Filled with GREAT Joy! A Mother’s Perspective on Missions
By Jennifer Dold My daughter, Lindsey Romero, her husband Sammy, and my three grandchildren live in Malaybalay, Philippines, as FMC missionaries. When they joined Intake in 2011, I was stunned. It’s not easy for a parent – especially a grandparent – to accept this decision and the changes that come with it. A confusing barrage of shock, anger, sadness, and…
Visiting Villages with Mexican Friends
By Moses Aaron Kiehl, 10 yr. old Catholic Missionary Every Thursday here in Mexico, we go to little villages here called Ranchos or Ejidos. Recently, about 1 month ago, we started taking families and people of General Cepeda to these Ranchos. When we go, we usually have at least 18 people in our van. On the way to these ranchos,…
No Substitute for Action: An Urgent Appeal
There aren’t words to express what’s going on in the Philippines right now. The destruction and loss we’ve all seen on the news is so horrible and heartbreaking. Millions affected. No food or water. Thousands and thousands and thousands feared dead. Survivors isolated on tiny islands with nothing and nowhere to go. Lord, have mercy. I watched a BBC News…
What is Intake Anyway?
By Melissa Seilhan – Originally posted on her blog For Better or Worse (https://forbetterrworse.blogspot.mx/) Intake is what Family Missions Company calls its 3-month training program that all new missionaries must go through in order to be sent out into the world to proclaim the Gospel. It’s a time to make sure that the missionaries not only understand the Gospel they are to…
The Cold Hard Truth: Mission Life is Unreal
By Erin Clark – Originally posted on her blog Ardent Dream (https://ardentdream.wordpress.com/) This first week at Family Missions Company Intake has been UNREAL. Not only has my worldly view been shaken, but I have felt my heart expand for an even deeper conversion. Living in community where you are surrounded by holy men and women all striving for the same…
