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Teaching and Trusting: Cecil and Eunice Smith
April 22, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
I cannot remember a time when I did not know about missions. Surely I was naive about what “going into all the world” meant, but I understood that the Lord…
Leaving Their Legacy Among the Vietnamese: George and Harriette Irwin
April 8, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
My Dad, George Irwin, simplified life. He took complex issues and made them simple, practical. To him, missionary work was not all about strategizing with designs and master plans. He…
Spoiled for the Ordinary: David and Brenda Petrescue
April 1, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
“I’m afraid she’s too girly and fragile to be trekking around the world with a 30-pound backpack for the next nine months!” Dave’s dad exclaimed. He was trying to reason…
Encounters with God: Craig and Mora Bundy
March 18, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
Our Early Years Mora: My parents came from farming backgrounds in Nova Scotia. Their parents followed Jesus, and one of my grandmothers led the missionary society at her Presbyterian church.…
Following His Will is So Worth It: Anne Stephens
March 11, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
Just before coming home on home assignment in June 2013, a man came to see me. “Mama Anne, I’m your disciple. I have burden for the people in my village.…
From the Prairies to Peru: Donald and Faith Scarrow
March 4, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
A powerful sense of God’s presence pervades the Lince Alliance Church’s lower auditorium in Lima, Peru. Four hundred and fifty chairs are occupied while people stand shoulder to shoulder against…
Miracles in Ministry: Don and Elma Dirks
February 26, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
It happened on the last Sunday of October 2019. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I missed my flight out of Vancouver for Montreal on Thursday, from where I was planning to fly…
Preparing for Conflict in Community: Paula Jones
February 12, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
Along the journey called life, there are a plethora of challenges and opportunities that come our way. Whether presenting to us in forms of intrigue, demand, necessity, or the ordinary,…
Philosophy and Structure of Care for Cross-Cultural Workers
January 22, 2024 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
One of our daughters returned from a full day of grade 7 studies at our local public school; having walked home with her brother, she flopped onto the couch and,…
Cultivating a Church/Missionary Relationship: Suresh G.
December 18, 2023 | 13 minute readThe Alliance Canada
Missions work is not just about a group of people going overseas to heal spiritual wounds and provide fresh water! It’s about planting seeds of the Gospel, watering the plant,…