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A Mission Reflection: Southeast Asia

Posted on April 25, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

Her name is Ester. Upon inquiry about what she does, without hesitation she looked us straight in the eyes and said she’s a servant of God.  She uses art and puppets to reach and teach either stories she has written or stories from the Bible to children of the highlands.  It all started with an…

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A Mission Reflection: The Mexico Border

Posted on April 12, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

When you get home from a mission trip, people always ask, “What did you do?” A wise man once told me that hanging drywall is never the purpose of a short-term mission trip. The purpose is to immerse yourselves in a different cultural context, meet new people, learn about their lives, understand their context, and…

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A Mission Reflection: Chiapas

Posted on April 4, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

  Yesterday I was driving on the bumpy roads deep in the heartland of Mexico surrounded by smells, colors, and people that were completely foreign to me a week earlier. This morning I am sitting in my favorite Pittsburgh coffee shop and it is hard to believe. I am slowly readjusting to the radical change…

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