From Every Nation

What happens when a Spanish class, a watchful RA, and a missions conference set your life on a course you never planned? We sit down with Heath and Jessica to unpack a story that moves from dorm-room discipleship to a two-year Journeyman assignment in Krakow, Poland—complete with the tensions, prayers, and providences that got them there.

If you’ve wondered whether two focused years overseas could reshape your faith, your career, and your courage, this conversation offers a clear path forward. Whether you’re a student, a young professional, or a church leader, you’ll find concrete insight on discerning calling, aligning a marriage around mission, and serving in a way that strengthens both the global church and your home church. Listen, share with someone wrestling through next steps, and consider what obedience might look like for you.

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What happens when a Spanish class, a watchful RA, and a missions conference set your life on a course you never planned? We sit down with Heath and Jessica to unpack a story that moves from dorm-room discipleship to a two-year Journeyman assignment in Krakow, Poland—complete with the tensions, prayers, and providences that got them there.

If you’ve wondered whether two focused years overseas could reshape your faith, your career, and your courage, this conversation offers a clear path forward. Whether you’re a student, a young professional, or a church leader, you’ll find concrete insight on discerning calling, aligning a marriage around mission, and serving in a way that strengthens both the global church and your home church. Listen, share with someone wrestling through next steps, and consider what obedience might look like for you.

Text us questions or topics to discuss.

What happens when God redirects the comfortable path you've planned? For Justin and Wynonna Kunis, it meant trading Oklahoma youth ministry for leading mission work in Asia and North Africa—a transformation neither could have imagined when they met at Oklahoma Baptist University in the 1990s.

"If you had told one or both of us that we were going to spend most of our adult lives overseas, one or both of us would have turned and walked down the aisle the other way," Wynonna confesses. Their journey reveals how God often works gradually in hearts that are willing, even reluctant at first.

Their story powerfully demonstrates that ministry isn't about our plans but about service. As Justin taught his youth group: "We don't come to be served, but to serve." This principle has guided them through eighteen years of cross-cultural ministry and countless lives transformed by the gospel.

What unexpected journey might God be preparing for you? Sometimes the greatest adventures begin with the plans we never imagined for ourselves.

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What happens when God redirects the comfortable path you've planned? For Justin and Wynonna Kunis, it meant trading Oklahoma youth ministry for leading mission work in Asia and North Africa—a transformation neither could have imagined when they met at Oklahoma Baptist University in the 1990s.

"If you had told one or both of us that we were going to spend most of our adult lives overseas, one or both of us would have turned and walked down the aisle the other way," Wynonna confesses. Their journey reveals how God often works gradually in hearts that are willing, even reluctant at first.

Their story powerfully demonstrates that ministry isn't about our plans but about service. As Justin taught his youth group: "We don't come to be served, but to serve." This principle has guided them through eighteen years of cross-cultural ministry and countless lives transformed by the gospel.

What unexpected journey might God be preparing for you? Sometimes the greatest adventures begin with the plans we never imagined for ourselves.

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What happens when you venture to the edge of lostness, seeking people who've never heard the gospel? June's journey with Project 3000 reveals both challenges and unexpected joys on the frontline of missions.

Called to missions at age 10, but it wasn’t until college that God used experiences, mentorship, and divine nudges, to eventually draw June to the International Mission Board's innovative Project 3000 program. This initiative targets the approximately 3,000 unreached and unengaged people groups remaining worldwide.

Unlike traditional missionary assignments, June's role took her across South Asia on a perpetual cycle of research and discovery. Working alongside national partners who provided translation and cultural guidance, she navigated remote villages to mega cities searching for unreached unengaged groups with the gospel.

Whether you're considering cross-cultural missions or simply curious about how God works in the least-reached places on earth, June's story offer both inspiration and practical insights into modern missions strategy. Listen now to discover how God is using young adults to map the final frontiers of global evangelism.

