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SUMMARY

What would you do if God told you to walk into a restaurant, but you had no idea why?

Brian Walker was a young youth pastor studying for a college exam when he felt God telling him to go inside a Jack in the Box. That simple step led him to a high school girl who had started an atheist club. That night, she gave her life to Jesus.

But the story didn't end there.

When Brian returned to his church office, he received a frightening phone call that he believes was a direct spiritual attack. Months later, something similar happened again.

In this episode, Aaron Jennings and Brian talk about hearing God's voice, obedience, spiritual warfare, and how to test what you hear against Scripture.

Brian also shares how God led him from law and military service to founding Reach Missionware, a business that supports missionaries. Its ReachRaiser program helps missionaries raise funds by giving them 25% of qualifying net product sales.

This conversation is a reminder that you don't need to understand God's entire plan before taking the next step.

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KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Brian talk about:

• How God led Brian to start Reach Missionware.
• Giving 20% of annual net profits to missionaries and evangelists.
• How the ReachRaiser program helps missionaries raise funds.
• Why systems and stewardship help missions multiply.
• The unexpected restaurant encounter that led an atheist to Jesus.
• The disturbing phone calls Brian believes were spiritual attacks.
• Recognizing God's voice and testing it against Scripture.
• Taking action even when you don't have all the answers.

God can use ordinary moments in ways we never expected. Our responsibility is to listen, stay grounded in His Word, and faithfully take the next step.

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00:00 – Meet Brian Walker and Reach Missionware
03:50 – How God Led Brian to Start a Business
07:06 – Taking a Step of Faith
10:47 – The ReachRaiser Fundraising Program
13:42 – Why Missions Needs Goers and Givers
16:07 – Giving 25% of Sales and 20% of Profits
17:04 – Building Systems That Multiply Missions
25:23 – Finding Joy in God's Calling
30:39 – Brian's God Story: A Voice at the Drive-Thru
35:10 – Sharing Jesus With an Atheist
38:17 – The Unexpected Events That Led Her There
41:39 – A Frightening Phone Call
47:53 – A Second Encounter With Spiritual Warfare
50:04 – Obedience Without All the Answers
56:09 – Testing God's Voice Against Scripture

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SUMMARY

What happens when a missionary everyone looks up to starts questioning his own faith?

That's a side of missions most people never hear about.

John Darnell and his wife, Emily, left their teaching careers to serve as missionaries in Ecuador. With their young daughter, they learned a new culture, served families and youth, and followed God's calling without having it all figured out.

But behind the stories people heard back home were spiritual struggles, isolation, and pressure that few understood. John shares what missionary life is really like and how God eventually led him to care for other missionaries through Global Outreach, where he now serves as CEO.

Aaron Jennings and John discuss why you don't need a Bible college degree to follow God's calling, how churches can better support missionary families, and why telling God stories matters. John also shares the story behind the documentary Beyond River's Edge and the planned series Every Nation.

John closes with a personal God story about Genesis, a young girl in Ecuador whose life changed when she came to faith in Jesus.

If you're called to missions, support missionaries, or lead a ministry, this conversation offers an honest look at the struggles, the calling, and what God can do through ordinary people who say yes.

KEY POINTS

• How God redirected John from plans for law school and politics into missionary work.
• Moving to Ecuador with a baby and serving families, youth, and local churches.
• The importance of a local church, missionary training, and a sending organization.
• The spiritual struggles and isolation missionaries can experience, even when others see them as heroes.
• How Global Outreach supports missionary families and cares for nearly 300 missionary kids.
• The making of Beyond River's Edge and the vision for an eight-episode documentary series called Every Nation.
• The story of Genesis, a young girl in Ecuador who came to faith in Jesus through ongoing Bible teaching and personal conversations.

