Missions Changed My Life
212 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGet ready to celebrate God’s call to GO! Here comes your weekly dose of courage for the missionary in all of us. Buckle up! You’re going to hear amazing stories of radical transformation by actual mission trip participants from around the world. Every episode includes an inspiring word from God crafted just for you! We take you right inside 20+ years of real life mission trip devotional moments in India. If that is not enough, every week we will be sharing practical tools to empower & equip you as God uses missions to change your life.
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MCML Podcast E75: Latrice and Team Mama Bear Special Forces in India
April 20, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36 MBMCML Podcast E75: Latrice and Team Mama Bear Special Forces in India In 2015, a group of 6 women, including Latrice, went on a mission trip to India. It was a huge risk and sacrifice for a group of moms to go over, say goodbye to their loved ones, in order to minister to God's children who were fatherless and motherless. Although she was concerned at leaving her kid at that time, It was the peace of God that carried her through. She thought that going on a mission trip, she would ministe...
MCML Podcast E74: Brooke Franke's Exhilarating Missions Experience
April 13, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBMCML Podcast E74: Brooke Franke's Exhilarating Missions Experience For Brooke, her mission trip to India is by far one of the landmark events in her life. In 2018, a group of students went to Hyderabad to serve and love on the children. It opened her eyes to how blessed she is and how she can use that to help others share God's love to people who haven't had the opportunities that she has. Find out why that mission trip made her more grateful and appreciative of the things tha...
MCML Podcast E74: Brooke Franke’s Exhilarating Missions Experience
April 13, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBMCML Podcast E74: Brooke Franke's Exhilarating Missions Experience For Brooke, her mission trip to India is by far one of the landmark events in her life. In 2018, a group of students went to Hyderabad to serve and love on the children. It opened her eyes to how blessed she is and how she can use that to help others share God's love to people who haven't had the opportunities that she has. Find out why that mission trip made her more grateful and appreciative of the things that she’s g...
MCML Podcast E73: Bryan Returns to India to Pick His Heart Up
April 06, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBBryan shares an extraordinary story about how that first mission trip to India impacts him a lot even to this day. He was so overwhelmed by the kids’ passion and ability to love anyone and because of that, he’s always wanted to come back. But God had a different plan. Bryan left his heart in India in 2014. Went back in 2017. Picked it up and brought India home in the form of a little girl they adopted. In this episode: How he found out about the trip to India in 2014 How the team was fo...
MCML Podcast E72: Praying John 17 GHI’s Monthly International Call to Prayer
March 30, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBMCML Podcast E72: Praying John 17 GHI's Monthly International Call to Prayer In this MCML Podcast Episode #72 we invite you to join in on one of Global Hope India's monthly International Call of Prayer gatherings. This previously recorded zoom call was attended by brothers and sisters in Christ from different parts of the world. They come together to pray through John 17 over the nations. Allow the heart of God for the world unleashed in your heart as we pray. In this episode: Prayer f...
MCML Podcast E72: Praying John 17 GHI's Monthly International Call to Prayer
March 30, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBMCML Podcast E72: Praying John 17 GHI's Monthly International Call to Prayer In this MCML Podcast Episode #72 we invite you to join in on one of Global Hope India's monthly International Call of Prayer gatherings. This previously recorded zoom call was attended by brothers and sisters in Christ from different parts of the world. They come together to pray through John 17 over the nations. Allow the heart of God for the world unleashed in your heart as we pray. In this episode: ...
Nolan and the Fire of Missions
March 23, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBJoin us as Nolan shares about his 2 mission trips to India and how he felt the fire of God throughout the whole experience.
MCML Podcast E71: Nolan and the Fire of Missions
March 23, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBMCML Podcast E71: Nolan and the Fire of Missions Nolan, a former Director of Operations for GHI, now a member of the Board of Global Hope India, has been to India 2 times for a Mission trip. Discover how the journey was for him and how the Lord showed his miracle and worked so mightily in ways they had never seen before. In this episode: His married life and career His first mission trip to Orissa, India in 2017 How his faith was challenged What the Lord impressed in his heart Wow...
Frank's Mission Trip to Freedom
March 16, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBFrank shares about his experience in the mission field in India in 2013.
MCML Podcast E70: Frank’s Mission Trip to Freedom
March 16, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBIn 2013, Frank and his team from Colorado went on a mission trip to India. They did so many things like doing Kids Jam in an orphanage, planting mango trees in a remote village and attending a pastors’ meeting. Find out how this whole wonderful experience has impacted Frank’s life. In this episode: Frank’s current life living in Arizona Where his team went What they did How the team came together The challenging journey to India The funny experiences with the team His biggest adju...
