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A six-year-old’s vow becomes a roadmap for a lifetime of missions—this conversation traces how a simple yes led from Guatemala to India, Tanzania, and finally to a thriving Bible college in Zambia. We open with the origin story: a child praying to receive the Holy Ghost and promising God he would go wherever sent. Years later, that promise collides with reality on a first trip to Guatemala, where dramatic deliverance and a key friendship planted seeds that would grow into long-term impact.

Threaded through every segment is a conviction: there is something in the going. Trips don’t just bless communities abroad; they reshape the ones who go, spreading a generational fire as sons and church members step into leadership and mission. If you’re wrestling with calling, authority, or whether short-term trips matter, you’ll find both stories and structure here—faith that submits, serves, and builds for the long haul.

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In this podcast we share the texture of missions most people never hear: nights fending off bats with a flashlight, ice-cold showers punctuated by cheerful small talk in broken English, and roadside breakdowns that can turn risky in minutes. Between the adrenaline and the awe are the quiet threads that hold it all together—a shoeshine dad in the airport who needs ointment for his burned child, a crisp $100 that appears in a wallet, and a family that finds faith one conversation at a time. There’s a mountain grandmother who hears a message of intentional love through loudspeakers, steps away from despair, and chooses life. There are mass weddings, a dozen baby dedications, and twenty-nine baptisms in a cold brook.

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A live year-end roundtable with Danny Swinnea, Richard Swinnea, and Joey Swinnea recaps a year of missions marked by new food growth a 40x80 greenhouse, and the first church in Greenwells. We outline 2026 priorities, key trips, training breakthroughs, and one urgent need: a reliable truck for Brother Luis.

• Food pipeline secured with partner shipments and greenhouse production
• Commercial dehydrator enabling shelf-stable, nutrient-rich meals
• Greenwells church completed enough for services and solar funding secured
• privacy fence and gate
• Roof remediation at the Glow Center to stop widespread leaks
• Container shipped with 147,560 meals and school supplies
• Sunday school and children’s ministry training scaled with on-site printing
• Youth outreach leading to 250+ reported salvations
• Kids’ crusades
• Ongoing church repairs and a maintenance plan across site
• Urgent need for a dependable truck for Brother Luis

Help us purchase a newer truck for Brother Luis: we have $15,000 raised and need $8,000–$10,000 more. Message us to give and share this need.

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