Wednesday, July 16, 2025
More sharing
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Adventures in South Korea
God has given us really sweet ways to share Him & reveal His character to the people we meet.
Friday, July 4, 2025
Meet The Team: Multinational Advance Philippines
Team Leader: A. H
Members: Joel, Hunter & Phoebe
During June, in partnership with South Korean churches, the team will be invovled in various ministries with the goal of sharing the gospel as broadly as possible. The month of July will be spent in ministry in the Philippines, ministering alongside their South Korean partners.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Corrie ten "Whom"?
Although I hadn’t thought of her as a “missionary” at the time, I did a project on Corrie ten Boom in the 8th grade. I remember it because it was the only school presentation I ever did that didn’t make me want to crawl in a hole afterward, and because she was really inspiring to me. I have no memory of why I initially chose her for my project...
- Did I know anything about her to start with??
- Did she just have an interesting name?
- Did I just draw her name of a hat or something?
I have no idea. But what I do remember is being so excited as I started my research and found out she was a Christian. If you don’t know who Corrie ten Boom is, she was a Christian in the Netherlands during the time of the Holocaust who, along with the rest of her family, worked hard to protect many Jews. They even hid them in their own house, and eventually her whole family was sent to a prison camp for it. Corrie was the only one to make it out.
I remember being so surprised that they would give up everything for people who did not even have the same beliefs as they did. I wanted to learn so much more about her than my project even required. While in prison, she continued to worship and grow closer to God, encouraging the other prisoners and sharing with them. I was in awe that she could have so much joy in some of the worst circumstances imaginable.
In American schooling, we’re taught so much history of people who suffered or were mistreated. We’re taught about the people who laid their lives down to help. But in my schooling at least, sometimes it seemed to me like they taught us that these kinds of conflicts were just, somehow, over. Maybe because our teachers signed up to teach history with clear winners and losers, good guys and bad guys, instead of having to pain-stakingly explain more complicated current global conflicts to twelve-year-olds? Fair.
But am I the only one who sometimes left history classes with a new motivation, a new sense of urgency, only to think that there was no work left to do?
As an 8th grader, something that struck me as I researched was how, when Corrie ten Boom either protected or encouraged people, they went on to do the same for others, even if it put their own lives at risk again.
Monday, July 17, 2023
English Corner
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Press Toward the Goal
I have loved reading everyone's updates & am praying for all teams as we finish out the summer. Our team (Abby & Morgan) has traveled to 8 different cities so far, and we have 3 more cities to go. We have been able to share our testimonies, do VBS, and share the Gospel with over 150 people (mainly kids).
The culture & language barrier makes it really hard to straight up evangelize, but we have had many kids seem very interested in the Gospel while many adults have been impacts by our testimonies.
We have met lots of people that think your life is successful if you make a certain amount of money. Many of these kids think that going to college in the U.S. and getting a good job is all that they need. That is what their parents tell them. It has been cool to love on these kids, teaching them the Gospel & English.
I have been reminded of this verse as we near the end of the summer & are getting tired....

Friday, February 14, 2020
Summer 2020: Multinational Advance Cambodia
Location: South Korea & Cambodia
Team size: 3
Field expense: $1989 plus round trip airfare, immunizations, required travel insurance, passport & visa costs, etc.
Job Description: The strongest power of the gospel is the Kinship of Jesus' love beyond every barrier between humans. Students will experience multi-cultural missions in Korea and Cambodia. They will teach English to children and teenagers in Korea for the first month and then move to Cambodia with their Korean team mates where they will be involved in various ministries such as: teaching English and Korean, worship dances, playing musical instruments & one on one evangelism. It would be helpful if the students have training/experience teaching English.
Team members must commit to the entire program from orientation through debrief. Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will then fly to Korea for your first month of ministry with your Korean team mates. After the first month of ministry you will travel to Cambodia for your next month of ministry where you will be supervised by Korean missionaries. Following your ministry time in Cambodia you will return to the US for a joint Nehemiah Teams debrief...sharing all God has done over the summer.
2020 Dates
March 15 Application deadline through www.imb.org/students
May 28 Member orientation begins
June 2 Teams travel to the field
July 27 Teams arrive at debrief
July 29 night/July 30 morning Students return home
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Summer 2020: Refugee School
Location: South Korea
Team size: 6 (at least 2 guys preferred)
Field expense: $1255 plus round trip airfare, immunizations, required travel insurance, passport & visa costs, etc.
Job Description: Oppressive governments and famine have displaced this unreached people group. Every year, thousands of refugees leave their totalitarian country, where Christians are killed without trial, in search of a better and freer life. After escaping their home country, these young people travel through several Asian countries – many of them hostile – until they reach safety in South Korea. Some of these refugees were even born in other countries as their parents hid and tried to make a living. Some of them have been in danger, human trafficked, or been emotionally scarred and are in desperate need of a Savior. This summer, travel to South Korea and live with these refugee students in apartments or dorms, teaching them English, life skills, and showing them that there really is a God who loves them.
