Taking a back seat
Stumbling out of the train in pitch darkness, I’m bundled unceremoniously into a rickshaw. “Don’t show your face. Don’t speak. Keep your head down.” Arriving at our destination, I’m rushed inside. Three days later, I have full-on cabin fever. Frequent requests for a walk are politely declined: “It’s not safe.”
The unlikely missionary
"For the longest time, I was pretty set on not being a missionary. Scud missiles in the Arab Gulf, tanks rolling across Tiananmen Square, and planes crashing through American skyscrapers... I resolved fairly early in life that I was going to stay put."
Earthquake recovery in Nepal
Getting relief to the villages in the north meant negotiating access to scarce helicopter transport, or long, dangerous road journeys to drop-off points to which affected families walked, sometimes for days.
Contextualisation or syncretism?
“It was their church that was at the brink of being birthed, and they must come up with their own contextualised way of conducting baptisms.”
A heart for the poor
Our call to cross-cultural mission started before we got married. We both had a heart for working with the poor. God had blessed us abundantly and had called us to be a blessing in return. So it was just a matter of timing – if and when God would call us. It took 15 years but, in that time, God prepared us through a number of short-term trips, courses and conferences
Incarnational mission
Recognising the other—women who are hidden, unrecognised and marginalised in their communities—is at the heart of women in mission.
God the Master Craftsman
Before I headed off as an On Tracker for four months, I was told that the experience would change my life. I smiled and nodded; it was just for four months…
By Grace Alone
Suzy is a 32-year-old yellow Suzuki Swift who was loaned to us by friends when they realised we needed a temporary second car. She can be reluctant to start some mornings and she is not as beautiful as she once was.
A prayer for Christmas
Thank you for giving us your Son, this most precious gift.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.
Lachie’s story
"I saw God touch my life."
Do unto others
What can one say to someone in a who is in a situation like this, violated, pregnant and refugee?
A bus ride to a world away
Because the government has been unable to provide kindergarten places, Christians are in a unique position to offer this ministry to their neighbours.
The housewife and the shopkeeper
Saule worked seven days a week, twelve hours a day. She worked hard to support her family back home. “What’s your dream, Saule? If you weren’t working in this job, what would you rather be doing?”
Borderlands
We need people skilled in understanding complex social, multi-cultural and multi-linguistic contexts. We need to mobilise those who are willing to live far from the ‘happening places’ in mission and be in for the long haul to be a part of community transformation.
Of Cars and Karma
A Buddhist friend in Australia asked for my help in buying a used car. He was frustrated after several unsuccessful attempts, disappointed and baffled by the experience; after all, he had done nothing particularly bad in his life. For a Buddhist, the law of karma means that bad deeds result in bad consequences, so why him?
Why not?
Sometimes I feel we concentrate so much on how we feel His call and asking Him, “why us?”, but maybe a different way of thinking is, “why not?” Why not go and serve alongside those who have no option of living in a safe and materially blessed society as we do. We feel that Father has given us 30 years of abundant blessings, so why not now use these blessings to bless others.
The ministry of being there
Simply sitting alongside the mother, hugging her, holding her baby, and showing love brought comfort.
Abi’s Story
"From my experience, her chance of surviving would indeed require a miracle." Be encouraged by God's work in response to his people's prayers.
A Prayer for Easter
Many Interserve Partners work in places where suffering is widespread, poverty is crushing or crises are escalating with no end in sight. Please pray with us.
Realising you are the problem
“Culturally, it was incredibly challenging for Sokly to ask me to release her into her role.”
