http://www.missionarytalks.com The podcast where missionaries share their lives and work. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:25:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had the privilege to talk with missionary Jim Menkhoff and let him share about his current ministry of assembling and shipping Bibles to missionaries as well as his former ministry as a missionary in Zambia. Jim talks about how just a few dollars each month put into a Bible ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2009/06/28/missionary-talks-68-jim-menkhoff/ Thank you for your patience. I am glad to get this episode out and should be able to get another interview on the site within a few days. We have been doing a lot of traveling lately which has kept us busy in a good way. There are downsides to ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2009/06/18/missionary-talks-listener-feedback-07/ Greg Yoder is the Executive Director of Mission Network News. He talks with us about how the Lord led him to Mission Network News through several steps, but specifically by taking a short term mission trip. Greg also shares what he believes to be some of the most exciting missions ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2009/04/04/missionary-talks-67-greg-yoder/ Bob Ingram is a missionary working at a Christian Service Center just outside of Ft. Benning, GA. Bob shares with us how God led him to work with the US military. He talks about his original intentions as well as the great opportunities that the Lord has since opened up ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2009/03/17/missionary-talks-66-bob-ingram/ Jonathan and his wife will be working with unreached people groups on the Amazon river in Brazil. It was great to talk with Jonathan just a few weeks before he leaves for the field. He is very excited about the ministry that God has led his family into. Jonathan grew ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2009/03/08/missionary-talks-65-jonathan-reed/ Nathan is a third generation missionary kid (MK) who grew up in Nigeria where his mother and grandfather were also raised. Nathan shares with the listeners about the ministry in Nigeria as well as his thoughts about growing up on the field. He shares some great insight for other MKs ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2009/02/27/missionary-talks-64-nathan-wheeler/ Katie talks with us about her preparation to go to Japan. She shares a great story about how the Lord has led in her life and some of the ways that He has shown Himself in control of each step of her journey. Katie is an artist and plans to ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2009/02/17/missionary-talks-63-katie-folden/ I share some of the emails and comments I have gotten recently from the listeners. The interviews I talk about in this episode are: Debi Deryee Ignacio Rovirosa Bethany Thompson Chris and Carol Woodley My Prayer is Heard streaming radio station is playing Missionary Talks twice a day. Visit their site to get the program schedule ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/12/26/missionary-talks-listener-feedback-06/ I first met Paulo and Marilza when they were raising their support to go to Tahiti, French Polynesia. However, they have been in Brazil the last 5 years. They share with us how the Lord led them from one mission field to another. They talk about the need for workers in ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/12/13/missionary-talks-62-paulo-and-marilza-tavares/ Jason and Sarah are missionaries to Venezuela. They are currently raising support with plans to be on the field in just a couple more years. We talk about being new missionaries on deputation during a rocky economy. Jason also shares with us some of the issues with getting into Venezuela ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/11/26/missionary-talks-61-jason-and-sarah-sykes/ Missionary Tim Strang grew up on the mission field in Mexico. He returned after a short time in the US and has been serving along side his family in smaller towns and villages. Tim talks about living in the smaller towns and shares some thoughts about being a missionary kid ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/11/17/missionary-talks-60-tim-strang/ It was a privilege speaking with Chris and Carol Woodley as they talked about their ministry in the Philippines. They have both a hearing church and a deaf church. They also have a school and Bible institute for the Deaf and an institute for hearing who want to study God's ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/11/08/missionary-talks-59-chris-and-carol-woodley/ Listen as Jonathan Anderson tells about his experiences since he started deputation to go to the country of Mexico just a few months ago. Jonathan is a young man who is passionate about helping people know God's will and sharing with them how they can prepare themselves for the ministry. After ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/10/30/missionary-talks-58-jonathan-anderson/ Bethany Thompson is a missionary whom I met when I was still in college. We both worked in the deaf ministry at the church that we attended. She was very involved and was always focused on the goal of serving the Lord on the mission field. It was an honor ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/09/24/missionary-talks-57-bethany-thompson/ I was privileged to get to know the Corley family this week as we were in a missionary conference together. Bro. Corley talks with us about his short term trips to the Philippines and about his future return to the country as a full time missionary. He encourages listeners to ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/09/13/missionary-talks-56-john-corley/ In this episode I give an update about our ministry. What has been happening in the last couple of months and where we are going as a family and as a podcast. I know things have slowed down on your end with receiving Missionary Talks, but I assure you that ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/08/19/missionary-talks-55-david-peach/ I spoke with Don and Carolyn Carney about their recent furlough trip. They took 2 months to return to the US and visit 17 churches along with seeing some of their family members. This is how they have done their furloughs for the last several years. Our family is returning ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/07/10/missionary-talks-54-don-and-carolyn-carney-about-furlough/ On July 8 I will be interviewing a missionary couple who just returned to the field from a 2 month furlough. My family and I are about to leave the field for a year to take a furlough. I will be talking with this couple about why one would want ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/07/05/questions-about-furlough/ In this episode I talked with Bob Patterson who recently took a mission trip to Uganda. This was a short term trip in which Bob helped with a medical team. Though Bob is not a long term missionary today, he grew up on the mission field in Mexico. Because he sees ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/06/16/missionary-talks-53-bob-patterson/ Chris Robertson and family are church planting missionaries in a small town in Mexico. Chris shares with me his burden to start churches by reaching people one on one. The Robertsons started their church almost 3 years ago and are already reaching out to other smaller cities who need a ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/05/26/missionary-talks-52-chris-robertson/ This is an interview I did while returning home from a medical mission trip. It is a discussion that I had with Larry and Phillip Allred along with Armando Yam. We were in a van going down the highway, so there is a bit of road noise, but not enough ... http://www.missionarytalks.com/2008/05/15/missionary-talks-51-medical-mission-trip/ 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/