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What happens when you venture to the edge of lostness, seeking people who've never heard the gospel? June's journey with Project 3000 reveals both challenges and unexpected joys on the frontline of missions.

Called to missions at age 10, but it wasn’t until college that God used experiences, mentorship, and divine nudges, to eventually draw June to the International Mission Board's innovative Project 3000 program. This initiative targets the approximately 3,000 unreached and unengaged people groups remaining worldwide.

Unlike traditional missionary assignments, June's role took her across South Asia on a perpetual cycle of research and discovery. Working alongside national partners who provided translation and cultural guidance, she navigated remote villages to mega cities searching for unreached unengaged groups with the gospel.

Whether you're considering cross-cultural missions or simply curious about how God works in the least-reached places on earth, June's story offer both inspiration and practical insights into modern missions strategy. Listen now to discover how God is using young adults to map the final frontiers of global evangelism.

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What happens when two college sweethearts leave behind a thriving American ministry to reach an unreached people group in Southeast Asia? Greg and Sarah’s journey to the remote mountains of Thailand began with a quiet, persistent conviction from Scripture.

Through tearful prayers, hard questions, and a willingness to obey, they followed God’s call to the Palong. From creating solar-powered audio Bibles for an illiterate population to discipling a former drug addict whose family helped turn a Buddhist temple into a church, their story is a powerful example of how God works through ordinary people in extraordinary ways.

This episode offers honest insight into the joys and struggles of pioneer missions, and a compelling invitation to step into God’s global mission today.

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What happens when two college sweethearts leave behind a thriving American ministry to reach an unreached people group in Southeast Asia? Greg and Sarah’s journey to the remote mountains of Thailand began with a quiet, persistent conviction from Scripture.

Through tearful prayers, hard questions, and a willingness to obey, they followed God’s call to the Palong. From creating solar-powered audio Bibles for an illiterate population to discipling a former drug addict whose family helped turn a Buddhist temple into a church, their story is a powerful example of how God works through ordinary people in extraordinary ways.

This episode offers honest insight into the joys and struggles of pioneer missions, and a compelling invitation to step into God’s global mission today.

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When Albert and Kirsten arrived in Krakow, Poland with nothing but faith and a calling, they began a 15-year journey that would transform lives—including their own. In a culture suspicious of grace and unfamiliar with a personal relationship with Jesus, they discovered creative ways to connect through sports, therapy, and teaching English. From church planting to refugee ministry, their story reveals how cultural understanding and persistent faith can break through even the toughest barriers to the gospel.

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Have you ever wondered how God plants and cultivates a missionary calling? For Albert Heskew, it began at age 7 during Vacation Bible School, though he wouldn't surrender his life to Christ until age 13. For his wife Kirsten, the journey looked completely different—even as she grew up in a Christian home, cross-cultural missions wasn't on her radar until decades later.

This revealing conversation takes us through the winding path that eventually led the Heskews to serve as International Mission Board missionaries in Krakow, Poland for over 15 years. Their story showcases God's patient work in bringing together two people with different perspectives on ministry and missions. Albert's background includes sports, military service with the Navy, and church ministry positions, while Kirsten initially responded with a firm "over my dead body" when overseas missions was first suggested.

The couple shares profound wisdom about the importance of both spouses receiving individual callings before undertaking cross-cultural ministry. Their testimony demonstrates how God often speaks through processes rather than dramatic moments, including a pivotal 30-day prayer challenge that opened Kirsten's heart to missions. Perhaps most powerfully, they reveal how their individual callings have sustained them through challenges abroad, noting, "The Lord never calls you away from something; He only calls you to something."

Whether you're considering cross-cultural ministry yourself or simply want to understand how God works in the lives of ordinary people to accomplish His global purposes, this conversation offers both inspiration and practical insight. Listen now to discover how God might be cultivating seeds of calling in your own life, even when the harvest seems far away.

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