David and I first met in 1997 as interns with the now defunct ministry Teen Mania. We became good friends, and, when the year ended, we both joined Bibleway Ministries in Hong Kong. Our six-month stint included leading teams from around the world into China, smuggling thousands of Bibles...
I’ll never forget my first day as a teacher. I sat in the main office at Thomas Alva Edison Middle School in south Los Angeles, staring at the teacher mailboxes, waiting for someone to show me to my room. It was late August, and school had already been in session for about a week...
I went on my first missions trip when I was twenty. Before I left, I was scared out of my mind. I was going to Thailand, and it seemed so far away. Image courtesy of Kyle Guerrero But I was also excited. I had recently made some serious changes in my life, including breaking up with my...
One of the clearest messages I absorbed growing up in North American culture was the importance of individualism: I as an individual have the power to make a difference wherever I go, in whatever capacity I choose. Our media is saturated with advertisement mantras like “The...
Learning about faith seems to be an ever-present part of my life these days. A little over a year ago, our family of five gave up everything familiar to us and moved to Montevideo, Uruguay, where we work with a branch of Youth for Christ that reaches out to Third-Culture Kids...
Seven months ago, after a season of discernment, I packed my bags and moved to a densely populated metropolis in south-central China. I now teach English at one of the main universities here. During the first weeks, I would walk around town and lie awake at night, asking...