By Laura McKillip Wood Missionary families face the challenge of teaching their children about American culture while respecting the cultures in which they live. Jed and Renee Gourley deal with this challenge, raising their five children in the Caucasus Mountains in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since the Georgian people celebrate international holidays, like Christmas and Easter, the […]
By Laura McKillip Wood When David and Annette Dryden decided to work as missionaries, they did not realize they would end up working with Muslims. They originally moved to Crimea, which was then part of Ukraine, to plant churches among Ukrainians. “In the process, God showed us the unreached Muslims in Crimea who were not […]
By Laura McKillip Wood Paige* didn’t start life planning to be a missionary. In fact, her family did not attend church regularly when she was a child, but she did attend an occasional Vacation Bible School or church event. Distant relatives who were believers prayed for her when she was a child though. God answered […]
By Laura McKillip Wood Nathan and Amy Randall moved to Thailand less than a year ago, but their adjustment to living among different cultures has happened throughout their lives. Nathan grew up in Australia. Both of his parents are Americans, but his father served as the minister of a missions-minded church in Perth. Nathan returned […]
By Laura McKillip Wood Jody Hesler joined a search committee at her church in the early ’90s, helping the leadership find a Christian family to live in Ukraine and facilitate a partnership with a church there. Instead she began to hear God whispering that he wanted her to go. “I absolutely did not trust that […]
