Frontier Missions Journal
Episodes
323 episodes
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...
Precious Annabelle
As the week of prayer came to a close, demons attacked Annabelle and three of her friends. When a dark figure appeared on a trail and called out to some of the girls, they fainted out of fright. &...
Students Cheating
Lord, I love my students and want to see them thrive. How do I teach them that cheating is wrong? ...
Where Are You Going? / Papaya Christian / Loud Calls in the Night
“You know, there’s a man who lives in those clouds. Usually, he sleeps. But when he does wake up, he will open his eyes and do something between a grimace and a smile. When he does that, lightning will flash out from his large front tooth.”...
With God, Nothing Is Ever Wasted
Ding Dong! I went downstairs and saw the younger neighborhood kids I had befriended. I was shocked. How did these little detectives know where I lived? I didn’t tell them. “Hi,” I said.“Hey. We saw your s...
Please Help Us
One quiet evening in Reva’s home, the children suddenly awoke to strange noises echoing through the room, breaking the silence. ...
Loneliness Belongs to God / Raahim Was Here
“Loneliness belongs only to Allah,” Hakan wrote. “It’s an old proverb in our culture. Loneliness is exclusive or unique to Allah.”I stared at the words as if I had just stumbled upon the devil’s smoking gun. &nb...
Texting on a Rainy Day / Go Talk To Him / Listening to that Little Prompt that God Gives You
“Go and talk to Him.”Lord, I don’t know who He is.What do you say to a total stranger who’s in the hospital?“Oh, hi. I’m your neighbor from across the hallway. And I’m talkative, and I like to talk to new people,” ...
Witness Through Sports / What Can I Give?
The next thing we knew, we had twenty-eight players. “What are we going to do now? We have to either rent a bigger field or we have to rent two fields.”When Rene Aleman shared with God that he wanted to reach people through sports, God m...