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
January 29, 2020
Stories
God is at work in many different ways around the world. We hope you are encouraged to read stories of lives that have been changed as a result of His goodness.
Read more about the work being done globally for God’s Glory in our most recent edition of the Missionary Ventures newsletter.
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.
June 12, 2019
The Cost of Discipleship
By Joshua Hire, missionary in Peru Recently 14 men and 2 women traveled to the Shawi Discipleship Center in Peru to learn more about
May 28, 2019
What Does it Mean to be Empowered?
At Missionary Ventures, we often use the word “empowered” when we talk about reaching the world with the Gospel. There are so many believers out
May 20, 2019
How Do You Involve the World?
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. It’s an old saying, but it’s a timeless principle when it comes to
May 20, 2019
mvi.org/banquet
Please join us for a banquet to benefit the global outreach of Missionary Ventures. Thursday, April 3, 2025 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Reception beginning
February 13, 2019
A School for Alisbell
When Alisbell Ocón was born with Down syndrome, friends and neighbors assumed she would never go to school. In Nicaragua, children with disabilities are often
July 16, 2018
Advice for Mission Trips
We asked you on social media to give advice to someone going on their first mission trip. We got so many great responses! The most
July 11, 2018
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
March 13, 2018
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
January 31, 2018
The Empty Desk
Too often, Lizzy’s school desk was empty.
The teachers would call her name, “Lizzy Paola?” yet there was rarely an answer.
She became known around school as the student who hardly ever showed up at class.
January 22, 2018
The Peanut Church
I can still remember walking across the field of peanut plants in Malawi, about to speak to an extraordinary group of people. These believers were all former Muslims who lived in the same area and came to faith in Jesus […]
May 17, 2017
Snowmobiles Start Churches In Russia
Years ago, Missionary Ventures helped young Pastor Nikolai Zalutsky, who is now a Bishop, to start a Bible school in Pskov, Russia. He had a vision to plant churches all over Russia […]
May 17, 2017
The Crazy Adventure of Building a School
I love God stories. I’d like to tell you one story that started five years ago when we’d gone to Matagalpa, Nicaragua, to purchase the property for a school […]
May 17, 2017
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 […]
May 17, 2017
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 […]
May 17, 2017