One of the biggest lessons from this conversation is that obedience doesn't mean having everything figured out.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Meet John Darnell of Global Outreach
01:23 – From Mississippi to a Calling in Missions
02:20 – Taking a Baby to the Mission Field
04:48 – What John and Emily Did in Ecuador
07:40 – Do Missionaries Need Bible College?
08:38 – Missionary Training, Fundraising, and Getting Started
10:03 – From Missionary to CEO of Global Outreach
11:13 – Caring for Missionaries Through Their Hardest Moments
13:38 – Why Obedience and Community Matter
17:12 – The Hidden Spiritual Struggles of Missionaries
20:56 – Raising Kids With a Heart for Missions
22:59 – The God Stories Behind Beyond River's Edge
27:23 – Every Nation: A New Missionary Documentary Series
29:18 – The Story of Genesis Finding Jesus in Ecuador
33:23 – Why We Must Keep Telling God Stories

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SUMMARY

What happens when you reach a stage most musicians dream about—and God starts asking you a completely different question?

Jesus Martinez had just finished opening for Coldplay in front of a massive stadium crowd. He had shared the Gospel from the stage and thought he might have found the purpose God had for his life. Instead, Jesus says he heard God ask, “What are you gonna do with your life now?” That moment began a journey from simply reaching people toward intentionally making disciples who can make disciples. Pasted text

In this episode, Aaron Jennings and Jesus talk about multigenerational discipleship, learning to hear and obey God, why discipleship should not create dependence on a ministry leader, and why obedience often comes before having every detail figured out.

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The larger challenge is simple: disciples hear Jesus, obey Jesus, and share Jesus. The goal is not to build something that depends forever on us. It is to pour deeply into people who can follow Jesus themselves and help others do the same. Pasted text

KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Jesus talk about:

• What multigenerational discipleship actually means
• Why making a convert is not the same as making a disciple who multiplies
• Jesus Martinez’s turning point after opening for Coldplay
• Moving from ministry centered around one leader toward dependence on Jesus
• Why listening to God requires creating space to actually listen
• The connection between hearing God and immediate obedience
• How Jesus and his wife became involved with Christians in Pakistan
• Building practical ministry that can continue without the foreign missionary

CHAPTERS

00:00 – What Is Multigenerational Discipleship?
03:26 – Teaching Disciples to Make Disciples
06:16 – Why Ministry Should Multiply Beyond the Leader
09:14 – The Mission Behind Everything Jesus Does
10:21 – 21 Years of Following Jesus
11:27 – Opening for Coldplay Changed Everything
13:23 – “We’re Supposed to Be Missionaries”
15:27 – COVID, House Church, and Learning Through Failure
19:44 – Obedience Has to Become Experiential
23:00 – Learning to Hear God’s Voice
26:07 – “We Don’t Have a God-Speaking Problem”
29:44 – Every Christian Is a Minister of Reconciliation
33:05 – Don’t Copy Someone Else’s Ministry
35:48 – The God Story That Led to Pakistan
40:33 – Sewing, Discipleship, and Churches That Multiply
45:13 – Pour Deeply Into the Few

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SUMMARY

What if God called you into missions after most people would already be thinking about retirement?

Donna Gustafson went on her first mission trip at 64 years old. Not long after that, she retired from her job, sold or gave away most of what she owned, and moved to Peru. What started with a short-term trip eventually led her deep into the Amazon region, where she now runs an albergue for girls who need a place to live so they can continue their education. Pasted text Pasted text

Her journey did not unfold according to a perfect plan. The orphanage she originally moved to serve had already closed by the time she arrived. Later, while serving in the jungle, one opportunity after another opened—from becoming a house mom at a boys’ albergue to eventually starting a home for girls. Pasted text Pasted text

Donna also travels to Indigenous communities for Bible studies and discipleship. One of those ministries expanded when a man literally flagged down her boat and asked her to bring Bible studies to his tribe too. Pasted text

This episode is a reminder that missions is not just for young people. Obedience can begin at any age, and sometimes God reveals the next step only after you start moving.

KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Donna talk about:

• Going on her first mission trip at 64 years old
• Leaving Iowa, retiring, and moving to Peru
• Learning ministry through serving at a boys’ albergue
• Why she felt there also needed to be a place for girls
• Starting an albergue so young women could continue their education
• Reaching Yahwa and Bora communities through Bible study and discipleship
• A stranger flagging down her boat and asking her to bring Bible studies to his people
• Trusting God for provision when there was not enough money for food

Donna’s story shows how often God reveals direction one step at a time. She did not have the whole plan when she started. She simply kept saying yes to the next opportunity God placed in front of her.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Meet Donna and Her Mission in Peru
01:24 – Life Near Iquitos in the Amazon
02:40 – Nine Years Living in the Jungle
03:06 – How Her Granddaughter Introduced Her to Missions
04:03 – God Calls Donna to Peru
04:47 – Starting Missions at 64 Years Old
06:37 – Moving to Peru and Finding the Orphanage Closed
07:36 – Falling in Love With Life in the Jungle
08:05 – An Unexpected Invitation to Become a House Mom
10:46 – Why Donna Wanted a Place for Girls
11:45 – Finding the Property for the Girls’ Albergue
14:36 – Reaching Yahwa and Bora Communities
17:17 – Donna’s God Story of Provision
18:30 – Helping Eight Girls Grow and Make Disciples
19:43 – Donna’s Challenge: Go on a Mission Trip

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SUMMARY

What can God do with a two-hour fishing trip?

Brian Warning met a boat captain named Carlos during a mission trip to Mexico’s Yucatan. They fished together, laughed together, and then went their separate ways. Three years later, Brian returned and discovered Carlos had begun attending a local men’s group connected to a new church. That day, Carlos asked to be baptized—and Brian was able to get in the water with his pastor and baptize the man he first met as a fishing guide. Pasted text

In this episode, Aaron Jennings talks with Brian about how his family first found Dream Center International through a simple internet search, how repeated short-term trips turned into long-term relationships, and how their church became involved in building a church in the Yucatan.

Brian also breaks down what their teams actually do during a week on the mission field: prayer walks, construction, VBS, youth ministry, eyeglass distribution, basic health screenings, and sharing the Gospel.

The larger lesson is simple: you may not see the full impact of one conversation, one week, or one act of obedience. Keep showing up. God can connect the pieces long after you leave.

KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Brian talk about:

• How Brian and his wife found a missions organization by simply searching online
• Why they felt God redirect them from one mission trip to the Yucatan
• How Dream Center International helps short-term teams serve local communities
• Using construction, nursing, eyeglasses, prayer, VBS, and other skills on mission
• A simple process for distributing reading glasses while creating opportunities for prayer and Gospel conversations
• Why returning to the same communities creates deeper relationships and long-term impact
• How a fishing guide named Carlos later became connected to the local church and asked to be baptized
• How short-term mission trips can deeply change the people who go, not only the people they serve

Short-term missions do not have to mean short-term relationships. When churches keep returning, serve alongside local leaders, and stay connected over time, a week-long trip can become part of something much bigger.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Meet Brian Warning
00:55 – How Brian Found Missions in the Yucatan
03:07 – What Is Dream Center International?
04:28 – When God Redirected Their Mission Plans
06:54 – What a Week-Long Mission Trip Looks Like
09:10 – Finding and Using the Skills on Your Team
11:10 – The Eyeglass and Medical Ministry Process
13:33 – Seeing the Impact One Year Later
15:03 – Meeting Carlos on a Fishing Trip
16:02 – Three Years Later, Carlos Comes Back
16:40 – Carlos Asks to Be Baptized
18:10 – How Mission Trips Change the People Who Go
19:30 – Why One Week Can Be Spiritually Transforming
22:39 – Building a Church and a Long-Term Partnership
24:16 – Final Thoughts

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SUMMARY

What happens when God sends you somewhere for a reason you don't understand yet?

Greg and Vicki Syverson have served in Pachuca, Mexico, for 25 years. During that time, their ministry has grown from helping another church to planting three churches and building a ministry school focused on equipping everyday believers to do the work of ministry.

