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Brandon Barrett
On a hot, dusty day while traveling through Samaria, Jesus and his disciples came to a well. Jesus sent them into town to get food and sat down on a nearby rock to wait. Soon he saw a woman coming down the road. She was alone, a thirsty, outcast prostitute coming to draw water. When she arrived,
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Heidi Kempt Chew
An Evangelistic Bible Study (EBS) flows from our relationships. It is not merely an outreach activity or an end in itself but simply one step on the spiritual journey we invite our friends to take with us.
Six weeks ago, I found myself stranded in China, knowing nothing and no one but my destination and the teammate I’d been paired with moments before. This is my crash course on learning to fully trust God. 
Paul Grant
As college students, we may grumble about our summer jobs. Here is one college student who saw how his summer job taught him so much more than just hauling shingles.
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Lucy Wynard
Directly after college, I moved to a country in the former Soviet Union to work with an emerging evangelical student movement. I was only twenty-two years old, but this was my seventh cross-continental move, so I thought God had prepare me for missions. Now I wasn’t so sure.
Steve Hoke
If you want to best prepare yourself for future ministry, follow this suggested pre-field conditioning program while rooted in your home church and culture.
Linda Olson
This is one missionary’s account of how God showed her to view her mission with a different lens.
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Sandy Schaupp
A InterVarsity staff member tells of the challenges that she faced from her family when she decided to go into student ministry.
Scott Bessenecker
If you’re struggling with whether or not to invest next summer in a mission project but aren’t quite sure if it’s the right thing to do, here are some things to consider.
Bruce Hansen
It is a sign of how deeply our American individualism has infected us that we even consider serving on the mission field apart from a team. The apostle Paul would not have considered it.
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