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God invites us to confess our sins, receive His forgiveness, stand in the righteousness of Christ, and live unburdened lives in His grace. How often do we accept the invitation to confession? How has our view of God been skewed? Brian Delamont, TeachBeyond’s Vice President of Mission Engagement, guides us through this conversation. “God already knows what I’ve done, so He’s actually not waiting for me to fess up or come clean to verify the truth of the action because He always knows the truth.” “God’s not bound to forgive you just because you say certain words. He’s actually looking for the attitude of our hearts and the actions of our lives.” “How do I view God? Is God for me and wants me to become all that He intends, or do I have to earn His favor somehow? We know that He loves us no matter what.” Romans 6:1-2 “When we choose to follow Jesus, we make the choice to be dead to sin. So how can we live in a sinful way any longer if we’re dead to the old way?” Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies that Sabotage Your Peace by John Mark Comer Proverbs 28:13 “We sin because we believe a lie about what will make us happy.” -John Mark Comer “Anything less than God will eventually crumble under the weight of the expectations we put on it because nothing else can be God. And so, when we sin by trusting something less than God, confession becomes the way for us to see reality clearly. This is the mercy that we find: that God is so much better than our sin.” 1 John 1:8-9 “Confession becomes the pathway to reality, the pathway to clearly seeing the better thing God is offering me in Himself.” Psalm 32 “Confession removes our own self-deception.” James 5:15-16 “It is when we are restored to righteousness - of which God is the source, not us - that’s when our prayers are powerful and effective.” “It’s not just about me, but it’s about how I am able to serve other people around me by living an unburdened, undeceived life because I am confessing my sin and standing in the mercy that God is so freely giving me.” Matthew 7:3-5 Join TeachBeyond’s 40 Days of Prayer! January Reflection: When you hear the word “confession,” what is your understanding of that? Is your understanding of confession in alignment with what God says about it in His Word, or have you been deceived by other voices about confession? What’s changing our lives: Keane: A year overview calendar Heather: Serving with a global body of believers Brian: More daylight Weekly Spotlight: LinGo Online We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

What do aviation, ESL, and illustration have in common? David Shimp shares his story of living with open hands and allowing God to use his various trainings and gifts to serve with TeachBeyond. Learn more about Beyond Borders! “I was always drawn to the idea of using what God’s given me to serve and love people.” “I think one of the greatest barriers might have been my own confidence and my own lack of clarity at times about what it is I could offer.” “I never could have dreamed that I would be doing art now in a missions setting.” “Their biographies are what people compare themselves to, and yet, very often it doesn’t turn out that way or doesn’t need to. It’s not necessarily how God works or leads.” “It’s really amazing to look back and see how God has led through challenges, but also how He has used us in so many ways we wouldn’t have expected to serve other people and to serve our teams that we’ve worked with.” “It’s so worth it when God calls you to do something and it’s affirmed in many different ways.” “Step out in faith, don’t worry too much about the future, live each day one at a time, and really lean into God. Live with open hands.” Prayer for Beyond Borders: That God would use the team as they serve displaced peoples in the midst of difficult circumstances Check out other episodes related to David’s story: Episode 5: Telling Their Stories Episode 76: World Refugee Day Episode 80: Keep Going - A Calling Story What’s changing our lives: Keane: Sweepy app Heather: Hanging macrame plant holder David: Men’s group at church and becoming an uncle Weekly Spotlight: Communications Roles We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

What does it mean to process our thoughts, feelings, and experiences? How can we develop the practice of processing? Author and speaker Elizabeth Vahey Smith guides us through a conversation on this topic. Elizabeth Vahey Smith The Practice of Processing TCK Training “Sometimes people get this idea that they can learn this skill to help someone else and aren’t really thinking about their own needs. I think that it’s really important to have this practice of processing for oneself before trying to help other people through it.” “Processing can be applied to any emotion.” “The practice of processing is systematically understanding, sorting, and proceeding with emotions in a healthy way.” “When we start by processing the emotion that we’re feeling today, usually there is something in the past that led to that.” “There are so many different ways that you can personalize processing for every individual journey, but it starts with having a time and space to do it.” “TCKs in particular face so much grief during their childhoods.” Want to learn more about Third Culture Kids? Check out Episode 22 and Episode 61! What’s changing our lives: Keane: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Heather: Chocolate-covered peanut butter pretzels Elizabeth: Leadership coaching with Jo Saxton Weekly Spotlight: William Carey Academy We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

