Check out this compilation of photos from Saltshaker 2017 to India and Bhutan. Each photo has a short caption below it submitted by one of the Saltshaker 2017 team members. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="16" exclusions="84,85,86" …
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Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #15: Final Reflections and Reports
Saltshaker 2017 Final Reflections and Reports The entire Saltshaker team was challenged in so many ways in both Bhutan and India. It is not easy to be a Christian in either of these countries. Americans don't have to chose between their life, family, job, or social standing and the gospel. We met …
Top 10 Reasons To Go On A Saltshaker Mission Trip
Top 10 Reasons To Go On A Saltshaker Mission Trip Written by the Saltshaker 2017 Team that went to India and Bhutan. 1. Grow in life maturity. The Saltshaker trip helps you learn how to cope and endure suffering. It gives you an understanding of how others live and how to affirm …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #14
July 5, 2017 Don't stop praying for Saltshaker 2017! Our team just arrived in Chicago at 6:05am Thursday morning weary, tired, and jet lagged from all the travel. But Saltshaker 2017 is not over yet. We have started and will continue the hard and important work of debriefing, …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #13
We landed in Kolkata around 4 in the afternoon on Tuesday where we were eventually greeted by D.K. and Choity. From there we drove to Seva Kendra (our Catholic mission guest house) and dropped off our bags before going to dinner. We drove across town and went to a really nice restaurant. D.K. said …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #12
July 3-4 First off, being in Bhutan the past couple days has been one of the greatest honors of my life. The entire Tamang family has been so inspiring and challenging to me in their example of ministry. Bhutan truly has been a blessing to me. I have loved seeing the beauty and …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #10
July 1 This morning we woke up and had our morning devotion like every morning but this morning it was especially needed. We were reminded that our strength comes from the Joy of the Lord, that He is calling us into a life of deep intimacy with him in every moment. We reflected on what those things …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #11
July 2 Today we woke up a little earlier so that we could go see the biggest Buddha in the world before church. Seeing the giant statue of the Buddha was crazy, but it broke my heart seeing people worship a statue, rather than the real true God. We then went to our first church service …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #9
June 30 After making the rigorous 4 hour journey by every form of transportation that exists back from Bali Island, we finally arrived in Kolkata around supper time. From there, we took some taxis and headed to a mall. The traffic was especially crazy that night because even though the mall was not …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #8
Friday morning we woke up super early in Kolkata to go to the airport to catch our international flight. The flight was short and had a windy, bumpy landing on the short mountain runway. We arrived at our destination and traveled an hour from the airport to the capital city and checked into the …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #7
Greetings, On Wednesday morning we left for the island of Gosaba. We boarded a public train that was completely packed. After the train, we rode a van. The boys got to ride on top of the van. We then boarded a boat that crossed the Indian Ocean Bay to the island of Gosaba. We …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #6
After the tour, we boarded a night train in Malada at 9 p.m. We slept through the night in the sleeper cars and arrived in Kolkata at 7 a.m. After resting a while and trying to recover from what we called "train lag" (like jet lag but from a train) we went on a search for breakfast. We found a …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #5
Monday morning we had our last breakfast at Golden Park Hotel in Malda. Lynnelle Bogan led devotion and she asked us to share blessings we have or blessings we have discovered during our time here in India. After devotion time we drove to a Santali village, among whom we have several Friends …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #4
Saturday was a somewhat relaxed day. We met at the office after breakfast and had team devotions and then left for the train station to go to Malda. I had never ridden in a train before so it was a really cool experience for me! The trip was about 6 hours and it was a wild …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #3
Friday morning started out very hot and humid (as normal). We had a breakfast of boiled eggs, bread, bananas, and a hot spicy soup (again). We then have a team-lead devotion, sing songs as a group, pray, and process what we have seen through out the trip so far. After breakfast we got onto a …
Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Update #2
Monday morning we (the US portion of the Saltshaker team) gathered in Wichita for a day of orientation. It was a long day filled with lots of information such as the history of India and Bhutan and common customs and practices. One thing we learned was that in India they have tea 4-5 …
Updates from EFM
Lazarus John, pastor of the Sudanese Evangelical Friends Church in Omaha, Nebraska, is currently on a two-month exploration trip to South Sudan and the border city of Gambella, Ethiopia (Gambella is ethnically Sudanese and a stable base for operations). He is visiting leaders who have been …
Meet the Team | Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan
Official Saltshaker 2017 Team Picture from Orientation on June 19 held at University Friends Church in Wichita, KS Meet the Saltshaker 2017 India/Bhutan Team! Please pray for our EFC-MAYM Saltshaker 2017 mission trip team headed to serve this summer in India/Bhutan. The team requests prayer support …
Twaddells Raising Support in EFCMAYM | March-June
EFM Missionaries Roy and Jinky Twaddell are living in Haviland, KS for the next 4 months as they complete their deputation and support raising to prepare to go as missionaries to the Philippines to do ministry among Muslims. They are available March through June to speak in EFC-MAYM churches and to …
Announcement | EFM Office
For some time we at Evangelical Friends Mission (EFM) have been asking a crucial question: How can EFM be better structured to mobilize Evangelical Friends worldwide to carry out the Great Commission of Jesus Christ? At its meetings last November the Board gave Dan Cammack, Executive …
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