ABWE Canada Blog
The 2022-2023 New Missionary Class
As the resurrected Jesus gathered his disciples one last time before ascending to heaven, he charged them with spreading the news of his glorious plan for salvation throughout the earth. The small band of apostles was to multiply into a world-wide congregation of...
How Beautiful Are the Feet: A New Ministry Joins ABWE
“It’s too late. I already did it. What am I going to do now?” Regret washed over Catalina’s mind. She had seen her baby boy. But he was already gone. Her abortion, at that time illegal in Chile, was not what she had expected. No smiling wait staff,...
The Powerless Clay Pot
The village leaders and their families encircled the clearing between Kodzo’s huts, watching as he chipped away at the hard clay earth with his spade. He dug until his spade hit a small round pot—the fetish he had paid the witch doctor to create. As he pulled it from...
Discipleship Under Cover of Darkness
Brahim knew his questions were dangerous. How could he find out the truth about Jesus’ identity without being turned in to the authorities? Brahim had been watching television in his shop one day when he tuned into an Egyptian religious channel and heard a man...
5 Ways to Pray for the Jewish People and the ‘Peace of Jerusalem’
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you prosper; may there be peace within your walls, prosperity within your fortresses” (Psalm 122:6-7 HCSB). King David wrote Psalm 122 to be sung while ascending to the temple mount for holy days and...
The Grace of Giving and Receiving
“Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for...
My Elevator Ride With 9/11 Hijackers
As the elevator doors opened, I was concerned to see three Arab men glaring at us. Beside them stood three Arab women clad in black from head to toe. I paused, thinking, Is it safe? Nonsense—we’re in the United States. Of course we’re safe, I reassured myself. We...
Come and See…
So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, “Come, and see…" John 4:28-29 Four years ago in an evangelistic campaign we arrived to another home in our neighborhood in Misiones, Argentina to share the gospel and invite our neighbors...
Urgent Prayer Appeal for Israel
The situation in the Middle East is escalating, and our brothers and sisters in Christ are caught in the midst of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Today, please join us in fervent prayer, lifting up specific requests from labourers in the area. Prayer Points God’s Guidance...
A Knock at Our Door: Reaching Africans in a Patronage Culture
It was early days in our term, living on the hospital compound, when one summer Saturday morning, there was a knock at our door. It was “Adam” – a local Togolese man who worked in construction with my husband, Nate. To be brutally honest, I wondered what...
Unreached People Groups Are the Next Frontier for Global Missions
From the beginning, ABWE’s missionaries have been bringing the good news of the gospel to the ends of the earth, in obedience to Jesus’ command: “Go and make disciples of all nations” Matthew 28:19 Our vision is to fulfill the Great Commission by multiplying leaders,...
Taking Initiative in Cambodia – Good Soil is Reproducible!
“Trevor, I need 40 of The Story of Hope student workbooks and 10 leader guides.” Trevor Amack, ABWE missionary to Cambodia recently received this request from Andre, a local Khmer pastor/teacher and ministry partner. Trevor instructed him where he could find the...