Are You at a Disadvantage Without Formal Language Training?
Posted on 1st May 2013
Research has already demonstrably proven the many benefits of language learning to young children: improved cognitive abilities, maths and language arts scores, and even science hypothesizing skills. American High school students who study language score better on the ACT and SAT, and they go on to perform better academically in...
First Impressions: 5 things I learnt on short-term mission
Posted on 1st April 2013
We asked Joanna Frith, first timer on short-term mission, to give us her initial thoughts about her experience in Romania:
1. People aren't always what they first seem
My first experience of Romanian people was at arrivals at the airport; I was struck by how people were very eager to push...
Travelling with Medications
Posted on 1st March 2013
One of the most frequent questions asked by travellers relate to carrying medicines for their own personal use across international borders. This is often prompted when stories hit the headlines describing individuals who have been imprisoned and prosecuted for being found in possession of medicines that are freely available in...
GO Mission Festival
Posted on 1st February 2013
The GO2013 mission festival at Bulstode, Gerrards Cross has all that you would expect from a such an event - inspirational speakers and worship, seminars, time to pray together and a mission exhibition which includes the opportunity to explore your gifts and future vocation. But it also aims to be...
Managing Risk on Mission Trips
Posted on 1st January 2013
Faith groups and travellers have a duty to protect their missionaries and themselves on the move. Chief Executive of non-profit travel specialists Key Travel, Steve Summers, explains how.
Missionaries travel to some of the remotest and inhospitable parts of the globe. Although many trips pass without incident, risks - including the...
Learning Humility
Posted on 1st December 2012
Today's job was cleaning the windows, to make the church building appropriately shiny for a wedding tomorrow. It doesn't sound big, or dramatic. It's not what I thought of missionaries as doing before I came! But I quite liked it. It didn't involve people, and gave me some thinking space,...
What's Your Dream?
Posted on 1st November 2012
Pursuing the God Given Dream for Your Life
Each of us has desires in our heart, things we would love to accomplish. When we have fully submitted our lives to Christ, the desires of our heart align with God's desires for us. We often dream God's dreams for us without even...
Using TEFL to Spread the Gospel
Posted on 1st October 2012
When a neighbour asked me to teach English to her son I said yes. I soon realised in the lesson that I hadn't got a clue where to start....'
This is a common experience for the eager volunteer English teacher who soon finds that pitching lessons at the right level, sourcing...
Bribes
Posted on 1st September 2012
Little about missionaries and bribes is readily available on-line, in printed periodicals, or in published books. The Bible is not silent on the issue of bribery, but Christians have written little about it. Missionaries living in countries where bribery is common discuss it among...
The Subtle Power of Entitlement
Posted on 1st August 2012
As a believer, a dangerous belief lurks nearby desiring to take root in our hearts.
It's subtle. It creeps in and begins to affect our emotions and our thoughts.
Entitlement.
Phrases which start with "I" and include verbs like "deserve", "am owed", "expect", and more.
This false belief rears its head in many ways,...
