river

Water is a Sword

One team member's perspective changes when he sees a Central Asian friend wrestle with the decision to be baptized.

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Czech Republic

Praying in Czech

Kevin's friend Honza described his latest readings about Hinduism. Reincarnation didn’t make logical sense to him. In fact, any kind of spiritual life didn’t make sense to him because it’s not something he can sense or analyze, but he so badly wanted to be a spiritual man. As the conversation continued, Kevin shared about the spiritual battle going on around Honza...

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discipleship in Italy

Chain Reaction Discipleship

As God began to work in Lucia’s life, her 22-year-old son Maximo met another young Italian, Giovanni, who leads a Jesus Encounter. They immediately hit it off and Lucia and Maximo started going to Jesus Encounters at Giovanni’s place ...

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canoeing in Alaska

Open Eyes in Alaska

“It was amazing to hear how the gospel helped many campers confront hard issues in their lives,” said an Echo Ranch camp speaker. “There were a number of church kids saying that they understood the gospel for the very first time and unchurched kids who really began to contemplate who God is.”

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learning to sign

A Sign in Africa

Connecting to the deaf community in West Africa reminded one missionary that God is in charge and that He plans to use his abilities to reach others for Him.

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