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Inside Missions

Maranatha Volunteers International

An in-depth look at the people, cultures, and countries where Maranatha is working. Thanks for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review, and share!

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49 episodes

  1. Episode 49 - Critiques of Short-term Missions - Savior complexes, spiritual tourism, and economic effects: a transparent discussion on the history of short-term missions, its evolution, and how we can continue improving our impact responsibly. 1:31:00
  2. Episode 48: High Schoolers Share Raw Mission Trip Experiences in the DR 41:31
  3. Episode 47 - Three Decades in India Comes to a Close 1:04:16
  4. Episode 46 - Young adult project at 12,500 feet in Peru: Catalyst 2026 1:03:20
  5. Episode 45 - Ultimate Workout 36 - Dominican Republic - Maranatha’s mission trip for high schoolers 1:02:57
  6. Episode 44 - Decades in the DR - Maranatha’s long history of working in the Dominican Republic 1:09:37
  7. Episode 43 - Origins of Ultimate Workout - How Maranatha’s annual high school mission trip began 1:07:31
  8. Episode 42 - A Decade in Kenya - Unique challenges, ethical questions when cultures collide, geographic diversity, strong tribal traditions, and a deeply welcoming culture. Why it’s been a favorite destination for volunteers for the past ten years. 1:07:04
  9. Episode 41 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Volunteering - Does Maranatha only use volunteer labor? Do short term missions yield sustainable results? Are there any limits on who can volunteer? Do you have to live in rough conditions for a mission trip to count? 55:53
  10. Episode 40 - Miracles in the Mission Field - Skepticism, supernatural stories, and how western minds process the supernatural compared to global counterparts 1:09:38
  11. Episode 39 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Is Maranatha an Adventist Church entity or receive funding from the Church? Does Maranatha pick where we work? Do we only work overseas? Do we do disaster relief like ADRA or ACS? 1:00:01
  12. Episode 38 - Mission Trip Leaders’ Playbook - Behind the scenes of short-term mission trip organization. From pre-trip planning, to the daily schedule, to the unseen challenges of a leader, this conversation reveals how mission trip coordinators do their 1:08:09
  13. Episode 37 - The Art of Storytelling in the Mission Field - Having a detailed plan but staying open to God’s lead, building rapport with interview subjects, how pre-trip preparation pays off, and one woman’s tearful reaction to visualizing her new church 1:20:06
  14. Episode 36 - Don and Laura Noble - Our most difficult projects ever, including a remote desert in Kenya and Communist Cuba, and Don’s first Maranatha project involving a plane crash, circumventing a war, and breaking down in the middle of the ocean. 1:07:18
  15. Episode 35 - Teen Transformation on Ultimate Workout - Josue Quispe - Life change for youth, quitting his job for missions, and finding his wife on a mission trip 56:03
  16. Episode 34 - Making Responsible Impact - Monty Jacobs - Ethical gift giving, serving on Maranatha’s board, and the importance of partnerships in local communities 57:40
  17. Episode 33 - Career Path to Missions - Kenneth Weiss - Turning down a career in D.C. for Maranatha, the impact of Maranatha employment on our children, and our expanded worldview of what it means to be Adventist 1:15:04
  18. Episode 32 - Serving in Africa - David Woods - Why he loves Africa, learning local languages, and miracle stories 51:23
  19. Episode 31 - Mission Field TV. Our producers talk international media production, travel, finding stories, and conducting interviews through interpreters. 56:54
  20. Episode 30 - Erton Köhler - President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 56:56
  21. Episode 29 - Elmer Barbosa - Jungle church construction, starting from scratch in a new country, and leading a large mission trip for teens 1:10:21
  22. Episode 28 - Eddie Heinrich - Breaking his neck on a mission trip and why he keeps taking youth on projects 41:28
  23. Episode 27 - Marcos Paseggi - Adventist Review’s senior news correspondent on reporting on the mission around the world 39:37
  24. Episode 26 - Leo Macias and Sidney Needles - Debriefing a TV production trip to India 54:09
  25. Episode 25 - Kenneth Weiss - The Mission in Communist Cuba 49:57
  26. Episode 24 - Loretta Spivey - “You’ll be in a wheelchair the rest of your life,” and leading thousands of teens on mission trips 58:02
  27. Episode 23 - Danny Poljak - Explosives, Escaping War, and Mission Field Construction 35:49
  28. Episode 22 - Susan Woods - Air raids, riding a refugee train, mission field pregnancies/raising kids 54:26
  29. Episode 21 - Lisandro Staut - Troublemaker turned ministry leader talks overcoming labels, why he left a successful career path, and a criticism of short term missions 1:00:05
  30. Episode 20 - Dina Ramirez - From volunteer to staff member, how God uses people to answer prayers 32:38
  31. Episode 19 - Maranatha Volunteer Support Staff - Behind the scenes of sleepless nights, contingency plans, and the power of prayer 1:10:09
  32. Episode 18 - Don Noble - Taking over Maranatha Flights International in 1983, food poisoning, car attacks, and doubters saying he was the wrong guy for the job 49:39
  33. Episode 17 - Kyle Fiess - First reactions to girls escaping child marriage and female genital mutilation, and managing the six-year project to improve their school's infrastructure 52:50
  34. Episode 16 - Mission to Kajiado: An Audio Story - How Maasai girls escaping child marriage and female genital mutilation found a home and new family 27:01
  35. Episode 15 - Jason Blanchard - Growing up as a missionary kid in Malawi and returning to the same country as the CEO of Malamulo Adventist Hospital 35:25
  36. Episode 14 - Greg Hatch - Escaping the COVID shut down in Ivory Coast, food poisoning, and pre-mission trip site visits 54:32
  37. Episode 13 - Nancy Davis - Growing up in a missionary family in Thailand and the challenges of being a "third culture" kid 50:37
  38. Episode 12 - Joelle Chinnock - Escaping the 2018 Camp Fire and helping in the aftermath 1:01:44
  39. Episode 11 - Steve Case - Why missions is important for teens and the fundamental goal of mission trips 1:04:57
  40. Episode 10 - Karen Godfrey - Curating the mission trip experience, and recruiting 1,200 volunteers to build 25 churches in 70 days 51:14
  41. Episode 9 - Laura Noble - From running with California's rich and famous to a mission non-profit 55:01
  42. Episode 8 - Julie Lee - Marketing the mission, telling stories of need, and planning a 2,000-person event 1:02:16
  43. Episode 7 - Christina Lloyd - Embedding with a well-drilling crew in the bush, witnessing a girl rescued from child marriage/FGM, and producing a TV show in the mission field 1:01:11
  44. Episode 6 - Luke Johnson - Language barriers, raising young kids in the second smallest country in Africa, and the heartbreak of finding no water when drilling 45:46
  45. Episode 5 - Elmer Barbosa - Helping volunteers escape the COVID shutdown, working in the Amazon, and physically constructing hundreds of churches 21:14
  46. Episode 4 - Gilberto Araujo - Raising kids in the mission field, life in the Middle East, and surviving violence 53:14
  47. Episode 3 - Vinish Wilson - Meeting Mother Teresa, using explosives to find water, and Maranatha's work in India 44:36
  48. Episode 2 - Anu Kedas - Ebola, loneliness, and God's protection in Africa 48:32
  49. Episode 1 - David Woods - Moving your young missionary family to the mission field, and surviving a break-in 44:18