Watch Missions Live Podcast

SUMMARY

In this episode, Sarah shares her incredible journey from mission trips in the Philippines and Zimbabwe to her current work with Asmara, supporting global women workers.

She discusses the importance of mental health, safe spaces, and authentic storytelling in missions, highlighting how God redeems and uses our stories for His glory.

KEY TOPICS:

• Sarah's mission journey from Philippines to Zimbabwe to Ecuador.

• The work and purpose of Asmara retreats for global women workers.

• The importance of mental health and safe spaces in missions.

• God’s redemption through personal stories of suffering and healing.

• The role of authenticity and vulnerability in spiritual growth and outreach.

ACTION ITEMS:

• Connect with Sarah and Azmera for support and resources. https://www.azmera.net/

• Share your story to inspire others. https://watchmissionslive.com/podcast

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction to Sarah Labriel and Azmera

02:57 Sarah's Journey into Missions

08:08 The Mission of Azmera

10:49 The Importance of Support for Global Workers

15:56 Personal Challenges and Vulnerability in Missions

21:15 Creating Safe Spaces for Women in Ministry

29:06 The Impact of Sharing Personal Stories

34:07 Closing Thoughts and Future Conversations

GUEST LINKS:

LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/sarahlabriel

Website - https://www.azmera.net/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SarahThreeePoints

Partner with Sarah - https://azmera.networkforgood.com/projects/201493-staff-support-sarah-labriel

Aaron and Andrea Jennings share the story behind Watch Missions Live — from getting married, quitting their jobs as police officers, selling their homes, and stepping into missions just days later.

Their journey took them from an orphanage in Kenya, to disaster relief work across the United States, to a bamboo hut in Thailand. Along the way, God used real missions experiences, hard questions, and powerful God stories to shape the vision for Watch Missions Live: telling God stories, supporting missionaries, and helping God-given missions multiply around the world.

What if the mission God gave you was never meant to stop with you?

In this episode of Watch Missions Live, Aaron and Andrea Jennings share the personal story behind the ministry — how they got married, quit their jobs as police officers, sold everything, and stepped into missions just days later.

From Kenya to Thailand, from disaster relief to unexpected divine appointments, they talk through the moments that shaped their burden for missionaries, God stories, community, donor connection, and multiplying missions.

This episode is the backstory of Watch Missions Live and the heart behind why we exist: to tell God stories and help every God-given mission multiply.

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Have a God story? Click “Tell Your Story” and connect with us.

In this episode, Aaron and Andrea talk about:

• Getting married and entering missions work immediately
• Leaving their police careers and selling everything
• Their first mission trip to an orphanage in Kenya
• Seeing the need for sustainable missions systems
• The question: “What if I was standing here as a rich missionary instead of a broke one?”
• Disaster relief work across the United States
• Moving to Thailand and living in a bamboo hut
• Learning that God may send you across the world for one person
• The inspiration behind creating a virtual “stage” for God stories
• Why missionaries need community, support, and connection
• The importance of givers and goers working together
• The vision for Watch Missions Live: media, events, training, and missionary community

00:00 — Welcome to Watch Missions Live
00:45 — Aaron and Andrea’s Missions Backstory
01:20 — Married, Unemployed, and Headed to Kenya
02:20 — The Orphanage That Sparked Big Questions
04:40 — What Happens If the Missionary Can’t Continue?
06:30 — Seeing Poverty in the Slums of Kenya
08:30 — Rich Missionary vs. Broke Missionary
09:30 — Thailand, Italy, and the Early Journey
10:00 — Disaster Relief Work in the United States
11:30 — God Stories Along the Way
13:00 — Moving to Thailand
14:20 — When the Plan Falls Apart
16:00 — Meeting Their Compassion Sponsor Child
17:00 — God Sent Us for One Person
18:40 — Missions, Doubt, and Feeling Alone
21:30 — Put Together Yet Fully Flexible
23:30 — Living in a Bamboo Hut
24:40 — The Thai Monorah and the Power of a Stage
27:00 — The Idea Behind Watch Missions Live
29:00 — Building a Stage for God Stories
30:30 — Why Watch Missions Live Is Not a Sending Organization
32:00 — Connecting Missionaries to People Who Have Been There
34:00 — Live Events, Donors, and Missionaries
35:30 — Givers and Goers
37:30 — Multiplying Missions Beyond the Missionary
39:00 — Media, Events, Training, and Community
40:50 — How to Share Your God Story
42:30 — Invitation to Missionaries
43:30 — Closing Vision: Unify and Multiply the Body of Christ

What happens when a simple ukulele brings joy, connection, and hope to an entire community in Guatemala?

