At Home in Honduras
For more than 20 years, Missionary Ventures has had a ministry presence in Honduras, with long-term missionaries and teams building partnerships and equipping local believers to help transform their communities.
Miraculous Healing in Thailand
Prayut started battling cancer shortly before Christmas in 2022. His condition deteriorated leading to intensive care and he fell into a coma. Prayut’s doctor was a Christian and he advised Prayut’s wife to pray for Jesus to heal her husband.
The Doctor Will See You Now
When Juan Pablo Noreiga was just a young boy growing up in Guatemala, he already had big dreams. “I want to be a doctor,” he told a team of visiting missionary doctors. And it wasn’t just a pipe dream. Juan Pablo was very bright and had been able to read since the age of 3.
From Haiti to Honduras
“It hurts me to say goodbye so much to so many and so often. Even if it’s just ‘see you later,’ still, I wish I could be in more than one place at the same time.” – Ed Lockett
Exceedingly Abundantly Above
The program didn’t start with much of a vision. It was just a desire to bless a young high school student named Catarina Chel de Pozo, called Zoila, who wanted to become a nurse.
Suffering Produces Perseverance
The meeting with the doctor did not go as expected – he did not want to remove the growth on Elvis’ neck.
A Modern Day Book of Acts?
Sometimes we can read the Bible and think those times must have been so different. Does God really heal people the same way? Does the church really grow in exponential ways? We have received encouraging reports from Thailand that the Lord is moving in a similar way to the early church.
The Castoff Community
The live in the wake of Pablo Escobar, the notorious drug lord who destroyed many lives in Colombia. It’s a community of displaced castoffs – people who are without homes, disabled, unwanted, and mostly made of single mothers with multiple kids.
After the Flood
In South Africa, missionary Cathy Potter watched as days of torrential rains began to flood nearby communities. While heartbreaking, it also presented many opportunities to respond with the love of Christ.
“You are the first…”
In northeast Thailand, Pastor Suphon and Pastor Ying lead communities of believers who want to reach out to others in the Nong Khai province, which hugs the Mekong River along the border with Laos. These pastors and their churches are part of Mission Ventures Thailand who are planting churches all across Thailand and helping them to reach new areas. They are all very excited about the connections and open doors in Nong Khai.
From Ukraine to Latvia: In Love and Deeds
As a former Soviet Union country, Latvia’s population consists of many people from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Since the conflict began in Ukraine, we let local people know (especially those with family in Ukraine) that the Baltic School of Ministry (BSM) was open to receiving refugees.
A Divine Connection
When Billy and Donna Hires traveled to Malawi, they were focused on teaching in Bible schools with a local pastor. But they also came with eyes to see what God was doing all around them.
Vanuatu: A Community Transformed
On an island in the South Pacific, an impoverished community living in squatter shacks was struggling to find hope.
Empowered to Serve
When the damage is extensive, what do you do first? That was the question Loyd Miguel had to ask as he visited the village of Bilwi.
How MVI Responds to Disasters
First there were back-to-back typhoons, and now a volcano was erupting? Pastor Danny Macuha, an MVI missionary in the Philippines, could see the giant plume from the Taal volcano as he prepared to board the ferry home. What is happening now, God? he wondered. Pastor Danny had spent the last month responding to the needs…
A New Home in Guatemala
Gladys and her four children lost everything when Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano erupted last year. The eruption killed hundreds and displaced thousands. Gladys and her children escaped with their lives, but like many others, their home was gone.
Old Machines Bring New Life
Too old to be used by God? Not for a collection of sewing machines! The old Singer sewing machines were accidentally shipped from Europe to a business in Sanford, Florida. Although the shop owners specialized in re-purposed antique wood and industrial antique machinery, they didn’t have a specific use for the sewing machines, and…
Dying of Hunger No More!
The village of Chifwa Nsala in Zambia had two watering holes – large, dirty holes protected by fences made of sticks. They didn’t have a well, so instead they relied on these two holes to fill with water each rainy season
Our Calling Is To Love
When Adam Olson went on a short-term trip medical mission trip to Nicaragua, it changed his perspective about life, love and the mission field […]
A Job Provides a Way Out
Lydia’s father passed away when she was young. At 16, when she was part way through her high school, her mother became ill and she had to drop out of school for lack of fees […]
The Story of Sonflower Cottage
The most exciting thing happened to us this year. Salma and Elvis Garcia, who live with us and share the ministry load here […]
From Missionary Kid to Medical Doctor
My name is Juan Pablo Noriega Herrera. I am 39 years old and the son of a missionary couple.