Sarah Hilkemann of Velvet Ashes explores the power of hearing stories of past and current missionaries, as well as sharing our own stories, even when they are messy or difficult. Velvet Ashes Legacy Podcast “Many of us who have served cross-culturally were inspired by those workers from the past.” “It is easy to put cross-cultural workers now, but also in the past, on a pedestal, but I think we can learn so much from these stories from the past, more than just the hero status of these women.” Yet We Still Hope Book “We know that Jesus told stories, and we see that thread throughout Scripture as a really helpful and powerful way to interact with people and connect on a different level.” “We see these women fighting for joy and holding tight to hope, and that can give us courage, too.” “We need the messy stories. We need the stories of brokenness and hope and healing because it helps us remember we’re not alone, and it can give us the courage to keep going.” “When we allow global workers to share their stories, it helps us remember that they are human. I think so many people have suffered or struggled in silence because they were held captive by that fear.” “Transparency doesn’t necessarily mean sharing your story with everyone.” “We don’t have to wait for the perfect situation and the perfect person to share things with [...] We need to find those people who are safe enough.” Join TeachBeyond for our 40 Days of Prayer! What’s changing our lives: Keane: Poster printer at the library Heather: Corgi coming to small group Sarah: Fireplace videos Weekly Spotlight: Christian Academy in Mozambique We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

In this last episode of 2022, Brian Delamont returns to the podcast to guide us in looking to the pages of Scripture to enrich our prayer life. “The greatest resource that we have for prayer is the Bible - to look at Scripture, to read it with an awareness that it is a conversation that God has with us through the entire Bible. All of Scripture is God talking to us.” Context questions: Who is speaking? How might I place myself in this conversation? Who is being spoken to? How is my current situation similar/different? Content questions: What does this passage tell me about God? What does this passage tell me about people? Community questions: What does this passage tell me about myself? What does this passage tell me about those around me? Exodus 34:5-7 “How will this passage of Scripture inform my prayer?” Numbers 6:24-26 “We have this amazing opportunity to really extend our vocabulary, if you will, in our conversation with God by grounding ourselves in what He has already said to us and what other people over millennia have said to Him.” “The more we see what God is doing, the more we get to worship.” Sign up to join TeachBeyond for 40 Days of Prayer beginning on January 9! December Reflection: Are you happy with the prayers you’ve been praying? Do they feel alive? If not, what would you like to change in 2023? What will you do to have prayer be more meaningful and alive than ever before as you step into this new year? What’s changing our lives: Keane: Pizza stone Heather: Being home more Brian: A working furnace Weekly Spotlight: BridgeWay North American School We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

Merry Christmas! At this time of year, we celebrate Jesus coming to earth as the promised Messiah. Jason Helopoulos, author and pastor, joins the podcast today to share about how the Old Testament culminates in the coming of our “long-awaited Savior” and how faith communities can point one another to Christ. The Promise: The Amazing Story of Our Long-Awaited Savior “God created all things for His glory and then, ultimately, for our good. These are the two purposes of everything that exists [...] History is simply the unfolding of God working out His purposes in this world for His glory and for the salvation of His people.” “We’re part of the story. [We] see ourselves in the midst of that story - because it’s all one story for His glory, for our good, for the salvation of His people.” “Every single one of [the heroes of our faith] is marked by some weakness, some failure, some sin [...] They are continually pointing us to the One who is perfect and holy and had no failing and answers our every need.” “I just want them to delight in Jesus.” 1 Corinthians 10 Hebrews 4 “So much of the Christian life is you and I waiting, but waiting purposefully, between the already and the not yet. We’re already enjoying the beauties of Christ and the gifts Christ, and not yet have we received it all.” “We’re constantly encouraging and exhorting one another to look to Christ and consider Christ.” “The Lord has put us together for each other’s good so that we finish this race together.” Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home What’s changing our lives: Keane: Self-checkout at Aldi Heather: Church-wide small group study Jason: Slowing down and meditating on Scripture We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.orgPodcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

