http://www.missionarytalks.com The podcast where missionaries share their lives and work. Fri, 02 May 2008 05:13:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this episode I read two recent emails and encourage the listeners to spread the word about Missionary Talks. I also tell what I have planned in the next couple of episodes. One project that I asked listeners to help me with is suggesting historical missionaries to write a biographical sketch ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/05/02/missionary-talks-listener-feedback-05/ Bob Taylor is the director of Go Forth Baptist Missions. I talked with Bro. Taylor specifically about different needs that he knows of on the foreign field. We also talked about how people with specialty training can be used on the field. He mentions that missions has always been, and ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/04/16/missionary-talks-50-bob-taylor/ Bro. Mike Kelly is a missionary with Rock of Ages Prison Ministry. Though I met Bro. Kelly many years ago, this was the first time we had a chance to talk one on one. I think you will be pleased as I was to find out how passionate he is ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/04/06/missionary-talks-49-mike-kelly/ Bro. Fred Carlson spoke with me about his 30+ years of involvement in the mission field. He personally served as a missionary pilot and church planter in various countries. Currently he is teaching missions classes in a college setting. In this interview he explains a bit about his ministry on the ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/03/25/missionary-talks-48-fred-carlson/ Harry and Gina Stanley share with the listeners about their planned ministry in England. They will be starting a church after spending some time learning the culture. Both of them stressed in the interview that no matter to whom you are ministering, people are simply people. While people have different ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/03/05/missionary-talks-47-harry-and-gina-stanley/ Rob Willoughby and his family are on deputation to go to the country of Estonia. The Willoughbys are working to get to the field by the end of the year and are excited about getting started in the work. In this episode he talks with us about language learning and some ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/02/27/missionary-talks-46-rob-willoughby/ Elisabeth Carney moved to the US after spending her teenage years in Argentina. In this interview she talks about some of the adjustments she had to make when she returned to the US. She experienced a bit of reverse culture shock. When I interviewed Elisabeth for this program I talked with ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/02/20/missionary-talks-45-elisabeth-carney-reprise/ I am going to be reposting some older interviews. This interview was originally posted as Missionary Talks 08: Tammy Allred. It is by far the most downloaded interview and a personal favorite of mine. As mentioned in a recent feedback episode, I will be traveling over the next several weeks. I ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/02/12/missionary-talks-44-tammy-allred-reprise/ In this episode I speak with Brad Rhoads a missionary working with Learning Technologies at MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship). Currently he is raising his support to start his ministry with MAF. He tells us in the interview about how God led him into missions and specifically to MAF. There were ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/02/04/missionary-talks-43-brad-rhoads/ This is just a quick update to let you know what is coming up in the next few weeks. In a nutshell, I have a new interview coming this weekend. I will be traveling for several weeks and grabbing interviews along the way. But, I may not be able to ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/01/29/missionary-talks-listener-feedback-04/ This is the two episodes of the William Carey biography stitched together into one longer show. It is just over 30 minutes in length and better sound quality than the two individual episodes.Download Missionary Talks: William Carey http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/01/13/missionary-talks-william-carey/ This is the second episode of the life of William Carey. You really should listen to the first part to understand where this part picks up. I appreciate Magnatune for allowing me to play the beautiful harp music of Cheryl Ann Fulton. Also I would like to thank Janet and Geoff ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/12/29/missionary-talks-42-william-carey-part-2/ William Cary is considered the Father of Modern Missions. He was an Englishman who went to India with the Gospel at the end of the 18th century. He did not go alone, nor did he go without prayer support from a strong group of friends back home. This first half ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/12/21/missionary-talks-41-william-carey-part-1/ Larry Franklin and his wife travel the world training teachers on how to effectively reach children with the Gospel. They have over 40 years experience working with children and do a very good job at passing that experience and knowledge on to others. I was privileged to attend a 3 ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/12/09/missionary-talks-40-larry-franklin/ Brenda Edwards is the wife of the missionary I interviewed in episode 38, Richard Edwards. She talks with us about taking two teenage daughters to Kenya. While they did not have any problems taking older children to the field, Mrs. Edwards shares with us some of the decisions and conversations ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/12/02/missionary-talks-39-brenda-edwards/ I was privileged to spend several days with Pastor Richard Edwards while we were both involved in special services at a church in Tampico, Mexico. Bro. Edwards and his family spent 5 years in Kenya, Africa as church planters before being called back home to the US to pastor a ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/11/24/missionary-talks-38-richard-edwards/ This is