In this inspiring episode of the Watch Missions Live Podcast, Nelia Hutt shares the story behind The Ukulele Project and her mission trip to Guatemala, where music became a powerful bridge between cultures. Through laughter, learning, and shared rhythm, ukuleles opened hearts, built relationships, and revealed how God moves through creativity and simple acts of obedience.

This episode is a reminder that missions don’t always look the way we expect — sometimes God uses music, joy, and everyday moments to create extraordinary impact.

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What if missionaries could be well-resourced instead of just surviving day-to-day? 👀 In this episode, we flip the script on a question too few of us ask: What if money wasn’t a barrier to multiplying impact on the mission field?

Today on the Watch Missions Live Podcast, we dive honestly into stewardship, provision, and the paradox of wealth in missions — not as a distraction from the Gospel, but as a tool for multiplying it.

We explore how financial resources can allow God’s servants to serve more deeply, more widely, and with greater sustainability.

We talk real-world encouragement, hard questions, and what it looks like when God’s provision meets faithful obedience. Whether you’ve been wrestling with finances in ministry, wondering how to steward well, or dreaming about deeper impact, this conversation will expand your view of what God can do through faithful stewardship.

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Have you served on the mission field and witnessed God move in powerful ways? Your story matters. Watch Missions Live exists to share real God stories that encourage believers and mobilize support around the world. If you feel called to tell your story and be a guest on the podcast, visit www.WatchMissionsLive.com and apply today.

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Watch how a quiet night in Thailand turned into a stage for shouting God’s goodness!

🎙️ What started as curiosity about loud music and dancers became a revelation of how answered prayer gets celebrated and shared.

On this episode of Watch Missions Live, we unpack what it means to build your own “Monorah” — a bold platform to proclaim God’s work in your life and mission.

While living in Thailand, loud celebrations of answered prayers became a vivid picture of testimony in motion. Aaron reflects on how these moments turned into a mission: to create a space where every missionary can shout about God’s faithfulness and impact.

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🎙️ Episode Sponsor — Scalability

This episode is brought to you by Scalability, an all-in-one lead capture and business growth platform designed for nonprofits, ministries, and purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Fast Scalability helps you turn your website into an automated lead capture system with built-in CRM, follow-up automations, and AI tools — so you can save time and scale your impact without juggling multiple softwares. Start your free trial at FastScalability.com.

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🌍 Missionaries & Former Missionaries — Tell Your God Story

Have you served on the mission field and witnessed God move in powerful ways? Your story matters. Watch Missions Live exists to share real God stories that encourage believers and mobilize support around the world. If you feel called to tell your story and be a guest on the podcast, visit www.WatchMissionsLive.com and apply today.

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Michael Abdo blesses us with his presence interviewing me on how I came to Watch Missions LIVE and why! 

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👉 **TELL YOUR GOD STORY!**

We're always looking for people to interview for the Watch Missions LIVE Podcast.

Whether you're doing missions full-time, have been a missionary in the past, on a mission trip, or simply have a story of God healing or providing in a way that only God can...We want to hear the story of what God did!

Go to www.WatchMissionsLIVE.com to schedule a podcast interview.

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👉 For general questions and partnership opportunities, feel free to shoot us an email at: [email protected]

What does it look like when the gospel meets everyday life in India? 🇮🇳 This conversation will stretch how you think about calling, sacrifice, and obedience.

In this episode of Watch Missions Live, we sit down with Landon Galloway to hear the story behind Christ for India. From the moment God first stirred his heart for missions to the realities of serving on the ground, Landon shares how faith becomes tangible when you step into another culture with humility and trust.

He walks us through where his mission took him, how God opened doors he never expected, and one God story you’d never hear unless you sat down across the table from him. It’s a reminder that missions aren’t built on big platforms—they’re built on faithfulness, relationships, and God moving in ways no strategy could plan.

This episode is honest, reflective, and full of quiet breakthroughs that reveal how God works through willing hearts in hard places.