Whether you’re spending time in person with a missionary this Christmas or are looking for ways to care from afar, Tim Hood shares practical, creative suggestions for this holiday season. ”For missionaries, home is complicated. They have this deep sense of not knowing where home actually is.” Psalm 90:1 “Knowing your missionaries, understanding their contexts, knowing their likes and dislikes, knowing some of the challenges they face is really the first step of being able to minister effectively, being able to meet them where they are.” “What would be a blessing? And then do that.” “The holidays are a gift-giving season, but sometimes what is the most important to a missionary [is just] to be remembered.” Ephesians 4 “Praying for missionaries is such a huge deal, and letting them know that is also a huge deal.” We also recommend Episode 68: Five Questions Not to Ask a Missionary with Kara Delaney. What’s changing our lives: Keane: Warmer weather in the winter Heather: Feeling better after being sick Tim: New coffee grinder and music from his church We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

Continuing in our Advent series, Brian Delamont returns to the podcast to explore how our longings shape the way we live. Don’t miss how our families coordinate gift-giving, a number of Christmas carol quotes, and Brian’s monthly reflection question! Draw Names App “What you hope for shapes what you live for.” - The Bible Project “Anticipation ignites a thrill in the present caused by nothing more than a possibility in the future.” - Erwin McManus 1 Corinthians 16:22 “[The Gospel] is about the power that Jesus gives us to live our hope right now and to long for what He will do in the future.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 “The object of our desires is usually closely related to a change in our lifeworld. Either we desire something to be added or something to be taken away.” - Geoff Beech “The long-expected Jesus is the answer to [our] longings. In anticipation of Jesus’ rule in all our hearts alone and by Jesus’ all-sufficient merit, we are raised to God’s glorious throne.” “Discipleship, we might say, is a way to curate your heart, to be attentive to and intentional about what you love.” - James K. A. Smith “What I want actually tells me an awful lot about who I am and who I am becoming.” “We’re expecting whatever it is we’re hoping for or longing for [...] to satisfy us, to fulfill our cravings, and to meet our needs. And anything less than God will leave us disappointed.” “[Jesus] is against our longing for the wrong things in the wrong place in the wrong way. We can have a wealth of things, yet have poverty towards God. It’s because our longing, our hope, our desire is misdirected.” Luke 12:30-34 “What do I treasure? What am I prepared to do so that I long for the best of all possible treasure?” “Much of what we hope for will remain out of our grasp until Jesus comes and makes all things new. This is the hope, the good news of the Gospel.” 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 “We long to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling. In this Advent season, we long and we groan. We hope for the future, and we stand firm in the present.” Advent Reflection: What are you longing for today, and how is that longing shaping you? What’s changing our lives: Keane: Sickness in the family Heather: Coffee beans from Papua New Guinea Brian: Watching his son experience joy after a difficult season We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

What is Christmas really all about? How are my practices in alignment with my beliefs? In this conversation, Clayton Greene shares the story of how Advent Blocks came to be and challenges us to consider how our celebrations point us to the coming of Christ. GoodKind Shop “You say that Christmas is all about Jesus, but it feels like Christmas is all about presents.” “How much inconsistency is there in my intention to walk with God and practice my faith, and my actual ability to do it?” “Holidays and annual rhythms have an insane amount of power on what we do in a year and [...] in shaping who we are.” “A lot of the excitement you feel in December is actually not pointing you toward the coming of Christ.” “Slowing down and having an analog relational conversational moment about God and what He has done with your family is both being present in that moment and an anticipation of the future moment.” What’s changing our lives: Keane: Snacking on carrots Heather: Seeing David at Sight and Sound Theatres Clayton: Playing in the front yard We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

We’re kicking off our annual Advent series with Amanda Bible Williams, co-founder of She Reads Truth! Amanda shares about keeping Scripture central, holding the tension of joy and longing, and how her family celebrates the season together. She Reads Truth | He Reads Truth “We exist to help women and men and families to open their Bibles every day.” “The Advent season is the season of preparation to celebrate the birth of Jesus and to understand why we’re celebrating.” “When Christmas day comes around, we’re not taken by surprise or struggling to remember what this day is really about, but we’re ready and we’ve been spending weeks pondering the manger.” Isaiah 9:2 John 1:14 “Though the story is the same, we can approach it from different angles in different seasons of life.” “Aren’t we all longing for something, for someone? As Christians, we believe that our longings at their deepest are only met in Jesus.” She Reads Truth Podcast Check out the Advent collection at shopshereadstruth.com and use the code AMANDA15 for 15% off! What’s changing our lives: Keane: Thanksgiving road trip and family time Heather: Navigating flight changes Amanda: Voice messages We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

