Why go on a short-term mission, or on a mission team? What purpose can two weeks in another country serve? How can we give enough to make it worthwhile with no language skills and limited cross-cultural experience? Is it just a glorified holiday? Or can God work through these short experien...
Extreme Walk is a formative 10 month cross-cultural church multiplication and discipleship experience. 10 months of stretching spiritually and emotionally as a person is taken out of their natural environment and placed in a world with different values, customs, and worldviews - not to mention d...
The last two months have seen a couple of things happen. Back in June, the eXtreme Walk team joined with Y.W.A.M (Youth With A Mission) and people from the Seminary. Together we went to Montelibano to work with and along side people helping the displaced people out there. Colombia has the ...
As a family we are doing well, although life here is challenging. We know there is a real need for us here, and the needs to be filled are endless. The girls have really settled into the Ecuadorian swing of life, Anika (1yr) now speaks as much Spanish as English. While Maia (2 ½) is struggl...
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As I sit in my office I can hear the sounds of industry all around me. There's the hum of machinery working water-blasters and high pressure hoses. The brushing sound of hard scrubbing vibrates through the office walls, as workers attack every stain and mould spot they can reach. I hear the tramp of carefully placed boots on the roof and watch as loosened dirt and plant growth finds its way to bins. Yes, you guessed it, there's a group of keen volunteers working energetically to give our OMS premises a new face-lift.