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

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

Mali: Home is where the heart is, theCOMMISSION, July-August 2001

Some may wonder how I can call a mud hut in the middle of the African bush home, but home is not about bricks, wood, furniture and possessions—it is about the heart!

—Chuck Luke, journeyman, Kenieba, Mali
Hometown: Lake Park, Ga. Read more about Chuck's experience

To the Edge, theCOMMISSION, October 2000

Jeff Cooper is one of the new generation of missionary journeymen willing to go anywhere, do anything, taking missions to the edge to shard the gospel with a lost world.

—Jeff Cooper, journeyman, Guatemala

Building a church in Tanzania, theCOMMISSION, April 2001

We held hands and prayed. White and black. Maasai, American, Swahili. Women and men. We joined together as children of the King and prayed for the congregation that would call this humble structure home.

—Bryan Brigham, journeyman, Arusha, Tanzania
Hometown: Abilene, Texas

Bolivia: Breakthrough in Cururu, theCOMMISSION, April 2001

Before we left town that evening, we distributed tracts and portions of 1, 2 and 3 John. One team member brought reading glasses to give away. After receiving his new glasses, one man told us, “Ah, now I can see and read the Word of God!”

Only one-half of 1 percent of the Guarayos know Christ as Savior. Thank God that number is changing daily.

—Trey Wooton, journeyman, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Hometown: Clinton, Miss.

Jeremy of the Jungle, TConline, May 2001

Some college grads are landing tech jobs with signing bonuses and stock options. So why did this guy opt for living in the jungle of Peru? Maybe because he’s a rebel with a cause ...

—Jeremy Taliaferro, journeyman, Ashèninka people, Peru
Hometown: Ft. Worth, Texas