Dayne Smith shares how he was led into missions and how God is at work through TeachBeyond South Africa. TeachBeyond Sparrow Project Open Schools Worldwide “You can get caught in a trap of thinking that you can and you are supposed to do so much in your own strength and by yourself, but that’s so far from the truth. I think God wants us to lean on Him and trust in Him and rely on Him.” “He’s working, and it’s His plan for our lives, and we need to be really sensitive to what He is doing.” “Listen to God more; do less.” Pray for TeachBeyond South Africa: Healthy ministry rhythm, open doors of opportunities, funding, entrepreneurship training, health in their family What’s changing our lives: Keane: NFC tokens Heather: Getting photos printed Dayne: His daughter’s expanding vocabulary Weekly Spotlight: Bucharest Christian Academy We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

Dr. Kristi Smith shares practical tips and suggestions for building bridges between school and home, partnering with parents in the educational process, and specifically navigating conferences with parents. “I am here to share my context and my experiences, and to network and partner with educators in what they are doing. It’s through that partnership and that interchange of information that we become stronger as a whole.” “A parent is a child’s best teacher.” -Dr. Brazelton “Outside of school and church, most children and adults spend the majority of their time in small group settings instead of large group instructional settings. People behave differently in large groups than they do in small groups.” “[Parents] know their child better than I can ever know them, and it’s important for us to work together in partnership.” “Partnering with parents is helping us to come together to help the children become independent, successful future learners.” “If we approach it as a relational event versus telling them what their child is doing or not doing, then it changes this to a conversation instead of a lecture. We have to remember that this is a partnership to train a child in the way that they need to go.” “When a parent finds someone reaching to them to try to meet them at their point of need, relationship gets built and barriers start falling down and positive steps go forward.” “Any partnership is better than none at all. How can we meet that parent where they’re at?” “We need to have constant communication with accurate information.” “I’m seeing XYZ. What are you seeing at home? Do you have any tips for me?” “Stay strong. It takes time. Bridging home to school actually takes time, but in the long run, it pays off. It pays off not only for you in the class, but it pays off for that child and for that family.” Join TeachBeyond’s Day of Giving here! What’s changing our lives: Keane: Unlock Game Heather: The Cost of Control Kristi: Doing bucket list activities with others Weekly Spotlight: Faith Academy We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

How do we define the term “missionary”? How can churches send missionaries well? President of Sixteen:Fifteen, Matthew Ellison, helps us wrestle with and navigate these questions from a Biblical perspective. Sixteen:Fifteen Mark 16:15 “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” -Mark Twain When Everything Is Missions “It is a well-intentioned idea to call everyone a missionary; I think it has unintended consequences.” “If we are sloppy in our definitional work of what missions is and who’s a missionary, I think invariably, it is those outside the reach of the Gospel that get disenfranchised.” “When everyone’s a missionary, no one’s a missionary.” “Biblically, missionary’s not a rank, it’s a role. They’re not super spiritual people, they’re not super apostles, they’re broken people like everyone else but they have a specific calling to take the Gospel cross-culturally.” “In the New Testament, this is someone who is sent out to cross cultures with the Gospel.” “God’s ‘all peoples’ mission is an all-hands-on-deck effort.” Acts 13 “Not everyone is called to go, but everyone has a role to play.” “Missionaries are those who do Kingdom work in a cross-cultural context in support of the Great Commission’s fulfillment, which is making disciples of all nations.” “We should be discipling people into a global worldview. We have divorced missions and the mission of God to make disciples of all nations from our identity as followers of Jesus.” “The living God is a missionary God, and if we’re going to be like Him, we’re going to care about the things He cares about, and He cares about His mission [...] Every child of God should be a part of the story of God’s redemption.” Philippians 1:19 Philippians 4:17 3 John 1:6 “Send your missionaries in a manner worthy of God’s Name.” Philippians 1:5 Perspectives on the World Christian Movement “The calling and appointment of the Spirit will be confirmed in the context of a local body of believers.” “It was a broken heart that got him to the mission field, but it was a love for Jesus that kept him on the mission field.” “I think the only thing that can keep us persevering in the mission of God is a love for Jesus.” “Where zeal for worship is weak, zeal for mission will be weak also.” -John Piper “If we want to see that missions flame burn in our lives until Jesus takes us home, we’ve gotta stay close to Jesus.” To learn more about reaching the least-reached, listen to episode 74 with Steve Johnson.  If your church is interested in learning more about TeachBeyond, contact churches@teachbeyond.org. What’s changing our lives: Keane: Hummingbird feeders Heather: Timeshifter App Matthew: Recent change to plant-based diet Weekly Spotlight: Black Forest Academy We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

