Monthly Archives: October 2015

New University

| October 23, 2015

A new day has dawned at Kikongo! For those of you who have followed our lives during the past three years, you know that this has been our most difficult term as missionaries in the Congo.

Melanie Baggao Commissioned to Serve in the Middle East

| October 21, 2015

Melanie Baggao of Placentia, California, was commissioned to serve with American Baptist International Ministries (IM) in the Middle East. Baggao is IM’s third global worker to be serving in this part of the world. She departed for her field of service on October 21, 2015.

Deb Mulneix Update on Typhoon Koppu in the Philippines

| October 20, 2015

Typhoon Koppu (Lando) hit the northern area of the island of Luzon very early on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 18. That was the official beginning, but the entire island had seen heavy rainfall since Friday

Missionary Support Information

| October 10, 2015

International Ministries provides its missionaries, global consultants, and development workers with a living allowance, benefits, and ministry funds which enable them to live and serve as God has called them. 

Mia’s Story

| October 5, 2015

Mia is an ethnic Shan girl, and a survivor of labor trafficking and sexual assault. She was abandoned by her family and grew up with a distant relative on the Thai/Burma border. Forced to work in an orange tree orchard throughout her childhood, Mia never attended school.