Students must commit to the entire program from orientation through debrief. Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will fly to your final destination for the summer. Following your ministry time you will return to the US for a joint debrief... sharing all God has done over the summer.
2020 Dates
March 15 Application deadline through www.imb.org/students
May 28 Member orientation begins
June 2 Teams travel to the field
July 27 Teams arrive at debrief
July 29 night/July 30 morning Students return home
Monday, September 30, 2019
Goodness of God
So since we didn’t have access to music for 2 months, Makenzie filled that void. Let me explain further... Afternoons in the Philippines are hot, and for me personally they were the time where most of my spiritual battles took place. I remember vividly laying next to Julia under our mosquito net listening to the constant sound of geckos and roosters. We were exhausted. We went many days prior to that specific day without “siestas,” because the children were always begging to play Pato, Pato, Manok (duck, duck, chicken) and obviously no one can say no to those precious faces. So, while laying on our bed mats, Makenzie sang “Goodness of God” on repeat (because we couldn’t remember or look up lyrics to other songs). I wouldn’t have had it any other way because the Lord met us in our physical and spiritual valleys that afternoon and many other similar July afternoons.
By the end of the summer, we were able to teach our South Korean and Filipino teammates the lyrics as well. Then our Filipino translators began teaching/sharing this song with our church children, high school students, and other people living in our island village.
After almost two months back in the States, it is so easy to look back and see the Lord’s hand, faithfulness, and goodness in every small detail. This song continues to remind me of my experiences in Southeast Asia, my teammates who became some of my very best friends, and the work that still needs to be done in SE Asia. I deeply long to be back on my bed mat singing this song or playing Pato, Pato, Manok with the barangay children. However, I understand that the Lord has each of us placed in strategically different regions around the globe for our specific purpose in fulfilling His kingdom ministry. So, in this transition phase I am encouraged by the bond created over lyrics to a song, but more importantly I am encouraged by the eternal impact that one summer, one team, one song, and one God will have on people in South Korea, the Philippines, the USA, and all over the globe in the coming months and years.
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| Team with their Philippine church family |
For Your mercy never failed me
All my days, I've been held in Your hands
From the moment that I wake up
Until I lay my head
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God
I love Your voice
You have led me through the fire
And in darkest night You are close like no other
I've known You as a Father
I've known You as a Friend
And I have lived in the goodness of God, yeah!
-Camden Studstill
Multinational Advance 2019, South Korea & Philippines
Monday, July 29, 2019
Refugee School: Good Bye!
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| Refugee School team members |
-Aaron J (2012 NT Korean Refugee team member)
Seoul, South Korea
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| Recent trip to DMZ |
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Team of the Week: Multinational Advance Team
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Scattering Seeds
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
A Place in this World
When I was in the Dominican Republic, I thought I knew where God wanted me to serve full-time after college. It made perfect sense -- I'm a Spanish major, they have a great need for teachers, and I already have a good relationship with the church and school there. But standing on a Korean rooftop and looking out at a city of lights, I felt at peace. I could see myself there, working with Korean refugee girls. And in the Cambodian village, my students asked me when I will come back. Riding on the back of a motorbike on a clear, cool night, I felt like I could be there for the rest of my life.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
A Prayer for Korea
Monday, July 3, 2017
A Prayer for Cambodia
Sunday, July 2, 2017
A Nation in need of Unity
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Meet the Team: Multinational Advance
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Care package
that you don't get in regular Korean candy. Those were gone quick.
-Jeffrey
Monday, July 13, 2015
Beach day with a "porpoise"
I had avoided getting wet ALL DAY and it was just about time to get back to the bus... and then about eight students jumped me, all grabbed a limb, and carried me into the sea. I was completely soaked. I kicked and screamed but they only laughed and said "shorry! shorry!" (sorry). I was a little mad but how can I stay mad at them? They are all so cute! Then we had to shower which we were unprepared for because we were not told to bring all of the shower ammenities (perks of the language barrier). Oh well! Ya just go with the flow.
When we made it back to school we ate dinner at a local, traditional Korean restaurant. We all had chicken soup, but Korean chicken soup is a liittle different from what we are used to. The entire chicken, skin and all is just in the bowl, and you have to pick the chicken off to eat it. It was actually really good! I walked home with my student and then took a shower, put some clothes in the wash, and now I'm about to go to bed. I'm so thankful for the chill time with the students now that they are done with exams. Looking forward to spending more time with them now that there's no more school!
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Mementos.
The reason I bring up mementos is because the acoustic guitar sitting in my group house room that no one's played is a huge one for me. On weekends where I'm at my group home after a long day I'll sit in my room and just worship God. The school really enjoyed the song they asked us to present during their chapel service and so they've requested us to do a three song set this time along with two testimonies from our team. I'm really excited and it's almost nostalgic to be able to lead worship again because I've missed it so much. It's just interesting seeing God use elements in our own lives that we're already familiar with for His kingdom.














