Ella
Posted by Genevieve Vehige /
Our Blog, Philippines - Malaybalay
I went to the same hospital for three days in a row now, visited the same surgery clinic five times, and I could not get anyone to help me. I sat and waited for hours in the public government hospital to schedule surgery for a little girl named Ella who was born with an “imperfect anus.” She is almost 12...
09
Dec 2015
Angel in Disguise or Missionary in the Making?
Posted by Melissa Seilhan /
Our Blog, Philippines - Camiguin
If you don't know who Reymark is, read this blog FIRST about his amazing story! Then come back and meet Lilay! I first met Lilay and Jerome when our family visited Camiguin Island in July. Lilay was working for the missionary family that was hosting our "Welcome to Camiguin" dinner that first night. Our first impressions of each other are...
13
Nov 2015
A Better Way of Living
Posted by FMC Missionary /
Our Blog
People from all over the world come to volunteer in the different homes for the sick and dying. Some mornings there are over a hundred volunteers from different cultures, languages, and faiths. I went as part of a small group from the States, seeking the Lord in the sick and poor of these homes, our hearts open to the humble...
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Oct 2015
His Rose
Posted by Rebecca Tilyou /
Our Blog, Philippines - Camiguin
Riding the ferry at 5:00 this morning, I awake from a short nap and look around at the other passengers. Far in the front of the boat, I spot a young woman carrying four bags who is alone and appears rather sad. She has the same hair and profile of my 9th grade student, Rose. The same black and white...
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Oct 2015
Justice Delivered! Diony & Hana Part 2
Posted by Kring Leaño /
Our Blog, Philippines - Malaybalay
"It is by what they have done for the poor that Jesus Christ will recognize his chosen ones." + Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2443 + Last time we blogged about our friends Diony and Hana, they were living a life full of injustices. (Read Part 1 of Diony & Hana's story here) Today, I am happy to report that...
08
Oct 2015
30 Blessings
Posted by Natalia Schumann /
Mexico - General Cepeda, Our Blog
I was in the small chapel at the Archdiocese of Denver months before my family left for missions. I had a vision of Ben and I sharing a small cot in a bare room with a concrete floor. As our baby slept in a small bed, feet away from us, we were reading. I was happy, my heart content and my...
01
Oct 2015
The Miracles of Getting There
Posted by Andrea Tomeny /
Our Blog, Peru Mission
In honor of my grandfather who passed away 3 weeks ago and because my older brother asked me to blog about this, I’m sharing this story. I went to bed on a recent Friday night just fine, but eventually woke up in the middle of the night. After that I was never able to fall into a deep sleep. The...
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Sep 2015
Justice for Diony & Hana
Posted by Kring Leaño /
Our Blog, Philippines - Malaybalay
"The demands of justice must be satisfied first of all; that which is already due in justice is not to be offered as a gift of charity." + St. John Chrysostom + This quote came to mind when we visited our friends Diony and Hana last week. My husband Ramon has been good friends with them since high school and...
17
Sep 2015
Jesus is My Healer!
Posted by Faith Thibodeaux /
Our Blog
When we said “Yes” to the Lord's call for our family to be missionaries, I thought that saying yes was going to be the hardest part. We prayed and discerned, we had so many confirmations, and so we laid down the fear of the unknown, and all the questions of “What if…,” and we said YES. That meant that everything...
10
Sep 2015
I May Be White, But That Doesn’t Mean I’m Rich! // Lessons in Generosity
Posted by Teresa Kiehl /
Our Blog, Peru Mission
So, I’m white. My husband is blindingly white! All of my children take after my husband except for their hair, which is extremely blonde while his is brown. Needless to say, when we stepped off of the plane in Peru we really stood out as foreigners. Upon arrival, we quickly noticed a certain, how should I say . . ....
03
Sep 2015
His Ways Are Not Our Ways
Posted by FMC Missionary /
Our Blog
“Are you excited to go for a run on the Great Wall?” I asked my mission partner jokingly. “I don’t know about going for a run,” he laughed, “but I am definitely excited to be here.” It was midmorning, we had just landed and both of us were really looking forward to three epic days of climbing the Great Wall,...
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Aug 2015
When There is No Justice
Posted by Rebecca Tilyou /
Our Blog, Philippines - Camiguin
I don't teach for the sake of the lessons. I teach for the students. That might sound obvious, but what I mean is this: being a teacher at Holy Rosary High School is just my "in," a foot in the door to these kids' lives. Inside the classroom, it's nouns, verbs, and English vocabulary, but that's all superficial. It's outside...
20
Aug 2015
Our Giggle Girls
Posted by Katie Schmidt /
Our Blog, Peru Mission
The sound of giggles can be heard outside our window starting at about 3:30 every afternoon. Why giggles? Did someone just play "Ding, Dong, Ditch?" Nope. The giggles are in anticipation at what happens at 4:00. That is when I open the doors to our ministry room and begin my Bible study with the kids. Each of the kids that...
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Aug 2015
Jezi te Sove’m: A Story of Real Faith
Posted by Sarah Koerber /
Haiti Mission, Our Blog
The other day I read the multiplication of the loaves and the fish. What Christian doesn’t know this story? However, on this particular day it struck me in a new way, because I witnessed this happen before my very eyes. Of course I wish that the Lord had actually multiplied fish and bread in front of me, but what He...
06
Aug 2015
The Ezekiel Home
Posted by Teresa Kiehl /
Our Blog, Peru Mission
When we moved to Pucacaca, Peru, we were struck almost immediately by how many children live here. Not only were there tons of kids, but they seemed to live practically as orphans - always without an adult, often as young as two or three! So many kids without parents, without much hope, without Jesus! We had been living here in...
30
Jul 2015
How Missions Has Blessed Our Family
Posted by Jonathan Weiss /
Our Blog, Philippines - Malaybalay
by Blair Bailey | Costa Rica Our family joined Family Missions Company last year at Intake 2013. Donovan was interested in being a missionary at the time we married 12 years ago, but I would not even consider it. In the course of about a year before Intake, God worked on my heart and prepared me for missions without me realizing…
04
Jun 2015
Man Enough for Missions?
Posted by Jonathan Weiss /
Haiti Mission, Man Enough?, Our Blog
By Thomas Ogas: Missionary in Haiti "Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love." - St. Therese of Liseux Even though she is the patroness of missions, I've had a difficult time understanding St. Therese's "little way" spirituality. To...
03
Jun 2015
Jesus at the Blackboard
Posted by Kylie Spizale /
Our Blog, Philippines - Camiguin
By Rebecca Tilyou | Camiguin Island, Philippines With the arrival of final exams and graduation ceremonies last week, I’m reflecting on the past school year, the hard times and the happy times, and especially on the lives on particular students with whom I’ve had the privilege of journeying as they complete their high school career. I’d like to introduce you…
09
Apr 2015
