Mission Synopsis CHRISTMAS in MOLDOVA, 2012-13 Travel Dates: Dec. 27, 2012 – Jan. 3, 2013 Mission Description To celebrate the birth of Christ with kids from up to 9 different Moldovan orphanages. This mission will include singing, a craft, recreational games, a visit from Father Christmas and the giving of …
This week marks the beginning of JMI’s capital campaign that we’ve christened, “Make Justice Personal!” It is a fitting slogan with a meaning that harkens back to our name, but also the Scripture that inspired our name: “The Lord has told you, O man, what is good and what does …
The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough. Nothing else really …
Steven Curtis Chapman is one of my favorite musicians and his haunting classic, “When Love Takes You In,” one of my very favorite songs. I think of that title and those lyrics often when I reflect on the changes in lives that take place after a season of mission trips. …
On one of our last Brazilian jungle walks, (a staple excursion of every mission trip we take there), our guide introduced us to Apui, “the tree killer.” And that’s exactly what Apui does: kill trees. Apui isn’t a disease, an insect, an animal or a crazed Amazonian lumberjack. It’s a …
Lee Company’s mission team took several teenagers from Internat II to the Orhei Monastery. Pictured at from left to right, Nina Svisci (16), Tania Lencautan (14), and Irina Docuciaev (14). It was the first time the girls had ever seen the monastery, and after eating at the food court at …
I stepped off the plane on Moldovan soil for the first time in July 2011. Little did I know that I’d be back to this small European country, the poorest in Europe, a total of four times in the next 11 months. Many times over I’d heard JMI’s Executive Director, …
On a recent mission to the Amazon River basin of Brazil we were introduced to Rumplecacique (in Portuguese), otherwise known as the “weaver bird.” Although I’m no ornithologist (I’m a Baptist ;-)), I have to say that I developed an unusual empathy for the male of this particular species. In …
It Matters To This One is JMI’s initiative to raise money for camp this summer in Moldova. As many of you know, Moldova is the poorest country in the former Soviet Union, and Moldova’s orphans are at high risk for human trafficking and suicide. JMI has stepped in to make a difference in the lives of these orphans …
I did something this week I may live to regret…I sponsored a Moldovan orphan! Anyone who knows me is already a little shocked by now, and perhaps a little more than disappointed. After all, I’m that guy who has had his life turned inside out by those kids and uses …
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