As I write this first blog post for the 2017 Maine Team, two days of travel lay behind us while several exciting days of service and ministry await us. Here is the girl’s van (plus me, Josh) smiling and ready to take off from Calvary church on…
Continue ReadingThere was a gentle and kind man whom we met in Spain. To protect him from his family we will call him Peter. Peter told our team how he came to know Jesus. He was passing through channels on his radio and started listening to an international…
Continue ReadingTurn up the Loud Speakers! Get ready for our Calvary Team to teach and sing throughout the neighborhoods in Crabwood Creek, Guyana spreading the name of Jesus through an open air crusade!
Imagine you are a Guyanese non believer standing there…
Wednesday’s morning rhythms looked a lot like Tuesdays. After breakfast, students go to Encounter while leaders meet. Then we re-gather for our justice training. In Wednesday’s training we got the chance to feel injustice. We were divided…
Continue ReadingWe are wrapping up our first full day here at CIY in Cincinnati. Our day began with a meeting for leaders and encounter time for students. We are walking through the book of Nehemiah this week as we learn about bringing restoration to the contexts God…
Continue ReadingAfter navigating delightful Midwest back roads and enduring many scattered showers, we have made it to Cincinnati! We have eaten a pizza dinner and unrolled our air mattresses. Now we wait for our first chapel session to begin. Pray for us as we learn…
Continue ReadingDear Calvary Prayer Partners and Central Asia Team Families,
I wanted to share a note I received from Kim Velting as he has taken a little time out of their busy schedule to give us an update:
“It feels like we have been here for a week already…
Our Central Asia team is preparing to leave!
Take a moment to imagine leaving Grand Rapids to arrive in an entirely different country where you only know your teammates and your missionary. Then think about walking off that plane prepared to do…
My Redeemer Lives!
Today, we sang this in a way we never have before! We sang, “Mon Redempteur Vit, Mon Redempteur Vit!” along with our French brothers and sisters in Christ! What a little taste of Heaven that was as I looked around…
By: Jan Ritsema
What a blessing to wake up to another day of beautiful weather here in Grenoble! God is certainly answering prayers as rain had again been predicted.
Today we began our day together in prayer and worship after which we familiarized…