But their story has not followed the plan they expected.

When their mission agency told them to return to the United States to raise support, they thought fundraising was the reason for the trip. Instead, doctors discovered a brain tumor in their son. Soon after his surgery, Greg suffered a heart attack. Looking back, they could see how God had positioned them exactly where they needed to be. Then the financial provision they originally came to raise began arriving in unexpected ways.

In this episode, Greg and Vicki also share what they have learned about church planting without depending on one professional pastor, developing lay leaders, building a ministry school around family, and creating churches that naturally think about multiplication.

KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Greg and Vicki talk about:

• How Greg and Vicki were called to Mexico and have now served there for 25 years
• Why their three churches operate through teams of lay leaders instead of depending on one lead pastor
• How giving people opportunities to preach, lead, visit, serve, and make decisions creates ownership
• Why their first church eventually multiplied into churches reaching very different parts of their city
• How their ministry school trains everyday Christians in identity, hearing God, spiritual gifts, evangelism, prayer, and simple church planting
• Why building family and doing life together became one of the most important parts of their training model
• Their desire to eventually help reproduce the school in places like Argentina and potentially other nations
• How a forced return to the U.S. led to their son's brain surgery, Greg's heart treatment, and unexpected financial provision

The larger lesson is simple: build what God has called you to build, but stay flexible enough to let Him change the plan. Systems should support the calling—not become the calling.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Meet Greg & Vicki Syverson in Mexico
00:56 – A Ministry School for Everyday Believers
03:00 – Church and Culture in Mexico
06:41 – How God Called Them to Pachuca
11:10 – From Outreach Center to Church Plant
12:31 – Why They Built Churches Without a Lead Pastor
15:23 – One Church Begins Multiplying
16:52 – Training Everyday People to Preach and Lead
20:33 – Why Lay Leadership Creates Ownership
27:25 – How the Ministry School Began
32:46 – Equipping Christians for the Other Six Days
39:12 – The Next Step: Expanding Beyond Mexico
43:18 – What Their Ministry School Actually Teaches
48:20 – The God Story They Didn't Expect
56:33 – Stay Put Together, but Fully Flexible

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SUMMARY

What can God do through one person helping a child they have never met?

Gilbert Mfitundinda grew up in southwestern Uganda. Through Compassion International, a stranger helped support his education. After college, while reflecting on 1 Corinthians 13, Gilbert felt God challenge him to consider what he could give others. His conclusion: little is enough when given with love.

Gilbert and his brother Edward started Love Restoration and a Christian school with about 20 children and two staff members. Today, the school serves more than 340 children with more than 20 staff and is developing a larger campus.

Gilbert shares lessons about sponsorship, giving, relationships, provision, and ministry growth—including why they slowed enrollment to build the systems and capacity needed to sustain the mission.

His story is a reminder to start with what God has entrusted to you, be faithful with it, and leave the growth in His hands.

KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Gilbert talk about:

• How child sponsorship helped Gilbert stay in school and graduate from college.
• How 1 Corinthians 13 challenged him to ask what he could give others.
• Starting a Christian school with 20 children and two staff members.
• Why relationships matter beyond financial giving.
• Growing pains as the school expanded.
• Why they slowed enrollment to build capacity.
• An unexpected six-figure gift that moved construction forward.
• How Gilbert says the ministry has raised more than $1 million since 2018.

