Journals

Written by Michael Hayward, AJM Missionary You’ve done all you can to follow as you see Him leading, and yet, despite your efforts and sacrifice, you see no fruit. You pray and ask for God to move—to give some encouragement—but the silence leaves you questioning whether you’ve done the right thing, if you’re in the […]

Written by Jenissa Gonzalez, AJM Missionary Church traditions and spiritual disciplines have never been a big part of my faith journey. I never really had examples of what it looked like to live a disciplined life for Jesus. I always thought that if I simply prayed for discipline, I would magically have it, instead of

Written by Lindsey Smith, Missionary Care Team Member God is a Faithful Provider. One of the amazing things about testimonies is how they inspire others to take steps of faith. They encourage people to think, If God worked in this person’s life, why not mine too? I experienced this first hand recently. Lately, God has

Written by Lindsey Smith, Missionary Care Team Member Call me a nonconformist, but when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions, I like to do things a little differently. Yes, I set a few goals for the year, but a practice that I’ve grown fond of over the last five years is praying that God would

Written by Annie torres, Missionary to Peru For many of us, ministry is a bittersweet journey—overflowing with the incredible joy of witnessing lives transformed by Jesus, yet also marked by the deep sorrow of seeing countless others choose to abandon their walk with Him. But today, I want to share a brief testimony to encourage

Written by Sara Tanuma, Missionary to Oakdale, California I have proof for myself that God loves me and knows me. He knows me better than anyone else.  This is something I always believed in my head growing up, but I never believed with my heart. I never really believed until when I was around 18. 

Written by Ally Turner, Missionary to Oakdale, California You know what’s pretty funny about being heavily involved in a ministry that’s all about coffee? The fact that I don’t really drink coffee and don’t really know anything about the coffee world. It doesn’t agree with my body most times and I don’t want to be

Written by Bella Vanderwall, Missionary to Oakdale, California The A Jesus Mission headquarters in Modesto, CA also serves as a home for 11 people. It’s a 4-bedroom house with a small apartment above the garage on about an acre of land. Plus a barn, storage shed, and tool shed in the large backyard where ministry

Written by Ally Turner, Missionary to Oakdale, California Giving up your dreams to follow God’s will I was pretty set on what I wanted to do for my career. I wanted to help people. Specifically I wanted to be a sexual abuse counselor because of the many lives I have seen damaged by it. Shed

Written by Nicolas Anthony, Missionary to Oakdale, California Have you ever really needed God? By that I mean, have you ever had a moment where things would have gone from bad to worse without God clearly intervening, providing, and guiding? I have. Quite honestly, I now have a few moments like that which were fully