Journals

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