You know the traditional missionary stereotype, don’t you? Cue the slideshows, the table of artifacts, the altar call.
To be the missionary you’ve heard about, you might go to seminary, then Africa, then preach to people in the jungle.
Category: professional skills
“You Saved Our Lives”: When Parasite Control Brings Peace
Sometimes meeting basic needs in missions–food, medicine, shelter–extends to more than what we could ever anticipate.
This story comes to us from Ethiopia, a locale where veterinary medicine (including basic control of parasites) saves lives–and not only through the obvious impacts of improved nutrition and disease treatment.
Goma’s Story: A Real-Life Cinderella
Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) equips and encourages veterinary professionals and students to build relationships with others through the use of their veterinary knowledge and skills so that lives are transformed. (Get to know them at their Meet an Agency post here!)
Here, CVM shares a young woman’s story from their field–with a critical lesson for those of us hoping to bring others to the Prince of Peace.
Your Missions Training: A Lot Like Pouring a Roof
Ever wondered how missions training becomes effective?
Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) equips and encourages veterinary professionals and students to build relationships with others through the use of their veterinary knowledge and skills so that lives are transformed. (Get to know them at their Meet an Agency post here!)
Meet an Agency: Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM)
We heart this ongoing series–a virtual trip to the coffee shop with organizations to help you go there, serve Him, and love them even better.
(For more thoughts about why you might join an agency–and a handful of reasons you might not–make sure to check out He Said/She Said/You Say? “Should I go overseas with an organization?”, both the pros and the cons.)
My Story: Unforgettable Night
Photo courtesy IMB.org photo library
This month, we’re giving you snapshots of Studio, a dynamic internship program designed to equip long-term workers for the Muslim world.
Grab more info here about Studio in our Meet an Agency series!
Dotsie’s Story: What We Did Well (and Didn’t)
Dotsie and Gary are the second couple from the left–both wearing blue.
By Dotsie Corwin
Go. Serve. Love is excited to welcome Dotsie Corwin. She comes from a long line of missionaries and Christian workers, but it was the illustration of an unbalanced number of people carrying a telephone pole that impacted her and her husband to commit to a career in mission. Thinking of only one carrying the pole on one end with the rest on the other, it made sense to spend their lives where there was greater need.
Meet an Agency: Studio
We heart this new, ongoing series–a virtual trip to the coffee shop with organizations to help you go there, serve Him, and love them even better.
(For more thoughts about why you might join an agency–and a handful of reasons you might not–make sure to check out He Said/She Said/You Say? “Should I go overseas with an organization?”, both the pros and the cons.)
