Confessions of a Cross-Cultural Missionary – Part One

*Please note, that the names in this blog have been changed, and specific locations omitted to protect the identity of our missionaries and their team who are serving Christ in a sensitive country.

John and Mary* have been serving with LMI as cross-cultural missionaries in Southeast Asia since September 2015. As it is coming up on their 10-year anniversary in the particular country in which they are working, we thought we’d sit down with them both to reflect upon and share some of their experiences and insights.

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What is Advent?

Advent is a hugely significant time in the life of every believer, as it is centred around the incarnation of God through Jesus Christ. In the Christian calendar, Advent takes place in the four weeks leading up to Christmas Day. This period of time is designed to help us focus our hearts on the coming of Christ all those years ago and praise the Lord in light of that.

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God Emeralds – Willie McComb

We continue our ‘God’s Emeralds’ Irish missionaries blog series with the story of a passionate and courageous young man from Belfast, who served on the mission field of the Amazonia in Brazil. His endeavours and inspirational story paved the way for many to follow in his footsteps and led to a work of God that has continued for over a 100 years.

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