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In Their Own Words

Get Personal. Explore what is happening in the lives, families, and ministries of missionaries in their own words. This section pulls posts from personal blogs and links directly to them.

  • How to Stay

    the upstream collective | 22 May 2012


    Owners of U.S. passports have the unique ability to travel to an extensive number of destinations. Usually we have little worries of getting into a country. The question is, how do we stay? ...

  • V is for Veranda with a Visto :)

    The Estrangeiros | 22 May 2012


    Our whole family enjoys our back veranda, especially during these months when it’s warm outside!  It is the perfect place to sit and reflect.  Even though we are in the middle of the ...

  • Remembering the good

    Joe Ragan | 21 May 2012


    I just finished putting fresh sheets on my bed.  Not sure when it started, but I change sheets on Mondays now.  Guess I have become a creature of habit! What makes this instance ...

  • Easter

    Walking in Poland | 21 May 2012


    I've always loved Easter. Growing up it meant coloring eggs, chocolate bunnies, and of course a new dress and shoes for Easter Sunday. There were years that a new hat and white gloves ...

  • No Tale ...

    Write Words | 20 May 2012


    I don’t have a tale to tell this week. My anxiety episode was, to my great surprise, a short one. What I anticipated being a time of recuperating ended up being a ...

  • May

    Hope For Saxony | 15 May 2012


    Summer is quickly making its arrival felt here in Graz, but it looks like Dresden is being its cloudy, subdued self. We will find out for sure this week-end when we head up ...

  • How will they hear?

    Jeff, Amy, Maggie, and Kaleb Williams | 14 May 2012


    "How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without ...

  • Superman Jack

    Czech in with the Dycks | 9 May 2012


    On May 3rd, my big boy turned 5! What a joy he has been these past five years, we are so thankful for him! The best word to describe Jack is sweet. He's ...