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Beneath the Stars: A Camp Meeting Among the Pnong
The week grew increasingly busy as preparations for our camp meeting gathered momentum. Then came an unexpected blessing. A family who had recently chosen to follow Jesus asked if they could join the gathering—and even offered their home as the meeting site. Their invitation filled us with joy. Everyone packed…
His Eye is on the Sparrow
Loss is a part of life. We all go through it, whether living at home or in the mission field. For missionaries, those losses can be magnified. We miss the families we have left behind, our friends and our way of life, along with so many other things. Pets can…
One Degree at a Time
_Complaining about not achieving success despite working hard is like complaining about an ice cube not melting when you heated it from twenty-five to thirty-one degrees. Your work was not wasted; it is just being stored. All the action happens at thirty-two degrees… The outside world only sees the most…
The Ainu
People often describe Japan as culturally homogeneous, but if you look closer, you will find small pockets of vibrant diversity all over the country. Take Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island. That is where you will find the Ainu, a people whose roots reach back long before modern Japan. Their way of…
Leaving Chimza
The first time we tried to obtain a visa to enter Chimza, months of research, planning and prayer went into the process. Together with our team, we explored every possible option to move closer to the land of the Himadri people, the place we believed God was calling us to…
More Unexpected Visits
After a pregnancy filled with mandatory bed rest and almost not going full-term, Caitlyn gave birth to a little boy (see the July 2026 issue of Adventist Frontiers). Hiroko and I were in the middle of Sabbath-related duties when I got a call from Caitlyn. “You guys need to come…
Green Bananas
“How do I know if bananas are ready to be cut?” I asked a local man. “When the leaves are brown, then you can cut the rope of bananas,” he replied. Locally, a rope of bananas is how people refer to a stalk of the fruit. With his guidance, I…
Please Confirm
“Lord, I need confirmation. Do You want us to take this detour away from our planned goals? We are already behind schedule for the year. Preparing the final PDF of The Great Controversy in the neighboring language took longer than anticipated. Creating the Thai audiobook of Thoughts from the Mount…
Christian Traditions and Unreached People Groups
Have you ever wondered what a Lord’s Supper ceremony or the foot-washing ritual looked like for the first time in an unreached nation, when the gospel was first being preached, and Christianity was a new movement embraced by only a few? Well, this is still happening in different parts of…
The Nation that Captured the World’s Attention
There are moments in life that transcend sport, moments that refuse to be contained in time or trophies, moments when sport becomes more than a competition. These moments become a memory, a meaning and a mirror to the human spirit. With the final whistle blown and history made, the FIFA…