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A Mission Reflection: More Than a Building

Posted on March 26, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog

  Our group of seven students and two leaders spent the better part of two weeks in Brazil.  The first week was spent in Manaus, a city in the heart of the Amazon.  We visited numerous churches and pastors and tried to soak up as much information as possible.  These pastors are so passionate and…

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A Different Kind of Trip

Posted on November 6, 2013March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

  It’s that time of year again on the PTS campus when World Mission Initiative is recruiting students and others for the spring mission trips. As they gather together the last minute stragglers (I’m one), I can’t help but reflect on what it is that makes these trips different. I had been on mission trips before coming…

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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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