Author: mikaela

Taking God’s Trip to Kenya

Written by mikaela on January 18, 2024. Posted in Kenya.

Dr. Suzie Snyder spent 16 years as a missionary with CMF providing medical care and sharing the love of Christ with the Maasai people of Kenya. Suzie, her husband, and a group of healthcare professionals recently traveled to Kenya and served the Maasai in a number of ways. For several months, only she and her husband had signed up for the trip they were trying to organize, but she put it in God’s hands, calling it “God’s Trip.” Soon they would have a wonderful team from across the U.S. raising funds and preparing to go. Here are Suzie’s reflections on the trip and returning to where she served for so many years:

Making Moves to Better Serve Our Missionaries

Written by mikaela on January 17, 2024. Posted in Ethiopia, Kenya, Reach.

Exciting changes are taking place in the CMF office in Indianapolis! Several of our long-time staff members are taking on new roles to better serve our missionaries now and into the future.

Bingham Academy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oksana Specht, teaching as missions, international missions

Teaching as Missions: A Unique Way to Serve Internationally

Written by mikaela on December 21, 2023. Posted in Ethiopia.

Did you know that there are many ways to serve in international missions, beyond the more traditional sense of planting churches? One of the many roles to play as an international missionary is teacher. For years, CMF has partnered with Bingham Academy, a Christian school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sending qualified teachers to educate students from Ethiopia and all over the world, sharing the love of Jesus in this way. Several other CMF missionaries have taught in other contexts all over the world, from local schools to homeschooling other missionaries’ children.

Immerse Yourself in Missions with EQUIP Britain International

Written by mikaela on December 18, 2023. Posted in England.

EQUIP Britain International is an immersive, hands-on mission training opportunity in one of the most diverse cities in the world. Immersed in the world’s cultures, participants are guided by experienced disciple-makers to affirm God’s call to go to the world.

Short-term missions, REACH Internship, Globalscope, Exchange Semester, EQUIP Immersive Experience

Engaging with international missions through short-term opportunities

Written by mikaela on October 5, 2023. Posted in Globalscope, Reach.

Written by Bethany Rivera, Interim Director of Mobilization

As I reflect on my journey with CMF, I often remember that I did not become engaged with God’s mission around the world right away. My journey has not been one from zero to sixty miles per hour. Instead, I see that seeds of understanding God’s mission were planted at a young age through meeting missionaries

Announcing Kami Reed as Director of Globalscope

Written by mikaela on September 12, 2023. Posted in Globalscope.

We’re very excited to announce that Kami Burns Reed has been named Director of Globalscope beginning this month, September 2023!

Third Culture Kid, TCK Coordinator, university life, life abroad, Global Trellis, A Life Overseas

Starting University in the U.S.: Resources from a Third Culture Kid Coordinator

Written by mikaela on September 8, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

This blog is written by Kait Jones, CMF’s Third Culture Kid Coordinator

I love my job as the TCK Care Coordinator here at CMF. Even more, I love who I get to serve in that job. One group of people that I have recently been asked to focus on and serve very intentionally is high school seniors transitioning to their freshman year of college. I was asked to do a mini seminar for one high school senior as he has not spent much time in the States, and his parents will be staying on the field and so will be unavailable to be there physically to help him with this transition. I was nervous! I care a lot and want each one of our TCKs to thrive.

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Marketplace Mexico’s training impacts local tortilleria

Written by mikaela on September 6, 2023. Posted in Business as Mission, Mexico. No Comments on Marketplace Mexico’s training impacts local tortilleria

The Marketplace Mexico team has been hard at work reaching local entrepreneurs in Mexico City, largely through the nine-week training program, Aspire, that they lead. This program is geared toward helping new entrepreneurs create a business model and apply business principles that reflect a biblical, people-before-profit worldview.

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Rest, Reconnect, Retool: The importance of sabbaticals

Written by mikaela on June 27, 2023. Posted in Ethiopia, Globalscope, Scotland.

Meredith McKinney recently celebrated her 10-year anniversary of moving to Scotland to work with Roots, a CMF Globalscope campus ministry in Edinburgh. She also recently returned from a sabbatical

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First participant’s experience in Exchange Church Catalyst

Written by mikaela on May 9, 2023. Posted in Mexico.

Parker Habermehl is a senior at Ozark Christian College getting a degree in Biblical Communications with a minor in Organizational Leadership. He is from Roanoke, Texas, and feels called to serve in full-time ministry after graduation.