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What’s it like in… Tanzania, Japan, Moldova, Brazil, South Africa, Ukraine and Togo?

by Jim on 31 July 2010

in Interesting Posts

Our bloggers have some great posts that will help you find out!  Here are some recent ones…

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South Africa has the Ball

by Jim on 14 June 2010

in Country highlights

Sorry.  I tried, but just couldn’t resist.  I just had to do a post on South Africa since, after all, the world’s eyes are on South Africa for the 2010 World Cup!

First, a couple of posts specifically about the World Cup.  Next, some more general posts.

  • World Cup Vibe ========<() !!!!  "I’m not really sure how to begin to describe the feelings from my first ever World Cup experience, it really was a stunning event…"
  • Unevangelized "According to OM’s 2010 World Cup Prayer Guide Siya Thandaza, the top unevangelized countries participating in the 2010 World Cup are…"

And now, more from South Africa…

  • Culture  "The other day at the mall, I went to draw money from the ATM…"
  • Two from one blog:  No Quick Fixes, thoughts on missions and technology, and Dumisani’s Reason for Existence  "My last post referred to the tragedy recently experienced by a local Christian family whose eldest son committed suicide. Well, one day last week…"
  • Mama Marie says that she is now a rugby fan…  "So Mom has decided she is a rugby fan. I think that’s rad, because rugby is awesome. It was so much fun! Trent took us and his mom and dad…"
  • Contrasts  "On Saturday afternoon after Alan returned from a morning meeting, I ‘ran away from home’ for a while. I found a store that had moved, drove in a…"
  • plot 45  "Last week a received a random phone call from Sello Modiba, a member of the Stoffel Park Council. “Can we meet tomorrow?” I agreed even though…"
  • African Culture Shock (not really)  "So, yesterday Given and I were ministering to a woman who lost her husband. During our visit…"
  • Mandela House & Hector Peterson Museum  "In early January Rachel, Amber, & I went and visited the Mandela House and Hector Peterson Museum in Orlando West, Soweto. We had a fun day and learned some interesting stuff…"
  • Behind Bars  "This blog is for a friend who wanted to know what it is really like living in one of the highest crime capitals in the World. Well, here goes…"
  • Ngikhuluma isiZulu  "I speak Zulu. One of my passions is to speak to people in their heart language…"

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Kids, Moms, and Tarantulas…

18 May 2010

An interesting mix of themes for today’s post of interesting missionary blog posts from around the world!  But all of the posts do have something to do with kids, so here goes…

What happens when a 4 year old finds a tarantula on the wall… (Ecuador)
A birthday party in South Africa
An upcoming women’s conference, Being a [...]

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More New Missionary Blogs (March 2010 edition)

3 March 2010

The new blogs keep streaming in!  Here are a few of the best new blogs from the past few months.  I love reading the names of blogs – here we have everything from the very unassuming "The Chapple Family" to ALL CAPS IN "JUNGLE NEWS" (excuse me for shouting) and the attention-getting "Welcome to Africa [...]

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5 years!

27 January 2010

Photo courtesy of light_arted

It’s time to congratulate those who have completed 5 years of blogging!  5 years is still a good old age for a blog – in fact, these blogs are still older than this site (which started in 2005).
I’ve done this in the past, but I’m not sure if I’ll do it again [...]

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Let’s visit South Africa

25 November 2009

I’m glad to say we’re gradually seeing more blogs from South Africa.  Here are just a few posts to give you a glimpse into what’s going on in that part of the world:

Interesting post that has some things to say about fighting racism yesterday, today and tomorrow…
Don’t read this post unless you want your heart [...]

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Missionary Bloggers Celebrating 5 Years!

30 July 2009

Photo courtesy of Leo Reynolds

5 years is still a grand old age for a blog, so today we’re going to celebrate a few of the blogs that are celebrating a half a decade in the first half of 2009.  Here they are – stop by and congratulate them!

¡Pura Vida!  …teaching, learning, living in Nuevo León, [...]

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Countries Less Mentioned – Part 1

23 May 2009

Now that we have the nice tag cloud down on the left of the screen, we can see which countries get mentioned more often here.  This mostly has to do with who blogs more often, and which countries have more bloggers, and so on.
But today we’re going to use that tag cloud to focus on [...]

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New Missionary Blogs (from the end of 2008)

5 February 2009

Some more of the newest missionary blogs on the net!  Stop by and leave them a comment…

How can they hear?  "touching the lives of the orphans and the poor in Haiti"
Loriann in Sudan  "Thirteen years ago I carried my candle to Africa with young delight in being a part of God’s plan.  Today God has [...]

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