Yap and Back: “The Jump”

It’s not easy to jump into the unknown by faith–but if He calls us, He will be with us all the way.

Yap and Back: “Learning to Surrender”

“Why is it always so easy to want to be where you’re not?” This was a question that a friend of mine, who was serving as a student missionary in Africa, sent me during my first semester in Yap. I could completely relate, though I wish I did not. Why was it so easy for…

Yap and Back: “The Yellow Sailboat Crew”

Having been raised in an Adventist family, I have grown up with the concept of a heavenly home where all of the family of God will one day unite. Because of this, I have heard the phrase, “If I do not see you again in this life, I’ll see you in the next,” as a…

Yap and Back: “My First Days in Yap”

Rebecca Orozco, a Student Missionary from Walla Walla University, recently returned from serving as a 6th grade teacher at Yap Seventh-day Adventist School in Yap, Micronesia. Sadly, school came to a sudden close in March due to the threat of COVID-19, sending Rebecca and most of her fellow volunteer teachers home a few months early.…

Devotional – Alone Together

Ernest Hernandez, Director of Office of Volunteer Ministries, shares a devotional thought with our volunteers.

Gabriela Francisco – Philippines: “Don’t Be Afraid! It is I!”

On the plane coming to the Philippines, I was journaling my volunteer experience thus far. I had just cried so much saying goodbye to my parents and in my journal speaking to God I said, “…but it’s just me and You for a little…I wouldn’t mind if You let me know in some small way that…

Dr. Errol Samuels – Preparing to Serve: “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled”

I will be going to Ethiopia to teach at the Adventist college, as well as doing missionary work, but I wanted to share how God has been good to me. Several years ago, before I retired from teaching at a local university, there was a downsizing process being carried out. Several professors were being terminated…

Mark Bugbee – Saipan, N. Mariana Islands: “Even the Winds and the Waves Obey Him”

I tried to sleep–after all it was 1:30 a.m., but the roar of the wind and the thought of the Super Typhoon raging outside made that task virtually impossible. Just as I was about to doze off there was a loud crash! Dany Goris, our P.E. teacher, and I walked out into the hallway of…

Cameron Reel – Ebeye, Marshall Islands: “A Day in the Life of Me in Ebeye”

Hello from Ebeye! Now that I am in the full swing of teaching and being a student missionary (seeing as I have been here almost 2 months), I have decided to tell you today basically a ‘Day in the Life of me in Ebeye.’ I thought it was would be very interesting for you to…

Devotional – What Do You Have in Your Hand?

“Then the Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand’ ‘A staff,’ he replied. Exodus 4:2 I imagine the room was cold and dark as she was trying to hide her two sons from the debtors. Her husband had just passed away leaving her alone in a patriarchal society where women were just…