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Mike EastonMar 6, 20234 min readMy Sabbatical ExperienceIn 2021 I decided to go through some personal counseling. I had started medication for anxiety a few years before because I was having...
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Larry McCraryJan 23, 20235 min readThe Benefits of Going to the Same Place Year after YearWe have been involved in global missions for over twenty-two years now. For most of those years, we have served in Europe, though the...
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Bradley BellJul 1, 20225 min readThe Five Love Languages of Missionary CareA monkey was sitting in a tree during a typhoon. From the safety of his perch he noticed a fish that was struggling tremendously in the...