Frontier Missions Journal

“I must keep listening to the Godpod,” the witch doctor said. “If I stop . . . the spirits will oppress me again.”                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Alisha Taylor of the Palawano Project in the Philippines.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!

“Talal is a man of God. We are the kafir, the apostates, not him,” Usman said, his words an arrow to the conscience.                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Gabriella Lincoln of the Sahara Project in West Africa.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!

With their car bottomed out on a sand bank after a deluge on Sunday, it was now Tuesday night. The Havenga family was certain they would be rescued on Wednesday. As they readied themselves to sleep in their car, it started to pour. Again!                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Jo-anne Havenga and comes from our AFM South Africa offi...

We drove into a torrential rainstorm, trying to maintain momentum to avoid getting stuck in the muddy sand. Hitting a deep pool of water, our car slipped onto an embankment. Now we were stuck!  “We may as well make ourselves comfortable, spend the night in the car and investigate in the morning,” we decided.                                                                ---------------- Today’s st...

Our conversation remained void of anything religious throughout our entire visit, leaving me a little confused. “I thought we were coming here to witness and minister.”                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Elisha Joy of the Sinim Project in Southeast Asia.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!

Thorns and leeches made the journey more painful. Knees and ankles begged for mercy. We were tired. It had been more than 20 hours since we left Kamantian. Fatigue discouraged us, but the urgency restored our determination as a life was at risk.                                                                 ---------------- Today’s story is told by Andre Rodrigues, a former student missionary at...

For three days, we took turns manually ventilating Maman’s wife so she could breathe. It was an agonizing time when life and death crossed paths.                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Andre Rodrigues, a former student missionary at the Palawano Project of the Philippines.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to...

“As a teenager, I saw a movie about somebody who healed people and loved people and was so kind. And at the end of the movie, he ended up dying, nailed to a cross, with a whole bunch of people who he had helped and loved watching him, and he forgave them,” Dena said. “Wow! That’s Jesus,” Elisha replied.                                                                ---------------- Today’s story i...

Usually, when I share the gospel with people, I don’t yell at them. But in that car, as I was being yelled at, I don’t know what happened. I got emotional, and I started yelling back. “Remember this day! Not only your son, but YOU will be running to our church before your son.”                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Sergo Namoradze,...

He tore down his room in searching for his Bible, pretending he was making some renovations in his room so that his parents wouldn’t suspect anything.                                                                ---------------- Today’s story, coming from the Georgian project, is told by Sergo Namoradze, a member of AFM's International Field Operations department. Subscribe and leave us a r...

“By blocking the wheels of a foreigner’s car, it is more than just an aggressive move. It is a symbolic accusation of being a thief. In our West African culture, that is a serious insult to a guest. You are not only making yourself look bad, you are dishonoring your country.”                                                                 ---------------- Today’s story is told by Michée Badé, AFM...

Once upon a time, in a far-away village up in the mountains of Palawan, lived a polite but eccentric old witch doctor. . . .                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Leonda George of the Palawano Project in the Philippines.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!

“ Hmmm . What’s going on? Why such a long prayer over cucumbers?” Listen to Alisha Taylor tell several stories from her time on the Himadri Project.                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Alisha Taylor of the Himadri Project in Central Asia.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!

At the top of the hill, we parked, and . . . our brakes went out. The truck started rolling backward through traffic down the hill, and there was nothing we could do to stop it. I opened the door and started waving frantically and shouting, “Get out of the way! Get out of the way!”                                                                 ---------------- Today’s story is told by Joshua Lewi...

“No one was expecting us. Women and children ran screaming into the jungle, never having seen a white man, but soon came creeping back to see the unusual visitors.”                                                                ---------------- Today’s stories are told by David Lackey, former AFM career missionary on the May River Project in Papua New Guinea, and Bara Patel, AFM career missionary...

For some reason, Leonda George, mother of four, seemed to attract creatures. “I saw this rat coming across a two by two and headed toward me and my bed. . . I started screaming, and the rat got startled.” What’s a mother to do?                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Leonda George of the Palawano Project in the Philippines.  Subscrib...

We didn’t have a Christmas tree this year, so my brother and I made one from banana leaves and a coconut branch.                                                                ---------------- Today’s stories are told by Sarah Unglaub and Amy Ackmody, AFM missionary alumni on the Lobi Project in Burkina Faso, Western Africa.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s stor...

“Do not welcome into your homes the young people camped nearby. Do not study the Bible with them, and do not attend the lectures. If you go to that church, your firstborn will die.” Accused of causing trouble in a Tongan African village, what were these young Bible workers to do? They prayed. Would God intervene?                                                                 ---------------- Toda...

Jet had made the decision to be baptized. But he hadn’t counted the cost of what it would mean to tell his family. This would require full commitment.                                                                ---------------- Today’s stories are told by Andy Murphy, AFM career missionary on the Tai-Kadai Project in Southeast Asia and Joshua Lewis, AFM career missionary on the Great River Peop...

Oh, no, what am I going to do? I bought a 25-pound bag of sticky rice . . . and I don’t know how to cook it. Oh, what a mistake!                                                                 ---------------- Today’s story is told by Mary Murphy of the Tai-Kadai Project in Southeast Asia.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!

One day I want to ask them, “If you hate the cross so much, why is that image on your uniform?”                                                                 ---------------- Today’s story is told by Joshua Lewis of the Great River People Project in Cambodia.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!

Ham knelt down beside me, got close and said in a low voice, “Are you a Christian? I have some friends who are Christians and they have been telling me that I should be a Christian.”                                                                ---------------- Today’s stories are told by David Hicks, former AFM career missionary on the Tonga project in Mozambique and Joshua Lewis, current AFM ca...

"Who in his right mind would hike into a den of thieves just for the sake of curiosity? They come here at night and steal our cattle and our pigs. Watch out, they’re all thieves and murderers!"                                                                ---------------- Today’s stories are told by Herb and Linda Prandl, former AFM career missionaries on the Lobi Project in Burkina Fas...

All of a sudden, I felt a hand on my shoulder shaking me, and I pried my eyes open. I thought I saw my son Enoch standing there. Daddy, I’m sorry. I think I killed the camera.                                                                ---------------- Today’s stories are told by Enoch and Josiah Nicholaides of the Hill Tribes of Ratanakiri Project in Cambodia.  Subscribe and leave us a review...

“I don’t want to change sides,” she stated. “Then I will make you,” came the reply. Hannah doesn’t remember what happened next.                                                                ---------------- Today’s story is told by Veronica Nicholaides of the Hill Tribes of Ratanakiri Project in Cambodia.  Subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoyed listening to today’s story!