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I’m sitting in a small café as I write this to you. It’s different from what you might picture from your experiences with cafés. Half of it is basically a covered porch while the other half is inside, but still open to the outside. There are a couple of small wobbly and squeaky fans above […]...

The Spice Islands Initiative journey has been one of faith, divine intervention, and sometimes fear. In January, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with a local partner in Indonesia. For his safety let’s call him Panji. On the first day of Panji’s visit, we were sitting in the living room of Converge International Missions Director, Ivan Veldhuizen with his wife Suzan....

The last time Drew was in Indonesia, a fellow initiative team member, L, introduced Drew to a group of young adults that she had been discipling. Two guys stood out as they were taking active steps to reach their people for Christ. After further discipleship, they will be launched into the unreached people groups of the Spice Islands to share the Gospel....

I had no idea why - in a city of over 3 million residents and countless other barber shops - I was fixated on this particular one. I had already been there on three separate occasions, unable to get a haircut, but for some reason I was determined to check this place out. On my fourth visit, I got way more than a haircut. I got a wink from the Lord, as if to say, “I am working here....