MCML Podcast E70: Frank's Mission Trip to Freedom
March 16, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBIn 2013, Frank and his team from Colorado went on a mission trip to India. They did so many things like doing Kids Jam in an orphanage, planting mango trees in a remote village and attending a pastors’ meeting. Find out how this whole wonderful experience has impacted Frank’s life. In this episode: Frank’s current life living in Arizona Where his team went What they did How the team came together The challenging journey to India The funny experiences with the team His big...
MCML Podcast E69: Kevin’s Brave Soul Story
March 09, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBKevin, a public school teacher in Alabama shares his experience in working with the children’s ministries in Mumbai India Summary: From teaching children in America to imparting love and joy to the children of India, Kevin, a sixth grade Social Studies teacher in Alabama spent a week in Mumbai India to serve a local children’s ministries. Hesitant at first and made several excuses not to go, Kevin finally heed God’s call to go and braved his way to India. Find out how his first miss...
Kevin's Brave Soul Story
March 09, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBFrom teaching children in America to imparting love and joy to the children of India, Kevin, a sixth grade Social Studies teacher in Alabama spent a week in Mumbai India to serve a local children’s ministries. Hesitant at first and made several excuses not to go, Kevin finally heed God’s call to go and braved his way to India.
MCML Podcast E69: Kevin's Brave Soul Story
March 09, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBKevin, a public school teacher in Alabama shares his experience in working with the children’s ministries in Mumbai India Summary: From teaching children in America to imparting love and joy to the children of India, Kevin, a sixth grade Social Studies teacher in Alabama spent a week in Mumbai India to serve a local children’s ministries. Hesitant at first and made several excuses not to go, Kevin finally heed God’s call to go and braved his way to India. Find out how his f...
MCML Podcast E68: Pat’s Story of Outreach in the Red Light District of Mumbai
March 02, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBIn 2017, Pat and 6 other women went to India for a mission trip to serve alongside Pastor Minaj, a local Pastor, with his ministry which was directly in support of the women, children, elderly and sick people in a very poor area that was in the red light district of Navi Mumbai. Find out how that experience gave her a whole additional perspective of what it means to serve and to be self sacrificing. In this episode: Describes her 2020 as very traumatic for her and her family The purpose ...
Pat's Story of Outreach in the Red Light District of Mumbai
March 02, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBPat shares about her experience during her mission trip to the Red light District of Mumbai.
MCML Podcast E68: Pat's Story of Outreach in the Red Light District of Mumbai
March 02, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBIn 2017, Pat and 6 other women went to India for a mission trip to serve alongside Pastor Minaj, a local Pastor, with his ministry which was directly in support of the women, children, elderly and sick people in a very poor area that was in the red light district of Navi Mumbai. Find out how that experience gave her a whole additional perspective of what it means to serve and to be self sacrificing. In this episode: Describes her 2020 as very traumatic for her and her family The...
MCML Podcast E67: GHI's International Call to Prayer
February 23, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBWhile we at Global Hope India have a special place in our heart for India, we must never forget that Jesus loves the whole world and we dedicate this episode to that love. We pray for everyone, not just those in India, not just the wonderful people listening to this podcast, but to the entire world. Nothing describes God’s love for the entire world than John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” We pray to thank Him for His love and guidance. We pra...
MCML Podcast E67: GHI’s International Call to Prayer
February 23, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBWhile we at Global Hope India have a special place in our heart for India, we must never forget that Jesus loves the whole world and we dedicate this episode to that love. We pray for everyone, not just those in India, not just the wonderful people listening to this podcast, but to the entire world. Nothing describes God’s love for the entire world than John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” We pray to thank Him for His love and guidance. We pray to show...
GHI's International Call to Prayer
February 23, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBIn this episode, we pray for everyone to show our love, gratitude and trust to God.
MCML Podcast E66: Hunter & Red Light District
February 16, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBIt has been a year and a half since Hunter has been to India due to the pandemic but his heart continues to beat for missions as, with the wisdom and insight given to him by our Lord, his next step is now seminary. He has all the trust in God that the knowledge he learned during his time in India will be used to further His goal and His calling in Hunter’s life for missions. During his mission trips to India, Hunter has been to the red light district of India in Mumbai. For him, the people ...
Hunter & Red Light District
February 16, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBHunter shares to us how he is continuing his love for missions in 2021 and his experience in the red light district.
