World Missions Blog
“It’s 100 percent worth it.”
How do you make new friends on a new campus using a new language? Maybe an old game. Table tennis, anyone? To prepare for leading a Navigators…
Missions, Marriage, and Pastries
Surprisingly, my biggest challenge as a freshly married young woman working at a children’s home in Africa is not the oppressive heat, separation from family, or even…
Diving into Missions Life Overseas
Arriving on the mission field felt a bit like cliff diving: exhilarating and terrifying. In one leap, we left our safe and secure American lives and launched…
From Bliss to Mess: An Overseas Story
Planning a wedding and a move across the world is not difficult—it’s insane. Before my wedding, dozens of well-meaning people told me first-year marriage horror stories. With…
Meeting Unknown Needs
Accepting an iEDGE team at the beginning of 2020 was a step of faith for The Navigators ministry in Glasgow, Scotland. They wanted the iEDGE team to…
The Bible Study That Wouldn’t End
“Is this even allowed?” Before going to Kenya with my iEDGE team, I prayed that I would meet women to invest…
Healing Friendships
Abigail Strand (left) served with Sam and Rene in Mongolia with Navigators iEDGE (International EDGE Corps) from 2018 to 2020. On…
Improving your missions posture
While you’re out in the community with part of your short-term missions team, an earthquake hits your Pacific Rim city. Where…
A painful summer: The Father who sees
Most of us consider fasting only when times are truly tough. You may want to seek God’s face this summer over…
Near yet global: Our Father in heaven
People with a missions mindset often care about both loved ones nearby and multitudes beyond their own borders. In a global…
Jesus’ timeless truth: Our Father knows
Plans change, trips fall through, needs arise that we haven’t faced before. A frightening pandemic can cause us to wonder where…
Missions trip cancelled? Our Father sees
If you were planning on an overseas mission trip with your team the summer of COVID-19, most likely your trip will…
How to talk to your parents about going on a mission trip
“I want to go on a short-term missions trip to Zambia.” What would rush through your parents’ minds if you said…
“Who will go?” An “inadequate” student responds
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”Then I said,…
Are short-term missions worthwhile?
During a recent group discussion on missions, a university student asked, “Are short-term missions really worth it? Why not just send…
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