As followers of Jesus, we are called to follow the example of Jesus - the downward way.  Brian Delamont returns to the podcast to unpack what it means to be a leader who follows the model of Christ rather than the way seen in the rest of the world. Listen to our conversation as we are challenged to re-think what it means to lead. In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen “The way of the Christian leader is not the way of upward mobility in which our world has invested so much, but the way of downward mobility ending on the cross.” Matthew 20:20-28 John 13:4-7, 12 “The downward way of Jesus, this upside-down leadership, is not a concept, it’s not a theory; it’s praxis.” “Transformed and transformational - we want to see the application of this, the transformation that God offers us, to be lived out in our lives.” Philippians 2 October Reflection: What does loving Jesus look like right now? How can I follow the example of Jesus? What’s changing our lives: Keane: Raised bed garden Heather: Autumn bingo board Brian: In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen Weekly Spotlight: Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

Paulo and Juliana are the first guests of the season for our monthly “Work and Calling” series! Work and Calling episodes feature TeachBeyond missionaries sharing about what they do and how God led them to missions. Listen in to hear their hearts for Brazil and how God led them to serve in Brasilia! “God is opening the doors in several ways that we have been praying [about] for so long!” “Although we didn’t know the next day what was going to happen, we knew that we had this sense of the Holy Spirit giving us comfort and confirmation.” “Those [moments of feeling alone] were the most crucial moments when we really learned how to depend on Him more than anything else, more than any other person, and that really shaped what we do today.” “We were reminded of the Lord’s prayer: Pray against the evil one, confess your sins, be more consistent.” “If God puts a desire in your heart, a ministry, He will fulfill it later on.” “When we walk in life as educators, as missionaries, as Christians, we need to live a confessional life, a life that is committed to dependence on the Lord as citizens in this world. We also need to have a deep sense of compassion for people.” “God is unlimited! I am limited, but God is not.” Isaiah 40:3-5 Pray for Beyond Ingles and Brazil: Election, Connections for Beyond Ingles, integrating art into the English program, difficulties with families in Brazil What’s changing our lives: Keane: Compost Heather: Read Aloud with Aunt Heather Juliana: Swimming classes for the kids Paulo: Beginning family Christmas celebrations Weekly Spotlight: Beyond Ingles We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/ 

Where have you seen the hand of God at work in your life? TeachBeyond President David Durance returns to the podcast to talk about intentionally reflecting on God’s faithfulness, stewarding what we have been given, and looking for evidence of His presence. Learn more about TeachBeyond here! Psalm 24 “There are seasons where we can see the visible hand of God. We see the undercurrent, the silent hand or the invisible hand all the time, but there are seasons, there are moments in our lives where the visible hand of God is present and evident.” Daniel 4 “Why don’t we start our planning season with reminding ourselves that it seems good to us to show the signs and wonders of the Most High God?” “It’s good for us to remind each other of God’s presence and His faithfulness and His being with us.” “The Bible isn’t abstract and irrelevant, but relevant and speaks into the daily things of our lives if we just take a few minutes to read and understand and know.” Romans 12:2 James 3:17-18 “Where are we going to reap the most harvest for God’s Kingdom? Are the actions we’re going to take going to be peace-loving? Are they considerate, are they full of mercy and good fruit?” “As we go into each season, we can take a moment to take a look at what God has done.” “These moments of reminding and being faithful to retelling the stories of God’s hand in our lives are the foundation for us to then launch into all that God has for us next.” “We live in this world, then, where God is asking us to do the mission that he has, this redeeming work all around the world, and yet He’s never asking us to over-own this.” “Father, I’m always willing to ensure that You stay as the owner, and I will steward whatever mission You have in front of me.” “What do you want me to do about this, God?” “God, I want You to do all that You can, everything You desire here, to make this right, and Father, I’ll be whatever You need me to be to help You accomplish whatever You’re desiring.” “If we’re running so hard and fast, we can sometimes miss what God is saying.” What’s changing our lives: Keane: Having both kids in school Heather: Returning from sabbatical David: Leaf blower Weekly Spotlight: Arbor Christian Academy We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

