Hungry and Thirsty in Isolation
Loneliness loomed over me like a heavy blanket. We knew we would be moving to a new country without a team of other missionaries. For the...
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Joel Ballew
- Mar 3, 2020
- 2 min
How to Cancel My TEAM Donation & Start My SAM Support
Steps to get us back to Colombia: Cancel your current giving/donation with TEAM. Contact: donors@team.org There are two different ways to...
Joel Ballew
- Feb 25, 2020
- 4 min
Church Incubator? Co-working? Huh?
These are the questions I hear as I share my heart in talking about what God has brought us thousands of miles away to Colombia and more spe
Angelynn Ballew
- Feb 11, 2020
- 4 min
Available. The Coffee Shop Owner
The two blocks to the large Centro Comercial (shopping mall) are not far, but walking anywhere in 93% humidity will cause an instant...
Angelynn Ballew
- Dec 24, 2019
- 3 min
The Land of the Pretty Things
Every place I have lived has its fair share of pretty things. Items, places, experiences that feel luxurious. While gazing upon them or...
Joel Ballew
- Dec 6, 2019
- 5 min
Delighting in the Ride
The streets are packed with cars, buses, pedestrians crossing, delivery bikes and motorcycles. Getting home from orchestra classes on a week
Joel Ballew
- Nov 22, 2019
- 3 min
The Reality of Home
As we prepare for the 1st Home Assignment (furlough) I am left with a growing set of odd feelings. We haven’t experienced this process yet.
Angelynn Ballew
- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min
#GivingTuesday
All non-profits, religious organizations and even us missionaries focus on the "end of the year giving" as a very important time...
Angelynn Ballew
- Oct 28, 2019
- 1 min
Staying Connected with Us
The world is so interconnected today that even though we live over 1,000 miles away from home, loved ones and our ministry partners there...
Angelynn Ballew
- Aug 27, 2019
- 4 min
Awakening in Barranquilla
The light begins to seep into the room around 5:30… The expanse of windows are made private by the large palm trees in our front yard. If...
Angelynn Ballew
- Jun 15, 2019
- 4 min
A Year of Mangoes
One year…. Two seasons…. Mango season, and non-mango season. The first morning when I stepped out of our AirBnB and onto the street, I...
Angelynn Ballew
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
Church Planting: An Insider's Look
Church planting in the United States is not for the faint of heart. Add in a 2nd culture and you can forget the faint of heart......
Angelynn Ballew
- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
Semana Santa: What is it?
Cathedrals, churches and plazas will be crammed with congregations in Colombia for Holy Week, or 'Semana Santa' in Spanish; for a lot of...
Angelynn Ballew
- Dec 11, 2018
- 3 min
Mission Misfit
I feel the sweat beading down my back as I rush around. Did I remember to put the ice cubes on the table? Do we have enough chairs? Yes....
Angelynn Ballew
- Aug 27, 2018
- 5 min
Available. The Architect Student.
A lifeguard. A maid. An architect student. A real estate agent. A computer programmer. A young mom. The Arab restaurant waitress....
Angelynn Ballew
- Aug 27, 2018
- 1 min
Available. The Series
A lifeguard. A maid. An architect student. A real estate agent. A computer programmer. A young mom. The Arab restaurant waitress. Our...
Angelynn Ballew
- Aug 17, 2018
- 3 min
"Teammates"
There is a reason for the word teammates being in quotation marks, I promise. Keep reading! We will get there. Our Colombian counterparts...
Joel Ballew
- Jun 22, 2018
- 4 min
Colombian Life
No we aren't experts, we aren't even rookies yet. But life is unique here. I am sure any missionary can say that about the country they...
Joel Ballew
- Jun 20, 2018
- 2 min
Somebody Needs Your Spanish
What you are going to read below is from a guy we did language school with in Costa Rica and loved its context and application. As we...
Angelynn Ballew
- May 28, 2018
- 4 min
The House, Real Estate Agent & God
Want to hear a crazy story???? Check out the below from a message I sent close friends of ours recently. So much has been happening here...
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