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 …
Written by Mary Fahnestock – Risipeni, Moldova Trip 2024 “Love them…just love them”. These are the words that I sensed the Lord impress upon my heart as I would try to analyze how I could take away the brokenness and fix what I would see each day at camp. These words …
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 …
A Devotion from Jeff Simmons, President of JMI & Senior Pastor at Rolling Hills Church Through Justice & Mercy International, we have the opportunity to make justice personal to the poor, the vulnerable, and the forgotten. Giving is such an important part of this. When we give, we are investing …
Justice & Mercy International is pleased to introduce Vadim Fortuna as our new National Director of Justice & Mercy Moldova. Vadim will officially take over from Alina Magdaliuc on July 1. Alina has served as our Moldova National Director for 13 years and was instrumental in laying the groundwork for …
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 …
“What do you like to do in your free time?” It’s a simple question that drew tears from a grandmother at our Mother’s Gathering in the village of Albota de Jos. Like most women in Moldovan rural villages, her days are devoted to never-ending chores, gardening, and looking after children. …
Dan Wright wishes he’d had a mentor as a kid. “I know how desperately I could have used someone coming from ‘the outside’ to encourage me and show me my full future potential and my value to God,” he says. As a JMI sponsor for eight years now, he seeks …
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 …
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