Getting ready to begin a new school year? In this bonus episode, Heather sits down with Joan Zeberlein, Associate Consultant with Kagan and Director of Missions and Hospitality at Grace Point in Newtown, PA. Joan shares suggestions for beginning the school year from her thirty years of experience in education. “Prayer is foundational in setting you in the right frame of mind to tackle a new school year.” “Our connection with our students is a hundred times more valuable than that colorful bulletin board border.” “I would be more concerned about that physical space being functional than pretty.” “How can I provide a safe environment for my students?” “Our curriculum will really be accessed if we take the time to create that classroom where everyone feels like they belong.” “Ask God to renew your mind, renew your love for Him, for your calling, for what you’ve been asked to do.” “Any season I’m in, any trial I’m going through, I have a choice to either be bitter or resentful about it, or I have a choice to embrace it and steward it well.” What’s changing our lives: Heather: Preparing for sabbatical Joan: Mom’s cancer diagnosis and stewarding this season We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

For this special summer episode, Keane talks to Liz Steggall-Lewis, Director of Beyond Borders, about World Refugee Week and God’s heart for the refugee. We also hear about the work Beyond Borders is doing to serve the most vulnerable. "The character of God shines in these stories of displacement." "In Malachi it talks about the way that you treat foreigners, orphans, and widows is a sign of your righteousness." "The whole Biblical command is to care for those who are vulnerable and to welcome and love the foreigners among us." Resources: World Refugee Sunday - Exodus World Service World Relief Refugee by Alan Gratz Beyond Borders Sponsorship Life Jacket Documentary What’s changing our lives: Keane: Summer Traveling Liz: Pizza We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

It’s the final episode of Season 2! TeachBeyond President David Durance joins co-hosts Heather Brown and Keane Fine for this final conversation of the season to talk about TeachBeyond’s values, favorite episodes of the season, and - as always - what’s changing their lives. Season 2 survey! “God is calling us to respond to what’s right in front of us.” “With God’s ‘help’ we live out our values: Humility, Excellence, Love, Partnership.” David’s favorite episodes: Episode 70 with Paulo Jobim and Episode 62 with Harold Klassen Heather’s favorite episodes: Episode 40 with Tara-Leigh Cobble and Episode 46 with Annie Stepanenko Keane’s favorite episodes: Episode 72 with Sarah Fine, Episode 67 with Aubrey Sampson, and Episode 53 with Chris Ruge What’s changing our lives: Keane: Recording the finale Heather: Not having to move David: Celebrating 40th birthday and 20th anniversary recently We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/

Steve Johnson of SIL shares about his family’s experience living and working for over 20 years on the island of Papua New Guinea and invites everyone to be part of reaching the least reached. Listen in for an inspiring message rooted in the Great Commission. This episode is out just in time for the International Day for the Unreached! If you’re participating, be sure to tag TeachBeyond on social media. A Third of Us Ukarumpa International School Urbana Missions Conference “What we’re doing here doesn’t just matter for me and for my life, but it matters for the nation of Papua New Guinea.” Dr. Ralph Winter “There are locations around the world, peoples around the world, who still haven’t heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Why haven’t they, and how can we reach them?” Matthew 28:19 - the Great Commission “Until everyone has had the chance [to hear the Gospel], we haven’t [finished the Great Commission].” “These [...] people need God’s Word in their language.” “Everything starts with prayer. God is the initiator of His work in my life and in your lives and in the lives of people here in Papua New Guinea.” Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project Joshua Project “Having [teachers] who are passionate about seeing young men and women grow in their knowledge and understanding of the world, of God and how He has created it, seeing them thrive and be healthy - we are blessed as parents.” Season 2 Survey! What’s changing our lives: Keane: House projects Heather: Cut-and-come-again zinnias sprouting Steve: Son getting married and team members leading in his absence Weekly Spotlight: Click here to explore opportunities with TeachBeyond! We’d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https://teachbeyond.org/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond: https://teachbeyond.org/