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87, I Will Be a Missionary or I Will Be Nothing (With Enid Harris and Esau Dominguez)
With this episode, we are introducing a Missionary Story series on the podcast. Enid Harris, who serves as assistant director at the Institute of World Mission, will be leading out in this series. Enid’s guest today is Esau Dominguez. Esau and his family currently serve as cross-cultural church planters and missionaries in a country in East Asia. An ordained minister, Esau accepted a call to cross-cultural ministry, and in this interview he will share some of the challenges and opportunities that they experience in the mission field.
88, Three Steps Missionaries Can Use to Cope With Challenges (With Ann Hamel)
Missionary life can be a wonderful source of blessings—both for the missionary and for those they serve. But one’s mission experience can also be unexpectedly difficult. In this episode, Ann Hamel shares three steps that missionaries and their families can use to cope with the challenges around them. Ann Hamel is a psychologist who serves on the ISE Support Team for the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
89, Digital Safety for Missionary Children (With Ernest Staats)
With this episode, we conclude a short series on digital safety and online presence for missionaries and their families. In this interview, Ernest Staats, who serves as security and data privacy consultant to the General Conference, gives reasons to protect our children online, discusses potential dangers, and shares recommendations and resources on this topic.
90, In the Hands of Jesus in Troublesome Times (Ken Osborn With Marvin Wray)
Missionaries have many professional faces — we are aid and development workers, educators, physicians, administrators, financial specialists, and more. But we all have something in common besides the fact that we are missionaries. We are laborers with the Holy Spirit, and we have a spiritual dimension to our lives and ministry. Today's interview is brought to you by Ken Osborn, who together with his wife, Ivanette Osborn, serves as a pastoral care provider to Adventist cross-cultural missionaries. Ken interviews Marvin Wray — a pastor who lived out his calling his entire life. He currently ministers at the Chico SDA Church in Northern California. In the past, Marvin served for six years as a pastor and chaplain at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital.
91, Ministry in the African Context — Through the Eyes of a Missionary Administrator (With Oscar Osindo and Jean Pierre Mulumba)
This episode is a continuation of the “Ministry in the African Context” series. In the previous interview, Oscar Osindo, an associate director at the Institute of World Mission, started uncovering what it means for a cross-cultural worker to adapt to the African context. Pastor Jean Pierre Mulumba, who is serving in a country in the West-Central Africa Division, joins this interview to discuss the role of culture, religious barriers, and one’s ability to adapt and learn when serving as a missionary on the African continent.
92, How to Overcome Fear — A Missionary Story (With Enid Harris and Joanne Kim)
Missionary stories inspire and teach us. They fill our emotional cups. They allow us to experience different worlds and cultures. We at IWM love to hear missionary stories, and we also enjoy sharing them as part of the Missionary Story series on this podcast. In this episode, we will hear the story of Joanne and her family. Joanne currently serves as a development director for a school project in Mongolia.
93, From Missionary Kid to GC President (With Ronald Kuhn and Ted N.C. Wilson)
Pastor Wilson grew up as a missionary kid in Cairo, Egypt. Later in life, he and his family went as missionaries to West Africa and then to Russia. Currently, Pastor Wilson is serving as the president of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In this interview with Ronald Kuhn, associate director at the Institute of World Mission, Pastor Wilson talks about how growing up in a different part of the world shaped his view on how to relate to people, how to understand cultures and how to respect different approaches to life. He also shares about the experience of parenting missionary children and gives advice and encouragement to Adventist missionaries.
94, How Ethnocentrism and Stereotyping Affect Intercultural Missionary Teams (With Ronald Kuhn)
With this episode, we continue our series on intercultural teams. The primary contributor to this series is Ronald Kuhn, associate director of the Institute of World Mission. In this interview, he talks about ethnocentrism and stereotyping in intercultural missionary teams.
95, Educational Options for Missionary Kids: What Parents Should Know (With Cheryl Doss)
Missionary kids are privileged in so many ways. When they see the world with its needs and challenges, their horizons are widened. They are part of God’s mission from very early on. This shapes their outlook and impacts how they perceive reality. And yet, kids are more vulnerable and impressionable than we adults are. In this episode, Cheryl Doss — Institute of World Mission director — shares with us multiple options that missionary parents have when it’s time to send their kids to school. We cover possibilities for early and middle school education, and touch a little bit on options for high school.
96, Guyana – Land of Many Waters (With Enid Harris and Marvin Hembrom)
Today’s missionary story comes from the country of Guyana, which in a native Amerindian language means “Land of Many Waters.” It is not only a land of many waters but also home to many different cultures and nationalities. It is currently the place of service for Marvin and Meghna Hembrom. With this episode, we continue our Missionary Story series with Enid Harris, an assistant director at Institute of World Mission. Her guest, Marvin, shares with us how God has led him and his family in their missionary journey.