Colombia

Friday, May 6, 2022

For over a year now, our sights have been set on the Ahsatdah people. God has opened an amazing number of doors in the past year as we have begun zeroing in on the Ahsatdah project goal—a Bible translation and a representation of the body of Christ among these dear souls.

We began a...

Friday, February 4, 2022

Who are the unreached people groups and how unreached really are they? What are some keys for extending the reach of the Gospel cross-culturally to these peoples?

In August 2021, Church Planters Forum and Retreat hosted a...

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Navigating rapids, crossing precarious log bridges, sloshing through knee-deep water, and doggedly trying to keep up with our native guide. These were a few of the physical exercises that kept my body busy on our most recent hike in the jungle. Yet in spite of the physical exertion, I still had...

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

MJM writes from Colombia—

Oh the joys of language and culture acquisition! What does it mean when someone sends a Whatsapp message and asks, “Hey, could I come and stay with your family for a couple days?” In light of the fact that the last “couple days” visit ended up lasting a...

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

As we hiked in the jungle to the distant community these words kept coming to my mind:

Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior,
Trying to follow our Savior and Guide.
Shaping our lives by His blessed example,
Happy, how happy, our place by...

Friday, March 1, 2019

In 2016, our newsletter reported on peace talks underway between Colombia's government and the country's largest guerrilla group known as FARC. A peace deal did eventually go through, but how is it really working out?

Especially, what are the implications for God's children and messengers...

Saturday, December 1, 2018

On Monday evening of this week Aaron and I had privilege of joining in a Sending Church meeting in snowy southern Virginia. For 3 hours we discussed many principles, challenges and ideas. It was encouraging to see God guiding and providing as this church takes up their mission of sending. Lord...

Friday, June 1, 2018

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth...

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Our brothers in Colombia returned safely from the jungle expedition, rejoicing in God's direction and blessing. God provided the needed wisdom and protection, arranged strategic contacts, and even opened the way for one brother to cross into a neighboring country and pursue additional contacts....

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Brothers in Colombia are once again heading toward the jungles. An unexpected invitation came to visit a limited-access people group. However, the area has traditionally been notorious for guerrilla activity, so the travelers may need to adjust their plans along the way. Pray for wisdom,...

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  • “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17
  • “Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witness of these things.” Luke 24:47, 48
  • “Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” Matthew 28:19
  • “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:3
  • “That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the Gospel.” Ephesians 3:6
  • “That they all may be one; as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that You sent Me.” John 17:21
  • “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’?” Mark 11:17
  • “Ask of me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance.” Psalm 2:8
  • “Behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes.” Revelation 7:9
  • “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified.” 2 Thessalonians 3:1
  • “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16
  • “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105
  • “As cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a far country.” Proverbs 25:25
  • “More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalm 19:10
  • “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.” Psalm 22:27
  • “Truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.” Numbers 14:21
  • “Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.” Psalm 96:3, 4
  • “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14
  • “That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.” 1 Kings 8:60
  • “For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the nations.” Malachi 1:11
  • “All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name.” Psalm 86:9
  • “For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” Isaiah 61:11
  • "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" Psalm 46:10
  • "This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:3, 4
  • "You are worthy. . .; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God." Revelation 5:9, 10