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André* did not want to live anymore.

But then he met Jesus.

Resonate Global Mission missionaries Pablo and Sheryl Canché partner with a ministry in Mexico City, Mexico, that serves people who live on the streets. Pablo noticed André one day while they were singing songs in the park where André spent much of his time—his clothes were dirty, he had a bottle of whisky in his hand, and he stared listlessly at the ground while mumbling to himself.

Pablo sat down beside André and asked him how he was doing.

“I hate this life,” André said.

Fatim* and her family live in a village in West Africa that had known only Islam for more than a century—until Resonate Global Mission missionary Gwen* moved in and began sharing the gospel.

Fatim was just 10 years old when Gwen moved into her village. While many families were resistant to Christianity’s new teachings, Fatim’s mother was curious about the newcomer and her faith.

Resonate Global Mission volunteer Pat Voetberg spent eight days in Obule, Uganda, and brought home a new way to pray.

“We here, especially in [my community] West Michigan, are often so careful,” said Pat. “We don’t want to say too much. We don’t want to be too vulnerable. Sometimes our culture really keeps us from expressing our faith.”

“Did this trip change my life? Not in the past tense, no. It’s changing my life.”

Emily Van Gerpen wrote that sentence more than a year ago when she reflected on her service-learning trip to Nicaragua in June 2017 with Resonate Global Mission and Dispatch Project. But her statement is more true today than it was then: just a few months ago, she quit her job, ended the lease on her apartment early, and moved away from family and friends to return to school and pursue a career as a counselor.