By Donn Engebretson, Project Leader of Covenant Kids Congo
“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the …
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Coming Home from Palestine
By Cat Knarr, Manager of Covenant Kids Congo 
When I came back from my first trip to my grandfather’s homeland in Palestine, my soul ached. Within the span of two weeks, I experienced so much beauty and so much sorrow.…
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Parenting Third-Culture Kids and Navigating Family Grief
Stephanie Voland is a Covenant missionary. She and her husband, Phillip, will be returning to Germany with their three daughters this summer.
“When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me, …
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Humility in Mission
Johnna Hayward Muniz is a Covenant Missionary in France.
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the …
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The One in Our Path
Barbara Swanson is a Covenant missionary in Sweden.
It was a hot summer afternoon during Ramadan when I first met Bea.* I was with a missions team—a group of young people from Salem Covenant Church in Duluth, Minnesota—and we had …
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I Made a Table
Jenny Hoskins serves as a Covenant missionary in Ecuador with her husband, Chris, and their two children.
I made a table.
I bought a slab of raw wood from some folks that make and sell rustic furniture and I took …
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What is Normal?
Katie Isaza is a Covenant missionary living and serving in Colombia with her husband, Julio, and their two sons.
What does a “normal” “or “typical” week look like for us as we minister in Colombia? This is a great question …
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My Syrian Neighbors
Rhonda Egging is a Covenant missionary serving in Sweden and Russia.
“We had a beautiful home in downtown Damascus. Our sons went to school around the corner. My husband taught math and I taught English at the university nearby,” Mazeia …
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The Gospel-Spreading Work of Teaching English
Kristi Johnson was commissioned at the 2016 Annual Meeting and now serves as a Serve Globally missionary in Thailand.
How does teaching English help spread the gospel? I have been surprised by the number of times I have been asked …
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Bearing God’s Light in a Dark Place
Adrienne Satterberg was commissioned to France at the 2016 Annual Meeting.
It is late at night and we are making the rounds at the hostess bars not far from the tourist area of the Old Port of Marseille. In my …
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