Tessa Sanchez

This past July, TSA lines in airports were filled with students with passports in hand and a desire to learn about missions in their hearts. Volunteers from across the U.S. traveled to eight European countries to take part in the International Mission Board’s youth labs.

Health care missions provides access to millions of people who’ve never heard of the Great Physician, and health care professionals play a crucial role in prescribing treatment for both physical and spiritual needs.  

CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Pregnant and 17. Olive was depressed and scared. Being a teenage mom wasn’t what she envisioned for her life. But maybe being a teenage mother didn’t have to be the trajectory of her life. It could all be over with a trip to a clinic, and no one would know. Except her sister and family knew. And they wanted her to keep the baby. 

OAXACA, Mexico – As a shepherdess, Martina resonated with the story of Jesus leaving the 99 to rescue the one sheep who wandered off. Other Bible stories International Mission Board missionaries Phil and Laura Metcalf shared seemed hard for her to understand.  The Metcalfs work with Indigenous communities outside of Oaxaca, Mexico. Martina’s husband, Alfredo, […]

A double tragedy began Maggie LaBrecque’s prayers for two Central Asian women who are from a people group near and dear to her heart. Her prayers continued until there was good news to share. 

The National Parent Retreat, hosted by the International Mission Board March 20-23, brought 148 parents of IMB missionaries together for a time of encouragement and connection.

Logistics coordinators, doctors, occupational therapists, accountants, counselors – these skills are in high demand on the mission field.

High school students have long been integral to International Mission Board strategy, and those who serve as teenagers often follow a career path that leads them to the mission field, IMB missionary Charlie Worthy said.

Sometimes, finding unreached people groups means getting your truck stuck in a riverbed, driving 12 hours and traveling to village after village after village, asking if anyone knows anything about an unengaged and unreached people group.

Anora used to think serving in church was one-sided; you’re blessing the church with your service. This Central Asian believer discovered the blessing goes both ways.