Alabama Baptist students spend summer serving, sharing Christ
The day Rachel Pate met Greta, everything had gone wrong. It was Pate’s second summer serving in Mexico City, and she and her teammates were trying to invite university students to their English conversation circle. “Last year that worked really well, but this year they told us we couldn’t pass out flyers on campus,” said […]
Student missionary to continue work in New Orleans
Amber Kern didn’t pick New Orleans. But it seems God might’ve picked it for her. Last summer, she signed up for student missions and asked to be a part of the Boston team. She got assigned to New Orleans instead. “But my heart completely broke for the city,” said Kern, a student at Calhoun Community […]
Troy student sees young girls at camp in Kenya fall in love with the Word
Stargazing — that was what all the girls did at night after the worship service at Camp Blue Sky in Kenya. And one night while they were all staring at the sky together, Amy Lowe could tell that Yael had something on her mind. “That week, I was working with the 10- and 11-year-old girls,” […]
Mobilize the Mobilized
One of my primary areas of ministry is mobilizing students to the nations. I love to hear stories of how students have seen God at work through their service, whether it’s across town or across the globe. Yet, there is something about those stories that lead me to believe that God wants us to use […]
Student Missions Changes Lives
Do you have experiences in life where you think, “Nothing can top this.”? And then, the next time around, that experience is topped. And the next? And the next? Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I share about what God is doing through student summer missionaries. Last year was the best. But, the […]
1,150+ Professions of Faith
Summer has come and gone. The heat will linger for a little while, but school is back in session. Student summer missionaries are back in class and learning to adjust back to life on campus. Reports from student missionaries have trickled in over the past month, and the stories from these students always amaze me. […]
Summer…the season of student missions!
Summer is here. For many, that means hot days and trips to the pool and grilling out and maybe even a trip to the beach. I try to take advantage of all that too (except for the heat!), but for me summer is the season of student missions. In our office, summer is the culmination […]