A Word from the Director
Is There a Prophet in the House? | Michael Hindes
Proverbs 13:12 (NKJV) Hope deferred makes the heart sick…
Proverbs 15:13 (NIV) …heartache crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 17:22 (NKJV) …a broken spirit dries the bones.
…There are many warriors today that are unable to battle any further because they no longer see the point. They have laid down their weapons and have allowed their bones to become brittle in the sandy dryness of hopelessness.
It takes a prophet, with the word of God in their mouth and the breath of God in their lungs, to call a nation of warriors back to hope, back to life…
Where in the World is the World Race?
This is where our World Racers have been this month:
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Featured Story
Through the Fire… Literally | Joel Dutton
Being a missionary means wearing all kinds of a hats: day laborer, preschool teacher, preacher, and one day in the Dominican Republic of Joel had no idea that God would don him with a firefighter’s hat. Here’s an excerpt of how being late meant being right on time.
Yesterday started like any other “day off” on the World Race… Then it happened…
Our dinner plans were to leave at 6 to go to this taco restaurant, not just any taco restaurant, the best chicken tacos I have ever eaten in my life (so far) taco restaurant. My teammate Lacey had left earlier in the day to run some errands and we hadn’t seen her for a while. The clock was ticking past 6 and my stomach was running on empty (no bueno). At about 6:20 p.m. we decided to go ahead and head out and hopefully cross paths with her on the way. Then it happened…
I noticed a man sprinting down the road… when I looked to see where he was going I saw smoke billowing out of the window from the house on the corner and flames starting to trickle out…
Upcoming Trips
- July 2011
- August 2011: Pick Up the Torch in China, Romania
- September 2011
- October 2011
- Fall 2011 Human Trafficking
Coming soon: the January 2012 Route(s)
Stories from the Field
Bottled Highlights | Tricia Wegman
Tricia, a co-leader of the September 2010 Q Squad, bottles a day’s highlights – hilarious and poignant – of life on the World Race (from Rwanda).
2. I’m getting situated in the room and there is a bucket in the corner with a sarong hanging up by it. I’m told it is the bathroom bucket. I didn’t doubt it for one minute. Gross…I proceed to use the bucket while the girls are just hanging out in the room. Uncomfortable… Later, walking to our roofless church, I stop in my tracks when I see an outhouse with a toilet in it. Those bums. I had to clean that nasty bucket from our room…
4. Fell down the hill our house is on…
11. We went door to door – one girl found restoration. At the next house we drank unpurified water and held a baby that peed on me. The next house a man received salvation. All in a day’s work.
12. Fell down the hill our house is on…
He Has a Name | Joshua Maisner
Joshua, a co-leader of the July 2010 P Squad, shares honestly how even on the mission field he’s settled into a routine in the Philippines:
Almost every day I walk out of Aninuan, a village on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, fifteen minutes down the road to a hotel that has wi-fi to work on email, logistics, or whatever that day’s agenda entails.
I walk in, I sit down, I order a coke to use the free wi-fi, and set about my work.
Everyday the same man brings my coke. Everyday the same man takes away the coke.
Everyday he brings the bill. Everyday I’ve failed to even ask his name. . .
Remember That Time We Lived in the Jungle: Part 3 | Alex Cole
Alex, a team leader on the June 2010 O Squad, shares excerpts from his journal during his team’s two weeks in the Malaysian jungle.
Day 9: Friday, February 4
One week anniversary at our village. Hoorah!! Celebrated by stringing an entire green bean field. We’re turning into pros.
- Tedium is setting in. Played a marathon 18-hand game of spades. Kyle and I lost, but really we all did because it’s not even 2:00 [pm] yet. Tried to name all the countries. Got 193 out of 195. Luckily I had killed time by doing this before and looked up the ones I missed. Only 4 more days to entertain ourselves – it can be done…
- Clouds cleared tonight – best night sky I’ve ever seen. There are perks to being in the middle of nowhere. It’s crazy to me people can see this and believe there is no God.
Victory in the Rainforest | Emily Tuttle
Emily, from the V Squad, tells us about Pablito, a young boy who’s captured her and her teammate’s hearts in Ecuador.
He follows us around, helps us paint the church, and comes to the Vacation Bible School that we’re helping to lead. He has a quirky little personality, really likes cheese, and gives great high fives. All in all, Pablito seems like most little boys his age. Except that he carries a heaviness that they don’t…
His mother, Victoria, is sick…
Videos
On the Road to Cape Town
Missionary Living: World Race Year from Victoria Maynez on Vimeo.
