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When the announcement was made at New Life Family Church that Joshua Egts Ministries would be taking a mission team to Brazil, something inside me leaped. I didn’t fully understand it at the time, I just knew I wanted to go. It felt like an invitation from the Lord Himself. Over the next few weeks, I prayed and prayed. Every time I brought it before the Lord, my heart kept being drawn back to Isaiah 6:8: “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who

If you only had two options when facing a difficult situation, to cry or to laugh, which one would you choose?

On my most recent trip to Brazil, our mission team partnered with a local church that had been learning about evangelism and missionary work. That day was designed for practice—putting into action everything they had been absorbing through teaching and discipleship. I was paired with my translator and one volunteer from the church, and together we headed to a nearby park where families relaxed, children played, and people gathered in everyday rhythms of life. As we walked, we

I love the Lord, and one of the things that amazes me the most is how He teaches us to live by faith in every area of our lives. Scripture says that God gives us seed and bread , seed to sow  and bread to eat . But often, without realizing it, we eat the bread and also the seed , and then we wait for a harvest that can never come. There is no harvest from what was never planted. Today I want to encourage you to sow . Ask the Lord for wisdom to discern what is bread  and what