the second half of the interview I had with Bro. Roy Seals. In episode 36 we talked about ways to help the family adjust to arriving on the mission field. In this episode we focus on taking church groups on missions trips. Bro. Seals is a veteran missionary who ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/11/14/missionary-talks-37-roy-seals-part-2/ I first met Bro. Roy Seals in 2001 when I was on a trip to the Yucatan peninsula to see if this is where the Lord might have us minister. Since then I have had the privilege of helping Bro. Seals as he has brought down many groups to visit ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/11/07/missionary-talks-36-roy-seals-part-1/ Thank you very much for listening to the show. I am really excited about the content that I have coming up in the next few weeks. I am working on a script for at least one William Carey episode. It will probably spill over into two though. These will be ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/11/01/missionary-talks-listener-feedback-03/ James is the 7th child of Missionary Don Carney. James is currently in Mexico with his parents after returning from a trip to Peru where he worked with a missionary family for the summer. After spending a few months in Mexico with his family, he will be headed to France ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/10/05/missionary-talks-35-james-carney/ John and his family have been missionaries to the Jews in New York City for 7 years. Though he was born in Michigan, John moved to New York in the early 1990s to pursue a career in art. He was saved as an adult and after finishing Bible college in ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/09/29/missionary-talks-34-john/ Chris Miller has been an evangelist in the United States for 13 years. Though not a missionary by title, much of the work that an evangelist does is similar to what a missionary does in that he proclaims the Gospel. The work of an evangelist is in a supportive role ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/09/21/missionary-talks-33-chris-miller/ Erin Rigsby is a missionary in Nigeria, Africa. She has been working in Africa for the last 4 years as a nurse in a ministry for street children. These would not necessarily be orphans, though many are. She has had to learn to deal with new illnesses and work around ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/09/12/missionary-talks-32-erin-rigsby/ Thank you for praying. We did have strong winds all day yesterday (Tuesday), but we never really got much rain. The storm passed below us by about 100-150 miles. As it moved across the peninsula it broke down considerably and the north side of the storm did ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/08/22/thank-you-for-your-prayers/ This is an episode I put together just before hurricane Dean came into the Yucatan Peninsula. We are well prepared and don't expect to experience much damage, but we will probably lose power for a while. There was a very kind and encouraging review written about Missionary Talks at the Cool ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/08/20/missionary-talks-update/ How does a Sheriff's Deputy wind up on the mission field? Michael Hart tells his story. Bro. Hart is now a missionary in Veracruz, Mexico. I had the privilege to preach in his church recently while traveling through Veracruz. Though he is near the city of Veracruz, and 3 million people, he ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/08/06/missionary-talks-31-michael-hart/ While at camp for the Deaf near Tampico Mexico, I got the chance to talk with Cathy Henning. Cathy has been a missionary for several years. After she arrived in Mexico on her original mission as a school teacher helping Debi Duryee, she started working with the Deaf. Interestingly, though ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/07/25/missionary-talks-30-cathy-henning/ I have known of Bro. Jim Sloan's ministry for quite some time. Even though we have been in meetings together over the last 15 years, I really have never had the chance to sit and talk with him much about his ministry. I enjoyed doing this interview in that he ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/07/02/missionary-talks-29-jim-sloan/ Rick Powers is not a missionary, but he has been on several missions trips. As the leader of a youth group which has organized and taken many trips, I found it interesting to hear his insight on what it takes to go on a trip to help a missionary on ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/06/24/missionary-talks-28-rick-powers/ Listener Feedback episode 2 has a great story at the end. So be sure to listen to this episode. I cover just a few reviews and emails that I have gotten in the last couple of months. Let me encourage you to write a review at a podcast directory of your ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/06/11/missionary-talks-listener-feedback-02/ Bro. Don Carney is a missionary in México. He and his wife have been in México for 15 years ministering in Guadalajara and now in Mérida. Don shares with us his observations on how the mission field affected their 9 children, who are all now grown and out of the ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/06/03/missionary-talks-27-don-carney/ The audio file of the full biography of David Livingstone is now available! This special file contains just the biographical sketch of Dr. Livingstone. There are none of the additional comments at the beginning. Just the Missionary Talks intro and outro. This is not in the podcast feed. You will need ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/05/31/david-livingstone-full-audio-file/ If you would like to know when Missionary Talks is updated and you either don't use a podcatcher or RSS reader,and, furthermore, have no clue as to what I am talking about, then you can subscribe via email. You will get one email a day if there are any updates to ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/05/29/subscribe-via-email/ This is the second part of a two part biography of the life of missionary David Livingstone. If you have