Frontier Missions Journal
Episodes
331 episodes
Brother Yah Yah
“I am not a child anymore. I can make decisions for myself, and nobody can influence my decisions. I want to become an evangelist.” &...
82 Percent, Part 2
The second day, when we were in the hospital, I asked the doctor, “Will my daughter survive?”“We’re going to try our best,” he replied. &nbs...
82 Percent, Part 1
“Your daughter has acute respiratory distress. Her blood oxygen levels are not good,” the doctor said, then paused before adding, “She might die.”With shaking hands, an aching heart and tears in my eyes, I signed the hospital admittance ...
Becoming a Cross-Cultural Missionary
Listen as Kyle Tumberg shares his journey to becoming a cross-cultural missionary in Central Thailand. &n...
Giso’s Incredible Story, Part 3
After young Giso’s body was badly burned during a fuel explosion, and after an urgent prayer saved him from dying at the hands of police officers after leading a life of crime, Giso, now a reformed believer, is in a spiritual battle for th...
Giso’s Incredible Story, Parts 1 and 2
After young Giso’s body was severely burned during a fuel explosion, his mother told him, “God has a plan for your life. That is why you are still alive.” That would be only the first near-death experience to await Giso. &nbs...
The Harvest Dance
Using their feet, the Alangan men do a two-step shuffle. They dance on the rice to remove the seed from the stem. It looks rather like someone trying to remove mud from one foot by using the other. ...
Rita Becomes a Christian / Faith in Motion
Deep in the mountains in the heart of Central Asia, an AFM missionary family seeks to share the gospel with the unreached people of this predominantly Hindu and Buddhist region. It’s a tall task, but what the Castillo family discovered was that...
People of the Book
“Finally,” I said. “I want you to tell me why there are weeks.”Well, after some valiant attempts at manipulating the bucket, bottle and washbasin, representing the earth, moon and sun, my Muslim friends admitted they didn’t know why, tho...
Birth Education
I walked into one delivery and, by the mother, was a half-full glass of water with a coin in it. “That’s really weird! What’s that here for?” I asked.“Oh, we don’t know,” came the reply.“Okay, well, that tells me what it’s here fo...
Friendship Story / Mountain Trek to the Village
And then we got to this part where the trail had … um … the trail fell down the mountain! &...
The Saga of Keren's Broken Leg / Precious Time
“White man, moro! White man, moro!” the small child began shouting. The adults and older children began chuckling.“Hi! Good afternoon,” I said.“White man, moro!” the child said again, laughing before running away and hiding.
Do You Want to Go Inside the Ark, Too? / The Blue Flip Flops
I paused the story right there, and I asked, “Would you go inside the ark, too?”One little boy jumped up, and he said, “NO! I would not go inside.”“Why?”“Because it would be stinky inside!” ----------------<...
Dieu A Donne / An Expensive Mistake
The night sky was covered by threatening clouds, and distant thunder promised rain. Streaks of lightning arced across the horizon and eerily illuminated the hillside. In the midst of my deep concentration, I was startled by a faint ...
Gladys
“My mind was relieved that little Gladys’ mother was alive! However, I will admit I felt betrayed . . . and disgusted, with thoughts like, ‘That little liar!’ going through my mind.” &nb...
The Night the Village Burned
As Keren Lawrence lay awake, battling malaria, she heard the sound of angry shouting and intense fighting coming from inside the village.Awakening her husband and alerting him, she urged, “Please, can we pray together?” &nbs...
Can I Make Sago?
"If you didn’t make it with clean water, like if it was made it with swamp water, it will taste a little like swamps. If you make it from the flowing river water, it tastes a little better."Hmm….you hungry? Listen up to learn how you can...
Surely God Healed You
“Yup, everything looks good,” the old doctor said.I smiled and paid him, but didn’t really rely on his X-ray reading. &...
Ramone, Part 2: Dreams and Angels
“An angel opened my Bible as I dreamed and started showing me the verses that I should preach from. When I stood in the pulpit the next morning, I could see all that the angel had shown me.” ...
Ramone, Part 1: The Bible and the Altar
Have you ever felt that, because of your sins, God has disconnected from you and does not want anything to do with you anymore? So did the Alangan tribe . . . until they learned that God hadn’t abandoned them, was interested in them, and was ac...
You Did It for Me
It was really, really tough. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people out of work. If you don’t work, you don’t get paid. And if you don’t get paid, you don’t eat. &...
“Sure, I’ll Come.”
God’s timing is always perfect. I pray that whenever Jesus calls Elizabeth to do something for Him, her response will be, “Sure, I’ll come.” ...
The Loss of a Young Teacher
A teacher came running out of her office and straight for our bus.“Sir, we are so happy that you are here at our school. We have had a tragedy, and it is as if God has sent you here today. One of our young teachers died last night, and w...