The larger lesson: faithful stewardship of money, relationships, skills, and leadership can multiply far beyond one person.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Meet Gilbert Mfitundinda
03:17 – Why Gilbert and His Brother Started a School
05:00 – “Little Is Enough When Given With Love”
08:09 – Why Education Matters So Much in Uganda
10:46 – Gilbert’s Story as a Sponsored Child
14:34 – Giving, Stewardship, and Skepticism
20:27 – Are Sponsors and Sponsored Children Really Connected?
22:51 – Aaron’s Child Sponsorship Story From Thailand
26:13 – Growing the School to More Than 340 Children
28:33 – The Growing Pains of Serving More Kids
31:38 – Why They Decided to Slow Down Growth
33:49 – The Unexpected Six-Figure Gift
36:31 – Building a Larger School Campus
41:20 – Leading a Uganda Ministry While Living in America
45:47 – Giving More Than Money
50:54 – Staying Grateful When the Finish Line Keeps Moving
53:20 – Gilbert’s Advice: Start With What You Have

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• https://www.mercyrainsafrica.org/

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SUMMARY

What if your business is not separate from your ministry?

Jake Randall is the founder of Wild Freedom Financial Coaching. He helps people get practical control of their finances, but he also sees those coaching relationships as opportunities to live out his faith.

Jake tells every new client that he follows Jesus and offers to begin future sessions with Scripture and prayer. To his surprise, most clients say yes—even many who would not call themselves Christians.

In this conversation, Aaron and Jake share stories of people wrestling with identity, getting connected to church, preparing for baptism, changing old habits, and even deciding to follow God. The business provided the relationship. Jake kept showing up, serving people well, and allowing God to work through those relationships.

For missionaries, ministry leaders, and Christian business owners, this episode challenges the idea that business and ministry have to live in separate worlds.

KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Jake talk about:

• Why the marketplace can be a mission field
• Jake's decision to leave a stable corporate job and start Wild Freedom Financial Coaching
• How financial coaching creates deep conversations about identity, relationships, beliefs, and purpose
• The simple question Jake asks clients about Scripture and prayer
• A young woman who began attending church, planned to be baptized, and decided to quit smoking weed because she believed it was hurting her relationship with God
• A financial coaching client who eventually told Jake, “I've decided to follow God”
• Why relationships often create opportunities for Gospel conversations that forced conversations cannot
• How money can be stewarded as a tool for ministry rather than treated as something separate from mission

The larger lesson is simple: you do not have to choose between doing meaningful work and living on mission. Business, skills, money, and relationships can all be stewarded for Kingdom purposes.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Business as Ministry
01:27 – What Is Wild Freedom Financial Coaching?
02:52 – Why Business and Missions Don't Have to Be Separate
04:54 – Bringing Faith Into Financial Coaching
06:18 – The Simple Question Jake Asks Every Client
09:37 – When Money Reveals Deeper Identity Issues
11:00 – From Financial Coaching to Church and Baptism
12:05 – Why Relationship Changes Gospel Conversations
16:23 – A Client Who Wasn't Following Jesus
17:15 – Finding Identity Beyond Career and Money
18:10 – Five Weeks in a Men's Bible Study
18:52 – “I've Decided to Follow God”
19:24 – Can You Make Money and Still Be on Mission?
21:11 – What Aaron Learned in the Slums of Kenya
24:18 – Bringing Business, Missions, and Life Together

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SUMMARY

What happens when you are 15 years old, barely trained, terrified of talking to strangers, and someone tells you to go into Chicago and start conversations about Jesus?

That was one of Jake Randall’s first real experiences with missions. His first attempt was painfully awkward. But later in the trip, Jake met a man who told him he had been wanting to follow Christ—he just needed someone to explain what that meant.

Jake didn’t feel qualified. He didn’t have the perfect words. The conversation even got interrupted when a seagull pooped on him. But Jake came back, opened his Bible, shared what he knew, and the man told him he was ready to follow Christ.

In this episode, Aaron Jennings and Jake talk about how that experience shaped Jake’s understanding of evangelism, discipleship, missions, and what it means to support missionaries for the long haul. They also unpack why missionaries need more than money—they need people who will pray, encourage, visit, listen, and help them stay connected.