Pastor Manoj - Red Light District Update
February 09, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBFor this Valentine special, Pastor Manoj shares with us the special project this February for the women and their children of the Red Light District of Mumbai.
MCML Podcast E65: Pastor Manoj - Red Light District Update
February 09, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBThe red light district was usually very crowded and the women there would have plenty of business. But when the pandemic began to grow, their business dropped down to absolutely nothing, leaving them unable to provide for themselves and their families. More than 200 women and their families were struggling. The government tried to help by providing ration to the people under the poverty line everywhere but most of the women in the red light district did not have any legal documents which wou...
Pastor Manoj - Priya is Healed!
February 02, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBPastor Manoj gives us an update on how Priya’s treatment was going.
MCML Podcast E64: Pastor Manoj - Priya is Healed!
February 02, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBIn early 2020, Pastor Manoj and his family kept themselves busy exercising, walking, continuing with their daily life with God’s presence. Priya was also fasting for 40 days and would skip 1 meal a day as part of a diet program. She began to lose weight very rapidly and they initially thought that was a good thing until, last July, she seemed to be going into a very severe case of diarrhea. They tried the prescription the doctors gave her but nothing worked. They even tried having her drink ...
MCML Podcast E63: God Answers Prayer - Interview with Pastor Pongom Part 2
January 26, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBAs of January 2021, by the grace of God, life is almost back to normal. Although there are still some restrictions in the city, churches are actually coming together like before for worship with some precautions taken however, as NCF does not have their own church building, they had been asked to not come together for the months to come. Other than that, they were allowed to travel, conduct marriages and baptism. Except for being unable to come together for SUnday worship service, life is ac...
God Answers Prayer - Interview with Pastor Pongom Part 2
January 26, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBIn this second half of this two-part interview, Pastor Pongom shares with us how life is today in Pune, India as a result of the global pandemic.
God Answers Prayer - Interview with Pastor Pongom Part 1
January 19, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBIn the first part of this 2-part interview, Pastor Pongom shares to us how one of the hardest challenges he had ever faced showed him God’s love.
MCML Podcast E62: God Answers Prayer - Interview with Pastor Pongom Part 1
January 19, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MB2020 was a year full of challenges as Pastor Pongom attest with the challenges he and his family faced that year. His son, Theodore, was born in 2020 with his lungs not fully developed. The doctors did not see anything wrong but Pastor Pongom and his family still took all the precaution they could. His son’s condition worsened, an infection in his underdeveloped lungs was spreading and no medicine or treatment was working. The hospital the boy was in didn’t even have the right facilities to ...
MCML Podcast E61: Pastor B's Story Part 2 - 20 Churches in 2020
January 12, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBPastor B didn’t know why but he had always had this desire to plant churches. He first had the desire implanted in him while he was visiting one of the villages and he was lying on his bed after praying when, all of a sudden, the number 20 flashed twice in front of his eyes. He didn’t know what it meant so he started praying very seriously, asking God what it was about, what 2020 meant. Around 2012 - 2013 was the time he began to develop the desire to plant churches and, after prayi...
Pastor B's Story Part 2 - 20 Churches in 2020
January 12, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this second part of a two-part episode, Pastor B shares to us how he got his vision of planting 20 churches in India and how things have been in India during 2020.
MCML Podcast E61: Pastor B’s Story Part 2 - 20 Churches in 2020
January 12, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBPastor B didn’t know why but he had always had this desire to plant churches. He first had the desire implanted in him while he was visiting one of the villages and he was lying on his bed after praying when, all of a sudden, the number 20 flashed twice in front of his eyes. He didn’t know what it meant so he started praying very seriously, asking God what it was about, what 2020 meant. Around 2012 - 2013 was the time he began to develop the desire to plant churches and, after praying for we...
Pastor B's Story Part 1 - A Great Miracle That Changed A Life
January 05, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this first part of a two part episode, Pastor B shares to us the event that led him to serving God.
MCML Podcast E60: Pastor B's Story Part 1 - A Great Miracle That Changed A Life
January 05, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBPastor B was born in a Christian family but he has never been a Christian and never considered himself to have a personal relationship with Jesus. When he was 20 years old, he became very sick and the doctors could not find out why when his parents took him to the hospital. The doctors asked his parents to admit him to the hospital for observation but his mother said that they would take him home and just pray for him. He was taken home and was bedridden for days while his mother ke...
