Posts by Joy Cline (Page 16)

An Eager Servant Finds His Purpose in the Amazon

“I want to serve God like an instrument,” says Jardel, looking down at the small, solar-powered device in his hand. The mini audio player is no doubt one of his most prized possessions. He carries it along with his Bible to spread the Gospel. “We have the habit of picking up the Bible with just one hand, right? I took it with…

Partnering for Christ

In my recent letter, I introduced you to Wycliffe, an indigenous missionary and Area Leader. Last week, I was with him in Ethiopia as we met to see the ministry that God is doing, strategize for future growth, and train/encourage about 50 young African professionals who have sensed God’s call on their life for missionary service to reach unreached tribes in the…

Caring for Our Own

This past year the Hickory Soup Kitchen (HSK) served over 80,000 plates of food through our daily lunch service to the hungry in our area. Along with our dining service at HSK we provide food throughout the year to Safe Harbor New Day Center, Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, The Den mentoring program at…

Touched by Jesus

Jeeth and a South Indian team of Christian medical professionals visited one of the local pastor’s remote villages after hearing the tragic news that three of the children attending God for Nation’s after-school program had suddenly died. The results from the intensive two-day clinic were grim, uncovering the root cause of malnutrition. The children were…

Training Young Adults

Steiger’s Houston Impact Day brought 70 young adults together for a powerful time of prayer, worship, training, and evangelistic action. Using simple creative tools, they sparked spiritual conversations and shared Jesus with young people on the streets of their own city – many for the first time ever! God continues to use this life-changing event to inspire actions in the lives of…

Living Water – Aqua Viva

A little blue booklet came inching under Raul’s* front door. The title read: Agua Viva (Living Water) — a Gospel of John. On the back were hand-stamped contact details for an evangelical church. With trembling fingers, he opened the little book, and what he read made Raul cancel his plans — plans to kill himself. The next…

World-Centered Team

The Latin America Regional Training Hub of United World Mission recently organized two significant events in Medellin, Colombia, where 25 leaders from 7 Latin American countries (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Uruguay, and Argentina) participated. The events included a Consultation on Spiritual Formation in Latin America and a retreat focused on developing spiritual mentoring groups in collaboration with Leighton Ford Ministries.…

Spreading the Good News

Thank you so much for all your support of Vision Beyond Borders, especially for the Spanish and Farsi Bible Projects. God has really blessed the Spanish Bible Project. We sent 22.000 Spanish Bibles to Panama. I was there a couple months back when we gave out 140 Bibles to the native people in the mountains.…