“Doug McTavish,” 24, and “Stephen Faulkner,” 30, are on a two-year expedition to share the gospel of Christ. They are a part of a team of six backpackers who trek cattle paths looking for the isolated villages of the people group among whom they work...

—Unnamed journeymen, somewhere in Asia, see backpacker photos

• Bearing Witness in a Hard Place, theCOMMISSION, September 2002

They may go a couple of days wearing the same dusty clothes. Their bathroom facilities often consist of a rock, tree or random ditch. Showers come in the form of a bucket of water drawn from a well and a bar of soap. Water must be guzzled throughout the day to avoid dehydration. Noisy goats and roosters send out morning wake-up calls—for the goats this can be any time after sundown. But eight missionary journeymen stick with it because, if all goes as planned, 23 Marensé villages in Burkina Faso will have heard the gospel by December 2004.

—Team Marense', journeymen and ISCers in Burkina Faso

• Taiwan's Lost Generation, theCOMMISSION, September 2002

Watch Vip Vipperman as he strolls the campus of Dongwoo University. With the bleached, spiked hair of a Japanese rock star and baggy pants, one leg rolled up, he stands out. But he means to. A short conversation in Chinese ends as he and a Chinese student reach for their cell phones and punch each other’s numbers into memory.

—Vip Vipperman and Jenny Matherne, journeymen in Taiwan

• The Greatest Adventure I've Ever Had, the Task, Winter 2001

(Josh Daffern, a ‘99 graduate of California Baptist University, recently finished the toughest—and most rewarding—experience of his life: serving as a missionary journeyman in Africa. Here are his reflections on what happened, and how it all started.) ...

—Josh Daffern, journeyman to Botswana

• A Journey of the Heart, Part 1, theCOMMISSION, October 2001

In May 2000, during an appointment service for new missionaries in Norfolk, Va., staff writer Jenny Rogers responded to a call to missionary service. This is the first in a three-part series on Rogers’ missionary journey, in her words, taken from her diary ...

—Jenny Rogers, former staff writer, IMB, journeyman to Japan

• A Journey of the Heart, Part 2, theCOMMISSION, March 2002

The second in a three-part series following Jenny Rogers’ journeyman experience—six weeks of orientation at the Missionary Learning Center ...

—Jenny Rogers, former staff writer, IMB, journeyman to Japan

• A Journey of the Heart, Part 3, theCOMMISSION, October 2002

This is the third article in a series on Rogers’ missionary journey, in her words, taken from her e-mail messages from the field. It follows her through her first year of service in Sapporo, Japan.

—Jenny Rogers, former staff writer, IMB, journeyman to Japan

• The Beautiful Girls of Hoima, theCOMMISSION, October 2001

When Garrison and Kapp attended their appointment conference for the two-year Journeyman Program at the International Mission Board, they were attracted to a request for Hoima, Uganda. It warned of faulty electricity, isolation and primitive living conditions. Nevertheless, Garrison and Kapp felt certain that was where God wanted them to spend the next two years ...

—Amy Garrison and Rachel Kapp, journeyman missionaries in Uganda

• Walking and Weaving, theCOMMISSION, June 2001

Web exclusive: Kathryn Cheves’ ministry among the Turkana consists of reaching one person at a time. Turkana culture is all about building relationships. It goes beyond handshakes and smiles; it cuts to the core of trust and love ...

—Kathryn Cheves, journeyman, Lodwar, Kenya