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June 10, 2019
Leadership Lessons in a Cemetery
“[God] wants to bring the good news to every people and bring hope and love to everyone,” said Carl, a student in Resonate missionary Stan Kruis’s church-planting class at Asia Theological Seminary in the Philippines.

That’s why Carl and his classmates spent a day at a church plant in a cemetery.
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June 3, 2019
New Belief
God heard your prayers to open eyes of faith.
“I just don’t believe that Jesus is God,” said Asad.*

Asad sat in Resonate Global Mission missionary Ray De Lange’s car, looking out the windshield at the church in front of him but not really seeing it. He was lost in thought. After immigrating to Canada from the Middle East, Asad and his wife were curious about Christianity. They began attending church and a class for seekers and new believers that Ray leads.
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May 28, 2019
Raising Up Local Leaders in Detroit
“I came into ministry in an unconventional fashion. It was God,” said Josh Cook.

Josh is the perfect person to lead Resonate partner Hesed Community Church in Detroit, Michigan.
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May 24, 2019
Renewing Marriages in Mexico
Sometimes marriage struggles are not evident in daily life. Pastor Israel and his wife, Elizabeth, thought their marriage was healthy—but they weren’t always honest with each other.

They acted differently as a married couple at church than they did at home. Church was a stage where they were polite and respectful. But at home, behind the scenes, they were blunt and would often bicker. Their children noticed.

When Resonate Global Mission missionaries Abe and Elaine Lee invited Israel and Elizabeth to participate in a marriage seminar, the couple opened up.
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May 22, 2019
A Providential Pairing
At first glance, sixth-grader Michael* and first-grader James* seem like an odd pair—but their friendship has taken on a greater purpose.
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May 22, 2019
Students Launch a Campus Movement to Care for Creation
Students at LCC International University, a Resonate Global Mission partner in Lithuania, are launching a movement on campus to care for creation.
The Importance of Caring for Creation
When Nastia Synhaivska, a recent graduate of LCC, spent a summer in the United States working in a hotel, she was overwhelmed by the amount of wasted resources. Hallway and lobby lights never switched off; loads of towels and sheets were sent off for wash every day; and dumpsters were filled with plastic wrapping.
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May 17, 2019
Partnering for More in the Dominican Republic
For many children in the developing world, going to school is an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty that has trapped their families for decades.

Thanks to Resonate Global Mission partner Sinergia in the Dominican Republic, school was not only an opportunity for children Elvin and Kelvin to create a better life for themselves—school gave their mom hope, too.
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May 14, 2019
The Warmth of a Home and Community
With Nicaragua’s rainy season fast approaching, Luis and Alba Lopez knew their family was in a dire situation—their roof wouldn’t be able to withstand the rainstorms.

A family of four, the Lopezes lived in a small, cramped house. While Luis worked hard making and repairing shoes, he couldn’t afford materials for a new roof.
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May 13, 2019
God’s Unshakable Faithfulness
Last year a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook Hela Province, Papua New Guinea. Landslides destroyed villages, took the lives of many people, and left survivors buried in grief and fear.

“People were in shock,” said Jenny LeMahieu, a Resonate Global Mission missionary who serves as a Scripture-use facilitator with Wycliffe Bible Translators. “Various organizations came to hear their stories in order to give tarps or food. No one had come to talk about [the survivors’] emotional and spiritual pain.”

Not until Jenny and her team arrived.
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May 9, 2019
Finding Peace in God
Fred wanted to be in the driver’s seat of his own life, but then God intervened.
Finding God
“[Fred] has a very rough background,” said Bruce Gritter, pastor of The River Community Church in Edmonton, Alta., and a local mission leader for Resonate Global Mission. “Through the course of his life, he’s had some ups and downs. He told me: ‘Every time I try to drive the bus of my life, I end up in a ditch and get really stressed out.’”
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