The Barnabas Initiative

This is the fifth of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠⁠⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Liz Perreault, director of Wings of the Way, a ministry that helps to relocate survivors of sex trafficking using aviation as a means of transportation to help get these girls into safe houses. Feel free to email us with p...

This is the fourth of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down first with Zach Soles, a LeTourneau University graduate and now UAS program manager for ITEC, he tells us about ITEC (Indigenous People's Technology and Education Center) and how God used his love of aviation to get him there. Sec...

This is the third of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠⁠⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Case Visser, a graduate of SMAT (The School of Missionary Aviation Technology) as he tells us more about Samaritan Aviation and his journey to join them and serve in Papua New Guinea. When God changed their path, they return...

This is the second of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Brian Ford, a Moody Aviation graduate, as he tells us more about MARC (Mission Aviation Repair Center) and his process of getting there with them. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any...

This is the first of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to What's Coming in 2025? to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Zach Merkling, the chief pilot at Proclaim Aviation, to discuss what God is doing at Proclaim and how Zach and his family got there. Join us as we talk about what Proclaim is and how it helps to get missionaries on the field. Feel...

Join us in this short bonus episode as we share what will be coming in the next few months here at the beginning of 2025.

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Dan Swanson, we sit down with a couple of fellow students and talk more about seeking God's will and making it our own. How can we ask what we want and it be according to God's will? Join us as we dive deeper into this. What are you filled with? What comes out when you are squeezed? How can you encourage fellow believers? Are you willing...

In this episode, we sit down with Dan Swanson, a flight instructor here at Moody Aviation to discuss how God has directed his and his family's path in a way he never expected. Join us as we explore a story of how an unprecedented surplus of missionaries landed Dan and his family here at Moody. How has God changed your plans? What blessings can you find in these changes? How have you been challenge...

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Bridget Abbott, we sit down with a fellow student and talk more about being submitted to God and His discipline of us. How is discipline a form of love? Join us as we dive deeper into this. Do you struggle to be willing to submit to God? Do you try to defeat sin on your own? Do you see God's discipline of you as a form of love? Feel free...

In this episode, we sit down with Bridget Abbott, an educational coach here at Moody Aviation. Join us as she shares about her and her husband's time in Costa Rica as they learned to adapt to God's plan for them. Are you willing to leave behind your plan to follow God? Will you allow the Lord to direct your path? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input....

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Steve Russell and Quinn Varnado from JAARS, we sit down with a couple of fellow students and talk more about being the generation of obedience, both passing on the baton and receiving it. How do we effectively transfer the mission field to the next generation? Join us as we dive deeper into this. How did this episode challenge you? How ar...

In this episode, we sit down with Steve Russell the president of JAARS, and Quinn Varnado the VP of marketing & future operations. Join us as they recount many stories of God's provision and direction in their lives as well as tell us a little more about JAARS and where they are headed as a ministry. What in this episode encouraged you? What in this episode challenged you? Feel free to email u...

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Bruce and Wendy DeVries, we sit down with a couple of fellow students and talk more about being intentional and becoming a living sacrifice. What does it look like to live in a way surrendered to God? Join us as we dive deeper into this. What is keeping you from fully surrendering to Christ? Are your eyes set on Jesus? or something in thi...

In this episode, we sit down with Bruce and Wendy DeVries, a flight instructor and his wife here at Moody Aviation. Join us as they recount many stories of God's provision as they have learned to trust the Lord in the several places they have served, including surviving an airplane crash in the jungle. Are you willing to become a living sacrifice for the Lord? Will you allow the Lord to direct...

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Joel and Missy Davis, we sit down with a fellow student and talk more about obedience. What does it look like to live with your arms wide open? Join us as we dive deeper into this. Is there an area in life that you’ve struggled to be obedient? How have you been challenged by this episode? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questi...

In this episode, we sit down with Joel and Missy Davis, two staff members from Moody Aviation. Joel, a flight instructor, and Missy, who works at the front desk, share their inspiring testimonies of obedience to the Lord. Join us as they recount how God has taught them to live with their arms wide open, embracing His guidance and provision. Is there an area in life that you’ve struggled to be obed...

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Steve Thimsen, we sit down with a fellow student and talk more about faithfulness. We are commanded to be faithful, but what does that look like? Join us as we dive deeper into this. In what areas of your life have you been faithful? Where have you been unfaithful? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any o...

In this episode, we sit down with Steve Thimsen, the director of maintenance training at Moody Aviation, to discuss the significance of persistent faithfulness. Steve encourages us to seek to be faithful even when it is difficult. We are not to be faithful because it is easy, or even because it is hard, but because we are commanded to be in Scripture. How have you struggled to be faithful? How hav...

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Paul Funchess, we sit down with a fellow student and talk more about having a heart of gratefulness. We have so many things and often take them for granted, yet we grumble and complain about what we do not have. What areas in your life do you struggle to be grateful? Where have you seen good examples of gratefulness? Feel free to email us...

In this episode, we sit down with Paul Funchess, a pastor in Spokane Valley, to discuss the profound importance of gratitude and thankfulness. Paul challenges us to actively cultivate a heart of gratitude, urging us to recognize the incredible sacrifice Christ made by laying down His life for us. What could inspire greater thankfulness than that? We hope and pray that this episode challenges you a...

In this Episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Zander Robertson, we sit down with a fellow student and talk more about forgiveness . While forgiveness is a challenge, it’s a necessary step in following the call of Christ. Is there someone you need to forgive? Do you need to seek forgiveness? We pray that this podcast encourages you and challenges you to forgive as Christ has forgiven...

In this episode we are joined by Zander Robertson, a flight instructor here at Moody Aviation. Join us as Zander shares his experience with forgiveness in his life, and shares the importance of making forgiveness a daily practice. He encourages us to look to Christ and His work on the cross as an example of how we should live, Forgiving others as Christ forgives us. Feel free to email us with pray...

Have you experienced anxiety, fear, loneliness, or frustration? Well, we can relate. Join us on this journey as we discover encouragement through our theme verse Romans 15:4-6. In this episode, our host dives deeper into his conversation with Jim Conrad. We will explore the transformative power of Scripture, the value of humility, and the significance of acknowledging God's strength. We'll also de...

In this episode, our host sits down with Jim Conrad to discuss the importance of encouragement and speak to how it relates to The Barnabas Initiative. We'll hear some of Jim's own testimony on how encouragement has impacted him and how he has seen its importance here at Moody Aviation. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any other input! We'd love to hear from you!...