3 Easy Steps to Make Ourselves Attractive to Others
by Teresa Kiehl | Juarez, Mexico Pope Francis has stated that “the Church grows by attraction, not proselytizing”. We have discovered some real, genuine ways to attract others to Jesus, by simply living and loving our Lord. 1. Invite Jesus into your conversations. We have made it a habit to say “God bless you,” or “Praise Jesus” ,“Thank God”, “The…
Prosperity Found in God, Not Tourism
by Rachel | Misahualli, Ecuador When is the heart softened and formed in daily life? When one opens the soul wide enough to give and receive the immense joys of community living, it is then that the heart is perfected and transformed in His love and mercy. Deeply desiring to give witness to the transforming love of the Gospel, the…
Home Visits in Peru
by Lauren Roberts | Misahualli, Ecuador While we were in Peru for the medical mission trip, one morning I was leading a group on a home visit while some of our other missionaries and group were having a clinic in an outlying town. Since it was my first time there and we don’t have missionaries stationed in Peru, I didn’t…
Countless Blessings: Ecuador Mission Trips
by Jason Healy | Ahuano, Ecuador There are countless ways the Lord has blessed me these past 7 months since I first stepped on the mission field. However, in this article I want to focus on one aspect of life in missions for which I am extremely grateful. This year in Ecuador we were blessed to have 4 groups come…
Missions: What’s All the Fuss About?
By Erik Martin | General Cepeda, Mexico Have you ever heard a missionary say, “Missions is the greatest life!”? I know I have, a few times. I may even be guilty of saying it a time or two. But why, you say, I don’t get it. What’s the big fuss? What could be so great about leaving the comforts of…
Mission Life Is Hard: an Honest Reflection from Paradise
By Melissa Seilhan The Philippine motto is “It’s More Fun in the Philippines!” I changed it to “Everything is Harder in the Philippines!” after our first week here. Everything is physically harder to do here: shopping, cooking, bathing, sleeping, eating, homeschooling, driving, etc. (I’ll save the emotional and spiritual hardships in another blog.) Shopping is harder. There’s no super Wal-mart…
A Very Different Mission
By E.C. | China “But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach unless they are sent? So faith comes from what is heard, and what is…
Seeing the Fruits of our Labor: A Community on Fire
By Matthew Holland | Ahuano, Ecuador Wow it’s amazing looking back on my time in missions! When I look back on my first year of missions, some things that I have to worry about now were never a worry before, and other things are just so different! I remember a few months ago harvesting all of my yuca (which is…
Saying Thank You: True Gratitude in the Philippines
By Rebecca Tilyou This Sunday I visited the house of John Michael, one of my former students. He is now attending a public high school, but his family cannot afford his transportation and other fees, so my team is sponsoring his education expenses. Every other week we visit his home in the mountain to give him his two weeks’ allowance…
Jericho Project Update: General Cepeda, Mexico
By Erik Martin Just wanted to quickly share with you all how your prayers that you poured out during our Jericho Project are continuing to bear fruit. This weekend 13 men from General Cepeda are attending the School of the Cross. It’s a powerful retreat here for men only. Most of the men here who are very active in their…
“Encourage Each Other Daily While it is Still Today.” (Heb. 3:13)
Then, Marianna said to me: “I have never seen anything like what you guys are doing. You are out there working and sweating alongside the people. You are helping them.”
A Missionary Family: In Memory of Donald Romero
{In Loving Memory of Donald Romero – Sept. 24, 1946 – Sept. 18th, 2014} My wife Cheryl and I are the parents of FMC missionary Samuel Romero. He and his wife Lindsey and their three children joined FMC in 2011. We met the Summers family (founders of FMC) about twenty-five years ago here in Abbeville, LA when they were home…
Pope Francis’ Missionary Impulse: a Transformation I Didn’t Want
By Sarah Summers Granger “I dream of a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything.” – Pope Francis Ten years ago, I didn’t want a transformative impulse. I wanted stability, peace, a small dose of the Holy Spirit – just enough to keep me on the straight and narrow. After all kinds of turmoil in my life had started to settle,…
Encounter Your Heart’s Desire: Reflections from the Amazon Jungle
By Ryan Lawless Visitors from Houston We just finished with another short-term mission trip from Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in Houston, TX. Just down the road from my home parish St. John Vianney. I had such an amazing experience with these holy and faithful servants. I would like to tell you about the highlight of this trip. Mango Playa…
A Day in the Life of a Missionary
By Rebecca Tilyou 6:00am Wake up! Feeling a little under the weather so I snooze til 6:13. I get dressed and then sit in the hammock on our porch for my morning prayer time. 7:00 Team breakfast – oatmeal! 7:30 Team prayer – reading and sharing on the psalms from Liturgy of the Hours. 8:15 Gigi comes to the door…
Dive into God’s Word!
By David Quinn I wanted to write some about how my life has been changed ever since I have been a missionary and since I have really been diving into God’s word every day. The glory story for me this week is that I finished reading the entire bible! I have tried on more than one occasion since high school to…
Mission Impossible?
By Teresa Kiehl To those of you who feel like God is not calling and could not be calling you to missions, I’ve got a few things I would like to say. Perhaps in your life you already do all the things that you should be doing. You go to church, your family prays together before bed-time, and you may even…
“Say YES to the Dress” | Operation Boda
By Bridget Martin Every Wednesday afternoon we get in our van and drive an hour away to the ends of the earth to visit with the people of Cuchillo del Indio and prepare them for the Sacraments that they will be receiving on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 27. This week we had a convivio with the…
