Shipping Forecast
Posted on 1st June 2017
Whether you are sending personal effects, mission supplies, NGO goods, educational materials, shoeboxes or humanitarian aid, there are many hidden pitfalls to sending goods overseas. How do you avoid them?
Paul Reynolds from Mission & Relief Logistics Ltd shares some key considerations from their years of expertise and experience in...
Cross-Cultural Transition & Adjustment
Posted on 1st May 2017
Moving from one culture to another does strange things to the mind and body! If you're not aware of these things before they happen, it can at best be disorientating and at worst, end in disaster.
Having transitioned to and from five different countries, and having led training courses on this...
Lost In Translation
Posted on 1st April 2017
The world of translation may seem rather mysterious, or even daunting, to the uninitiated. This is hardly surprising given the huge range of possibilities available on the market, particularly via the Internet, with promises of "free online translations", "machine translations" and the like.
Whilst services such as Google Translate may provide...
Should Newlyweds Go to the Mission Field?
Posted on 1st March 2017
In mobilizing folks to the field, I run across people from all walks of life. From the teenager to the young married to the family of five and the retiree. I love that God is calling people of all generations to the nations with his name.
Inevitably, I will meet with...
Self Publishing
Posted on 1st February 2017
In February 2012, someone gave me a 'word' from God that I should write. My husband, Andrew, is very good with words and often confounds people when playing family word games, but writing is not my forte! Or, so I thought, I think I have improved a little with practice!...
To Fill The Earth With Faith
Posted on 1st January 2017
If we want to fill the Earth with faith, where should we plant churches?
Mission is now "Everywhere to everywhere". It is a useful phrase to break to old mindset of "the west to the rest", but it does not really help us decide where to go. "Reaching the Unreached Peoples"...
Refreshment not Resolution
Posted on 1st January 2017
Must ... try ... harder. That's the summary of most of the New Year's resolutions I've ever made. I've mostly treated New Year's resolutions as head decisions to do something better or more intentionally. This relies predominently on will power which is strong in the making of the decision, but...
NHS Entitlement
Posted on 1st December 2016
A Summary of the Changes to NHS Entitlement for Mission Workers
Historically the British government provided an exemption for missionaries working for charitable organisations that allowed them to have full access to NHS healthcare regardless of their residency status or how long they remained overseas. Unfortunately this changed in England...
Saving and Investing for Christian Workers
Posted on 1st November 2016
Recently a retired missionary said 'I wish I had been told earlier that I should plan and save for my long term future'.
Becoming a missionary or a church worker is a wonderful calling, but it doesn't mean that we should forget about our future. After all, Paul continued tent making...
The Migrant in the Mirror
Posted on 1st October 2016
The headlines may have calmed down for a while, but the tragedy remains. Millions of people are on the move worldwide, many of them displaced people fleeing war, violence, religious persecution, economic poverty, or political chaos.
The migrant crisis is bigger now than ever before, with some sixty million men, women,...
