Tentmakers’ Stories

“Lord, I want to serve You. I know this unexpected job offer in the Middle East is really a call from You. I don’t know… Read More »Beginning Shy

“Where do babies come from?”   That question tends to stop any young parent dead in their tracks.  “Where?”  The parent answers slowly, stalling for time… Read More »Tentmakers Are Born

God’s Word weaves itself all the way through Christina’s testimony, serving as landmarks in her taming experience.   I arrived here in the Middle East… Read More »The Lion Is Tamed

Mariam is a nurse, a MENA Total Employment tentmaker serving in a closed country for over 14 years.  She shares a brief window here into the countless… Read More »I Love My Job

Because I fast once a week, people at work notice. Of course someone will ask why.  That gives me the opportunity to explain that fasting is in… Read More »Intention. Interest. Interaction.

Every profession offers different opportunities to reach out and connect.  Sometimes it’s on-the-job contact, sometimes it’s intentional street contact.  All the time, God is present… Read More »Unconventional Connections

I remember the morning I had a little patient 8 months old.  He had had open heart surgery and had been in the intensive coronary… Read More »Sharing Peace

It was Sabbath afternoon. I sat quietly in a near-empty convention center hall contemplating my experience of the past three days of the youth congress.   I… Read More »He Brought Me Here

I stepped into the room, completely at ease and expecting a good morning.  I had been in my host country for over a year and… Read More »The Difference