Picture It Custom Blog • 22nd July 2020

How to Construct the Perfect Gallery Wall

Gallery walls create a fun, visual adventure with your home decor. But they often intimidate novice decorators because of their potential for looking messy. Thankfully, you don’t need a professional eye to construct the perfect gallery wall.

TEAM Blog • 21st July 2020

Should You Pursue Missions During COVID-19?

COVID-19 is changing how missionaries work and where they're allowed to travel. But does that mean you should put your plans for cross-cultural ministry on hold?

TEAM Blog • 17th July 2020

The Ranch Where Heaven Meets Earth

You don’t find Rancho el Camino without a bit of determination. Driving away from the beautiful beaches of La Paz, Mexico, you take the highway to the outskirts of town and turn sharply onto a dusty, bumpy, gravel road. But as you draw closer, you may just sense what has attracted so many people before you.

Picture It Custom Blog • 22nd June 2020

Awesome Gifts for Awesome Dads

This Father’s Day, skip the cheesy tie and surprise Dad with a gift as unique as him. We pulled together our favorite custom Father’s Day gifts, sure to melt his heart and let him know how much he means to you.

Picture It Custom Blog • 22nd June 2020

How to Take Better Cell Phone Pictures

The good news is, you don’t need fancy equipment or training to take a frame-worthy photo. Here’s how to take better cell phone pictures in four easy steps!

TEAM Blog • 22nd May 2020

Preparing for Missions During COVID-19

COVID-19 has forced us to adapt and live our lives in ways we never have before — kind of like missionaries. Turns out, preparing for missions during COVID-19 has big advantages.

TEAM Blog • 14th May 2020

Hope Amid Death: COVID-19 Ministry in Latin America

When the new coronavirus turned into a pandemic, a lot of people wondered, “Will COVID-19 put global missions on hold?” And while missions does look a bit different these days, we’re happy to report that God is still working to transform lives.

TEAM Blog • 22nd April 2020

Helping Missionary Kids Thrive on Home Assignment

For most of us, missionary kids are an anomaly of life. They come to our churches for a year or a single Sunday while their parents are on home assignment. But we can play a valuable role of support in their lives.

TEAM Blog • 26th February 2020

8 Ways to Serve Missionaries Coming Home

Ask missionaries about coming home, and they may describe the process as traumatic, painful or even “worse than going overseas.” Find out why and how you can help.

TEAM Blog • 21st August 2019

Bitter Enemies Reunited in Christ

On Sunday mornings, Libia and Julio don’t look like anything special. Just two close friends worshiping God, maybe imagining their future together. You would never guess that they were bitter enemies for five long years.

TEAM Blog • 7th August 2019

12 Job Skills Missionaries Gain on the Mission Field

Many missionaries return from the field with no idea how to jump back into the secular workforce. This practical article explores the top missionary skills business leaders want in employees.

TEAM Blog • 24th May 2019

How to Find a Job After the Mission Field

When it comes to missions, most of us think about getting to the field and thriving there. In the midst of all that excitement, it can be hard to plan for after the mission field.

TEAM Blog • 10th May 2019

When Missionaries Leave Adult Children Behind

If Jocelyn Potter and her boyfriend didn’t get engaged and married in the next four months, they would have to wait years to try again. That is, if they wanted Jocelyn’s parents to be there instead of in the Zimbabwean bush.

TEAM Blog • 8th November 2018

Living the Psalms: A Persecuted Christian's Story

If you want to know what it feels like to be a persecuted Christian, read the Psalms. At least, that’s what Serena, a young believer from the Middle East, says in this exclusive interview.

TEAM Blog • 17th September 2018

When It Comes to Missions, God Can Use Your Baby Steps

Everyone thought Kiersten Hutchinson was the perfect missionary candidate. And that’s what Kiersten thought, too. Until it was actually time for her first two-year assignment.

TEAM Blog • 28th August 2018

Where Do I Send My Missionary Kid to School? [FREE Download]

Deciding how to educate your kids can be overwhelming for any parent. But put that parent on the mission field, and you have a whole new level of stress.

TEAM • 20th June 2018

‘All This Will End’: A Refugee’s Story

As a single mom to nine kids, Amal knew hardship. But nothing could prepare her for the devastation she'd face when Syria went to war. Photo by TEAM It had been three days since Amal* lost her son in a bombing outside Aleppo. Not lost as in dead. Lost. Missing. Gone. Kadan was playing in the street with his friends when a plane dropped a bomb on them. It killed two children and shot shrapnel through 11-year-old Kadan’s abdomen. Kadan’s brother ran home to tell the family, but Amal wasn’t home

TEAM Blog • 27th March 2018

7 Secrets to Being a Missionary in Your Golden Years

How old is too old to be a missionary? Is there really an ideal missionary age? Senior TEAM missionaries share their experiences.

TEAM Blog • 8th March 2018

Why the Church’s Future is Written in Spanish

If you want to know where the Church is growing, don’t look to your local seeker-friendly, hipster church. According to TEAM missionary Justin Burkholder, the best place to look is in a Pentecostal service… in Latin America.

TEAM Blog • 21st December 2017

Persecuted for a Book He Didn’t Believe

Iranian refugee Hamid used to travel the world searching for truth. Little did he know what that would ultimately cost him.