 War Zones Create the Beloved Unreached
-David Killough
Thatch roofs were the only visible structures above the ground. The villagers buried the rest of the huts in the ground to protect their families...
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 Oscar's Hope
-Sharon Smethurst
The sound of prayers mingled with the shouts of children in the village that day. Our team laid hands on a woman with a coal black smudge on her forehead and a wiggling baby...
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 Malawi's Muddy Vistor
-David Philips
The overland truck rattled and shook as the team made its way over roads that were more sand and potholes than pavement. When the unscheduled rains arrived...
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 The Adventure of my Life
-David Hoyme
Every traveler knows that your favorite brand of Coke tastes better in distant lands. I was able to enjoy a second Fanta orange Coke because...
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 Condemnation that brought death to his soul
-Adam Beam
I wasn't there yet but Adam Beam later told me, "Everyone smelled when I first got to Africa." That was his first memory of the moment when he...
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 Somewhere beneath the Canopy our Ministry lies
-Dan Hoyme
We held on white-knuckled as the little six-seater plane zipped through the mountains, barely skimmed the dense treetops and landed on the most remote...
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 Dumbwa Calls My Name
- Abbey Philips
Tonight my bed is made up in Dumbwa village. This is my group's second visit here and already kindness has been poured out on us, welcoming us back
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 The Old Lozi Man's Plea
-Philip Smethurst
I knew his life was hard. Living your entire existence in a village on the Zambezi Barotse flood plains you have to deal with countless hardships
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 This Lozi's Path
- Leah Goodwyne
He knelt down and took her feeble hand in his. The late afternoon sun broke through the thatch roof and cast shafts of light around the hut. It does not reach the dark corners. She is nothing more than a bit of skin thrown over bones. Jack knows why he is there
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 Have You Ever Been On A Recon?
- Leah Goodwyne
Chris Dobson has come to talk about where he may fit in with Overland Missions. At 19, he would be a perfect fit for a sector volunteer. Philip Smethurst leans in, “You know what I would do if I were 19 years old and had the world at my feet? I would do something radical."
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 The Long Way Leads to the Neglected
- Leah Goodwyne, Chad Clendinen
It looks like any other Overland Missions expedition truck. The leader is driving while a new group of eager team members, ready for whatever Africa has for them ride in the back. Dustin looks over to one of his teammates and says, "This is the bumpiest road we're going to drive on, right?"...
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 A Photo Of Friends
- Leah Goodwyne
The expedition team walks out of the jungle, down the path directly towards the village. The women look up and relaxed gazes transform in an instant. They immediately run away, downhill from the village. Standing just off the path, they cover their faces and peer at the strangers
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 The Portrait
- Leah Goodwyne, Chad Clendinen
"Sitting at the fourth grade school desk, her brow furrows as she cuts the construction paper. Theresa has to get the art project just right – the little paper person is going to tell exactly what she wants to become. Satisfied, she opens the tiny paper jacket and reads the word she has written inside, “missionary"...
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 Bemba Song of Hope
- Leah Goodwyne
The expedition truck barrels down the main path through Dindi village toward the campsite as a chorus of voices pours out of the back of the truck. Children run alongside the truck singing, their bare feet keeping time, their arms waving wildly in the air. There are smiles all around as the combined chorus of song is shouted at the top of everyone’s lungs
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 Amazon's Dream
- Leah Goodwyne
The group walked towards the building, the thatch roof hanging limply in the heat while little children strain to peer over half walls at them. Polite greetings and smiles quickly pass between the visitors and the locals as they slide into little wooden school desks. Pastor Edivaldo turns to Chief Francisco, “My friends have come a long way on a river boat up the Amazon with a team of missionaries from America. They would like to share the gospel with you and the people of the village"
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