not heard part one, you will want to go back and listen to it as this one picks up right where the other one left off. Again, I would like to ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/05/27/missionary-talks-25-david-livingstone-part-2/ This episode and the next of Missionary Talks will be a biography of the life of David Livingstone, the great missionary explorer of Africa. After these two episodes have been released, I will make a single file download from which you will be able to hear the whole story in ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/05/20/missionary-talks-25-david-livingstone-part-1/ In the sidebar I have integrated an information box from Joshua Project. It gives you a people group to pray for each day and a little bit of information about the group. You can check back here daily to read about another group of people who need to hear the ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/05/19/new-people-groups-and-missionary-stories/ Sherry is the wife of Pancho whom I interviewed for episode 14 of Missionary Talks. They are going to Cuba as missionaries. Since they do not have permission for their whole family to live in Cuba at this time, they will be working in México. The Rovirosas are in the process ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/05/03/missionary-talks-24-sherry-rovirosa/ I spoke with Rich Brunner and Robby Spencer. Robby is a senior in high school and has been on a few different missions trips. Rich currently pastors the young adults at his church, but has already started raising his support to move to Mexico as a full time missionary. In this ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/04/16/missionary-talks-23-stories-from-peru/ I have been getting feedback through different channels for Missionary Talks and am glad to be able to share the feedback with you. There have been some very kind things said about Missionary Talks through email and reviews placed at different podcast directories. I welcome any other feedback. Some have submitted ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/04/15/missionary-talks-listener-feedback-01/ I enjoyed sitting down with David and Crystal this last week when I was in the city of Tampico, Mexico. Tampico is north of the city of Veracruz by about 8 hours. They have been in Tampico for almost 2 years as missionary interns. They will be returning to the ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/04/10/missionary-talks-22-david-and-crystal-houghton/ Bro. Carrel is a missionary on deputation going to Brazil. Those of you who heard episode 6 know that deputation is a time that a missionary goes to different churches to seek financial and prayer support for his ministry. Bro. David is the first missionary on deputation that I have ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/03/25/missionary-talks-21-david-carrel/ In episode 18 I spoke with John Yingling, the Missions Director for Baptist International Outreach. At that time I knew that Bro. Garvin Dykes would be coming to the area, but then it did not look like I was going to be able to interview Bro. Dykes who is the ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/03/19/missionary-talks-20-garvin-dykes/ Missionary Peter Ard has been in Argentina for 19 years working with the Jews. In this episode he shares some of his philosophy of ministry and how the Lord called him to Argentina. Though born in California, he was living in Hawaii when the Lord called him to be a ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/03/12/missionary-talks-19-peter-ard/ I have asked for your help in voting for Missionary Talks at Podcast Alley. I think I have even mentioned that Missionary Talks can be dugg at digg.com. What I have not mentioned is the need for reviews through iTunes. The vast majority of listeners (greater than 75%) to Missionary ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/03/07/promotional-help/ John Yingling joins us to talk about Baptist International Outreach (BIO). John is the Missions Director for the board. He gives the history of the board and a little information about how the board is unique. He also shares with the listeners some ideas on how to prepare themselves for ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/03/05/missionary-talks-18-john-yingling-bio/ In this interview Bro. Van Sant tells us about his ministry in Ukraine. He went to start a church for the Deaf and ended up with a much broader ministry. He has since trained a deaf man as pastor of the church and Bob is currently pastoring the hearing church. He ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/02/26/missionary-talks-17-bob-van-sant/ Here is a new longer promotional piece. I did not really spend a lot of time on it. I would really like to get some feedback from someone telling me if it is usable or not. Use it however you will. I appreciate any promotion you can give.Download Missionary Talks: Long ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/02/22/missionary-talks-long-promo/ Bro. Marco Castro is a Costa Rica native living in the United States. Though he considers himself primarily a pastor to the Spanish speaking population of Kansas City, he is used in many churches in Latin America as a missionary. In this interview he tells about some of the countries ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/02/19/missionary-talks-16-marco-castro/ After 15 straight weeks of having a new interview for you each Saturday, I missed today. I have emails out to missionaries in a few different countries. I look forward to sharing those with you when we get them recorded. A bit of the problem with interviewing many missionaries is that ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/02/10/exciting-interviews-coming-soon/ I have been asked several times by listeners about when I was going to be featured on the show. Well, there you have it. My wife takes over the hosting position during this episode. Listen as the guest, David Peach, talks about working with the Deaf in México. You will hear ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2007/02/03/missionary-talks-15-david-peach/