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🌍 Missionaries & Former Missionaries — Tell Your God Story

Have you served on the mission field and witnessed God move in powerful ways? Your story matters. Watch Missions Live exists to share real God stories that encourage believers and mobilize support around the world. If you feel called to tell your story and be a guest on the podcast, visit www.WatchMissionsLive.com and apply today.

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What does faith look like when it costs comfort, safety, and certainty? Sometimes the call of God sounds like a simple “go”… even when the destination is Niger.

In this episode of Watch Missions Live, we hear Don Tilley’s powerful story of stepping into missions in Niger, one of the most challenging regions in the world to serve. Don shares how God led him into this journey, what it took to say yes, and a God moment that still marks him today—one you’d only hear if you sat down and listened firsthand.

This conversation is raw, grounded, and deeply human. It explores obedience in unfamiliar places, trust when resources feel thin, and the quiet breakthroughs that happen when God meets people exactly where they are. It’s a reminder that missions aren’t about heroics—they’re about faithfulness.

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This episode is brought to you by Scalability, an all-in-one lead capture and business growth platform designed for nonprofits, ministries, and purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Fast Scalability helps you turn your website into an automated lead capture system with built-in CRM, follow-up automations, and AI tools — so you can save time and scale your impact without juggling multiple softwares. Start your free trial at FastScalability.com.

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🌍 Missionaries & Former Missionaries — Tell Your God Story

Have you served on the mission field and witnessed God move in powerful ways? Your story matters. Watch Missions Live exists to share real God stories that encourage believers and mobilize support around the world. If you feel called to tell your story and be a guest on the podcast, visit www.WatchMissionsLive.com and apply today.

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What does faith look like when it grows quietly, behind closed doors? 🇨🇺

This story from Cuba will remind you how powerful simple obedience can be.

In this episode of Watch Missions Live, Lily Hutcheson shares her experience serving in Cuba—a place where faith is often practiced humbly, personally, and without attention. Lily walks us through how she felt called into missions, what it was like stepping into a culture shaped by restriction and resilience, and one God story you’d never hear unless you met her face to face.

This conversation is reflective and deeply encouraging. It highlights the beauty of small moments, the joy found in relationships, and the way God moves even when resources are limited and voices are quiet. It’s a reminder that God’s work doesn’t need a spotlight to be powerful.

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🎙️ Episode Sponsor — Scalability

This episode is brought to you by Scalability, an all-in-one lead capture and business growth platform designed for nonprofits, ministries, and purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Fast Scalability helps you turn your website into an automated lead capture system with built-in CRM, follow-up automations, and AI tools — so you can save time and scale your impact without juggling multiple softwares. Start your free trial at FastScalability.com.

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🌍 Missionaries & Former Missionaries — Tell Your God Story

Have you served on the mission field and witnessed God move in powerful ways? Your story matters. Watch Missions Live exists to share real God stories that encourage believers and mobilize support around the world. If you feel called to tell your story and be a guest on the podcast, visit www.WatchMissionsLive.com and apply today.

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Called to India after a single night watching Slumdog Millionaire, Jonathan Kraus literally followed a whisper from God that changed the direction of his life—without a plan, without certainty, just obedience. What started with a movie night became over a decade of ministry building Love Never Fails International with 20+ locations across India.

In this powerful conversation on the Watch Missions Live Podcast, Jonathan shares why he wouldn’t stay away from where God was calling him, how that call grew into a thriving ministry, and the moments that proved God was truly at work on the ground in the slums and villages of India.

Whether you’re wrestling with a call you can’t explain or wondering how faith intersects with risk and obedience, this episode will stir your heart and sharpen your mission focus. Like, subscribe, and ring the bell to catch more real God stories from the frontlines.

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🎙️ Episode Sponsor — Scalability

This episode is brought to you by Scalability, an all-in-one lead capture and business growth platform designed for nonprofits, ministries, and purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Fast Scalability helps you turn your website into an automated lead capture system with built-in CRM, follow-up automations, and AI tools — so you can save time and scale your impact without juggling multiple softwares. Start your free trial at FastScalability.com.

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🌍 Missionaries & Former Missionaries — Tell Your God Story

Have you served on the mission field and witnessed God move in powerful ways? Your story matters. Watch Missions Live exists to share real God stories that encourage believers and mobilize support around the world. If you feel called to tell your story and be a guest on the podcast, visit www.WatchMissionsLive.com and apply today.

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