MCML Podcast E60: Pastor B’s Story Part 1 - A Great Miracle That Changed A Life
January 05, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBPastor B was born in a Christian family but he has never been a Christian and never considered himself to have a personal relationship with Jesus. When he was 20 years old, he became very sick and the doctors could not find out why when his parents took him to the hospital. The doctors asked his parents to admit him to the hospital for observation but his mother said that they would take him home and just pray for him. He was taken home and was bedridden for days while his mother kept prayin...
MCML Podcast E59: 2020-2021 GHI Update w/ Kevin, Kourtney, & Justin
December 29, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MB2020 has been a very eventful year for everyone. So many things have changed due to COVID19 and we have all been affected by it, some more than others. During this time last year, Pastor Kevin and Justin were still in India with Justin’s family but, with travel being heavily restricted, these mission trips have also changed. Yet Global Hope India continued on for it had seemed like God had been preparing us because we went virtual in 2019. We were prepared technology-wise and we continued to...
2020-2021 GHI Update w/ Kevin, Kourtney, & Justin
December 29, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBJoin Pastor Kevin, Kourtney and Justin as they talk about what has happened to them for the year 2020.
MCML Podcast E58: Prayer
December 22, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBPrayer has always been a core value of Global Hope India. We believe that we work but, when we pray, God works. The prayer in this episode is connected to the entirety of John 17. In this specific Bible chapter, Jesus prays to God before His betrayal and crucifixion. Pastor Kevin emphasizes how Jesus prayed for three things: He prayed for our protection. He prayed for our sanctification that we would each live for the glory of Lord for his purposes. And Jesus prayed for unity by the grace...
Prayer
December 22, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBCome join Pastor Kevin as he prays over India, Global Hope India and all of us.
MCML Podcast E57: Henry's Story Part 2 - No Limit
December 15, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBHenry’s mission trips to India holds a special place in his heart. He had developed deep and long-lasting friendships during his trip and he considers it his best experience out of all his mission trips. It was a grueling trip to get there but it was also one of the most exciting for him, even all the hoops and hurdles they had to go through to get there. God kept putting on him and, when they got there, it was a totally different culture and a different way of life. India had a hu...
Henry's Story Part 2 - No Limit
December 15, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBIn the second part of our two part episode with Henry, he shares his experience in his mission trip in India.
MCML Podcast E56: Henry's Story Part 1 - Reaching Out Through Art
December 08, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBHenry is a self-employed home improvement contractor from Raleigh, North Carolina where he is the owner and operator of his business. He and his wife attend Hope Community Church and they serve in the family ministry and the church’s Homefront outreach ministry. He is known as Mr Fix It and has built luxurious million dollar homes and God has used his hands and the skills that have been given to him on the mission field over in India. When there came a time when he and his wife were...
Henry's Story Part 1 - Reaching Out Through Art
December 08, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBIn this first part of a two-part episode, Henry shares how God captured his art and led him with a life of having a living relationship with Him.
Crystal's Story - A Wide World and Family
December 01, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBCrystal shares to us how her different mission trips helped open her eyes to the wide world.
MCML Podcast E55: Crystal's Story - A Wide World and Family
December 01, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBCrystal’s a dental assistant, in Midland, Texas, and she actually works for the Midland Dentistry For Kids. She goes to Mid Cities Church and she’s a Sunday School teacher there as well. She has a twin and has been married ever since coming back from India with Global Hope India. Crystal has been to five different countries on mission trips, one of which was India with Global Hope India. On her mission trip to India, her team went to a deaf school and she got to teach there. She wa...
Dylan's Story - High School Mission Trip Experience
November 24, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBDylan shares his experience with his high school mission trip with Global Hope India.
MCML Podcast E54: Dylan's Story - High School Mission Trip Experience
November 24, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBDylan was born in Plano, Texas and is currently living in Holly Springs, North Carolina. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married for one and a half years. Dylan is a graduate from NC State University. He and Lisa attend Hope Community Church. Dylan was part of the military and is now a police officer with the city of Raleigh as part of the Community Engagement and Services Division. He and his wife are also COVID survivors. It had not been a great experience but it did help bring t...
Ken's Story - A Connection with the Families
November 17, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBKen and his wife, Anita, show how a single mission trip can help both the children and their parents.
MCML Podcast E53: Ken's Story - A Connection with the Families
November 17, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBKen was born and raised in Taylorsville, North Carolina. Ken has been a board member twice, serving his second term at the moment. He is married to Anita and they have been to India with Gloal Hope India. They have three daughters and six grandchildren. He holds a Bachelor’s in Business from UNC and he and his wife worship at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. He and his wife are both Youth Sunday teachers and Ken is also a deacon there. He is also a CPA and managing partner with Stancil ...