing patients. Construction expertise or experience is helpful but not mandatory …
Christmas in Moldova 2014
Dec 27- Jan 3 JMI’s annual “Christmas in Moldova” mission trip has become one of our most sacred traditions over the years. On the one hand, that is a surprising development. People generally think of Christmas as family time, a needed break from work and, to whatever extent possible, what …
Build a School Fund Update
Santa Isabel School Addition In late May, a team (composed of folks from Nashville, North Carolina, New York City, and even the UK) partnered with JMA to spend a week on the Discovery, serving in several different villages along the Amazon. The focus of the week of ministry was construction, but a …
A Birthday in the Jungle
There wasn’t a single ripple on the water when Jordan climbed out of his hammock and walked to the river bank that warm May morning. The sun was beginning to rise and soon it would burn the fog off the waters surface and he’d be able to see the Discovery, …
FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
I’m guessing the phrase, “forgotten people,” may not resonate with you….unless or until you become one of them. People are sometimes forgotten because they were born into a remote, war-torn or environmentally savage region. Or maybe they are forgotten simply because they are poor and therefore deemed irrelevant. Like a line …
Reflections on the Amazon
Below is a wonderful blog post by Bethany Bordeaux. Bethany was on JMI’s June trip to the Amazon. It was her first time on the river with us and she was a huge asset to our team. The full blog is below and here is the link directly to her …
DO YOU NEED A CHRISTMAS IN MOLDOVA?
What makes our annual Christmas in Moldova mission trip so very special? In addition to the birth of the Christ-child, the original Christmas story includes several poignant elements. Inconvenience and hardship; an austere setting; an annunciation by angels; a long journey in search of the child, punctuated by the giving …