KEY POINTS

In this episode, Aaron and Jake talk about:

• Jake’s first evangelism trip to Chicago when he was about 15 years old
• Why getting started can matter more than feeling fully prepared
• The painfully awkward question Jake asked a stranger about Jesus
• Meeting a man who said he was already looking for someone to explain how to follow Christ
• Learning to take steps of faith while leaving the results to God
• Why discipleship should prepare people to disciple others
• Jake’s journey from short-term trips to becoming a missions sender
• How “Timothy teams” help support missionaries through prayer, encouragement, housing, transportation, and connection
• Why encouragement trips can help missionaries feel understood and less isolated
• How one person can help create a stronger missions culture inside their own church

The larger lesson is simple: you do not have to wait until you feel completely ready. Take the next faithful step, learn as you go, and let God handle the results.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Jake Randall’s First Step Into Missions
00:35 – A High School Mission Trip to Chicago
01:11 – Two Hours of Training… Then Go Share Jesus
02:40 – Jake’s Painfully Awkward First Conversation
05:11 – Meeting Someone Who Was Ready to Follow Christ
07:23 – Understanding the Urgency of the Gospel
08:05 – Take Steps of Faith and Leave the Results to God
09:38 – From Short-Term Trips to Global Missions
10:59 – Learning How Long-Term Missions Really Multiplies
12:10 – Becoming a Sender Instead of Living Overseas
15:26 – Making Disciples Who Make Disciples
17:12 – How Timothy Teams Support Missionaries
18:31 – Why Encouragement Trips Matter
25:36 – No Program, No Funding, No Blueprint—Just Start
27:19 – Helping Your Church Become More Involved in Missions

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What happens when someone believes God can move—and is willing to step out and pray?

In this episode, Aaron Jennings sits down with longtime pastor and ministry leader John Burpee, who has spent decades in ministry and says he has traveled to 37 nations doing healing crusades and ministry work.

John recounts two stories from a trip to Andhra Pradesh, India. First, he shares about a young boy who had never spoken and whose family brought him back for prayer over three days. John says the boy eventually began speaking fluently. Later, two young people asked John and his wife, Nancy, to leave the meeting and pray for their grandmother, who John says was paralyzed and unable to speak. He describes watching her regain movement, stand, walk, and speak.

But this conversation goes beyond the stories themselves.

John talks about being saved while serving in the Air Force in the Philippines, watching God restore his marriage, and eventually spending decades pastoring, traveling, training leaders, and helping other ministers. He also shares practical lessons for anyone who wants to become more available to God: stay close to Jesus, spend time in Scripture, listen to the Holy Spirit, and be willing to follow God when an unexpected opportunity appears.

In this episode, Aaron and John talk about:

• John’s journey from pastoring churches to ministry in 37 nations
• The boy in India who John says had never spoken before being brought for prayer
• Why the family returned for prayer over three consecutive days
• Two young people who asked John and Nancy to pray for their paralyzed grandmother
• John’s belief that the power belongs to God and ministers are simply available vessels
• How missionaries in the Philippines played a role in John and Nancy coming to Christ
• Why intimacy with Jesus and time in Scripture matter more than trying to manufacture a ministry moment
• How staying open to unexpected “divine appointments” can move ministry beyond the original plan

The larger lesson is simple: availability matters. John’s stories are not presented as a formula for producing results. His emphasis is on staying close to Christ, listening to the Holy Spirit, and being willing to respond when God puts someone in front of you.

00:00 – John Burpee’s Ministry Around the World
00:14 – From Pastoring to International Ministry
01:08 – The Boy Who Had Never Spoken
03:43 – Building a Network for Ministers
07:03 – How Missionaries Helped Save John’s Marriage
09:17 – The Second Story From India
10:47 – Meeting the Paralyzed Grandmother
11:37 – John’s Approach to Praying for Healing
13:07 – John Says She Began Moving and Speaking
16:18 – “You’re Right. You Can’t Do It.”
16:41 – Staying Available to God
18:58 – Intimacy, Scripture, and Hearing God
20:40 – Recognizing Divine Appointments
23:13 – Helping Missionaries Who Feel Alone
24:09 – Closing Thoughts

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