SAMS Stories is a collection of works from our short and long-term missionaries out in the field, SAMS news, and other Christian outreach ministries we support.
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Whose Plan Is It, Anyway?
"A man makes his plans, but God directs his steps." Since January 2019, Roger and I have been living full time in Aguascalientes Mexico. Most of Roger’s service in that time has involved an unplanned appointment to the office of the Dean of Mexico. It wasn’t even...
New Program Launching for TCK Care of SAMS Families
The topic of third-culture kids (TCK) is like talking inside baseball. It’s a topic that most Christians have never heard of, much less considered, even if they do support missionaries. Yet, unlike change-ups and four-seam fastballs, it’s no game. It’s a dynamic that...
Kenya Connection continues discipleship work among students and parents in Kenya
Lucy Chaves is a SAMS Associate Missionary serving mostly in western Kenya in conjunction with Kenya Connection, a ministry that she leads. She recently was in Kenya meeting with ministry partners in three areas: Siaya County the primary town within the Diocese of...
Allen Gardiner: Charting the Course for the Global Mission of SAMS
“Grant O Lord, that we may be instrumental in commencing this great and blessed work; but should Thou see fit in Thy providence to hedge up our way, and that we should even languish and die here, I beseech Thee to raise up others and to send forth labourers into this...
Using Prayers of the Bible as Models for your Prayers (Part IV)
In this fourth part we continue with the premise from Part I, that much of the content of our prayers can wisely be modeled after the prayers we read in Scripture; and in this particular example, from Paul’s prayers in Colossians Chapter 1. (For a bit more context...
Using Prayers of the Bible as models for your Prayers (Part 3)
Part 3 In this third part, we continue with the premise from Part I, that much of the content of our prayers can wisely be modeled after the prayers we read in Scripture, and in this particular example, from Paul’s prayers in Colossians Chapter 1. (For a bit more...