Modern Day Missionary Biographies for Kids

One young woman in Ethiopia. One very sick neighbor. One promise: "I'll take care of him like my own." Hanna Teshome made it about a little boy named Sammy. It grew into HOH, which cares for about two hundred children who call her Big Sister. Learn to say selam, draw along in the Mission Moment, and think up a question for Hanna. For grown-ups: this episode mentions illness and children who lost parents, told gently. Free printables: missionsforkids.org/explorers-hub

Sam and Julie were getting older. Who would care for all those babies now? God's answer was Gerson, a nurse with a big laugh, and Mariela, who did not get the bank promotion she had earned and decided God wanted her somewhere else. Back in El Salvador came a house they had to leave and then COVID. Plus a repeat-after-me Mission Moment, a fun fact about National Pupusa Day, and an Explorer Q&A. Free printables at missionsforkids.org/explorers-hub

In 1986, Sam and Julie Hawkins drove four days into El Salvador during a civil war, not knowing what God wanted them to do there. Then came a call about Karla, a 14-month-old who weighed just nine pounds. What happened next became Love Link, a home where more than 1,400 starving babies were saved. Plus a Mission Moment, a fun fact about the Land of Volcanoes, and our first Explorer Q&A. Free printables at missionsforkids.org/explorers-hub

True stories of real missionaries, told for kids. Every episode, host John Crosley takes young explorers to a real place to meet a real person who said yes to God: Sam and Julie Hawkins, who rescued babies in El Salvador; Gerson and Mariela, who kept that work going; and Hanna in Ethiopia, whom about two hundred kids call Big Sister. New stories each week, with free activity pages at missionsforkids.org. Grab your imaginary backpack and let's go!