Sharing His Story through the Stories of Yesterday and Today
I have an exciting opportunity today to review four books AND give them away! The first one is the one that broke my heart for India. India is a country of more than 1.25 billion people.* I’ll be honest; I cannot begin to imagine what one-and-a-quarter BILLION people looks like. Even more, I find it […]
Do you have children or grandchildren you’d like to share missions with? Would you like to find resources for sharing both the history of missions and the stories of modern missionaries serving today? Are you looking for meaningful gifts you can make at home without any special crafting or artistic skills? We’ve got a gift […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Are you ready to hear more about Sundar Singh’s journeys? Our Sunday School teacher told us the rest of his story this morning. Sundar spent the rest of his life traveling wherever God sent him. He felt a special burden […]
Adoniram Judson was a brave missionary who risked everything and lost much in his work to bring the Bible and the truth about Jesus to the people of Burma. Today we remember his birthday, August 9, 1788, with a special printable board game. There are 97 quiz questions that will help you get to know […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. I’ve been thinking about Sundar all this week, wondering how—or if—he would ever be rescued. We found out this morning in Sunday School what happened. He spent three nights at the bottom of that awful, dirty, well. Then finally, he […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Finally, it was time to find out at Sunday School what happened to the man who was caught telling people about Jesus! The religious leader ordered that his assistant be beaten very, very badly. When the men were done, they […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. This morning, our Sunday School teacher told us what happened to the man who hit Sundar in the head with a rock. Sundar knew the men thought he would be angry and wish for something bad to happen to them, […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Today in Sunday School, we learned about what happened next to Sundar Singh. God kept him safe that night in the wilderness, and the next night, and the next. Sundar kept walking and telling everyone he could about God’s love. […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Finally this morning at Sunday School our teacher told us what happened to Sundar Singh that night he lay sick from the poison. Sundar had just heard the doctor say that there was nothing else that could be done for […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Have you ever felt like you didn’t have any friends? Even though it is never true because Jesus will always be your friend, it’s easy to feel lonely when you don’t have anyone to hang out with or do things […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. I have been thinking about Sundar Singh all week and wondering who he met that could have changed his mind. Finally this morning it was time for our Sunday School teacher to tell us. Sundar stayed awake all night. He […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Do you remember last week how I started telling you the story of Sundar Singh? Things went well for him at the Christian school for several years until the worst thing Sundar could imagine happened. One day, when he was […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Have you ever walked barefoot outside? Have you ever tried to climb a mountain that way? It’s not usually a good idea to try to climb anything without the right kind of shoes. You can slip and fall and get […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Look at these fun activities we got in Sunday School this morning all about the life of Samuel Zwemer! They were so much fun that I brought home a copy to share with you. There is a fill-in and a […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Samuel Zwemer did what God called him to do, but that didn’t mean everything went smoothly. That’s the part of Sam’s story our Sunday School teacher shared today, and that’s the part that confuses me the most. Sam knew God […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. What would it be like to take a trip when you didn’t know where you were going and you didn’t have a map to follow to get there? When your family goes on an adventure, do you take a map? […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. This morning in Sunday School, our teacher told us it was time to leave India and learn more about another part of the world. Today, we started learning about a boy named Samuel Zwemer, who was a missionary to the […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. This morning, our Sunday School teacher told us about four men who are in prison because of their faith in Jesus. Their names are Zafar Bhatti, Zhang Huamei, Naser Zamen-Dezfuli, and Gao Zhisheng. Zafar Bhatti is from Pakistan. He was arrested in […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. We learned in Sunday School today about the Queen of Sheba. She came from the ancient land of Sheba, in the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Today the area of Sheba is part of the country of Yemen. She came to […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Do you remember a few weeks ago when I told you what our teacher taught us in Sunday School about the Uyghur people of China? Many of them live in a region called Xinjiang in northwest China. (You say that word like […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. This morning in Sunday School we learned about a place called the 10/40 window. That is an area of the world where many people are focusing their prayers and their efforts to bring the light of Jesus Christ to some very spiritually […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. This week, our Sunday School teacher taught us more about the country of Vietnam. We learned a little bit about Vietnam a few months ago when she told us about a brave Christian who is serving God even though it is very […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Today in Sunday School we learned about a group of people who live in China and a few of its neighboring countries. They are the Uyghur people, and only a few of them believe in Jesus. The first thing our teacher taught […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Have you ever wanted to search for buried treasure? I have! Our Sunday School teacher told us this morning about an island named Sri Lanka where they really do have buried treasure! Sri Lanka is an island just south of India. When […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Have you ever heard of a place called Rajasthan? I hadn’t either until Sunday School this morning. Rajasthan is one of the states that make up India. It is on the northwestern side of the country and shares part of its borders […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Our Sunday School teacher told us about a country named Qatar today. Did you know it is the only country in the world whose name starts with the letter “Q”? If you look on a map, you can find it stretching out […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Our Sunday School teacher taught us more about Pakistan today. It is extremely dangerous to be a Christian in Pakistan. Some Christians in Pakistan have to work in hot, dangerous brickyards making bricks for the owner all day long, six days a […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Our teacher showed us a map of the country of Oman today. It’s a small country that is surrounded by Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf of Oman. It makes up the front of the […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. This morning in Sunday School, our teacher told us about the country of Bhutan. There are very few Christians living in Bhutan. We need to pray that God will help many people there hear about Him and learn about how much He […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. This week, our Sunday School teacher taught us about a church in Iran that needs our prayers. But first, she said she needed to tell us what the term “mother tongue” meant. What do you think the words “mother tongue” mean? I […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. Our teacher gave us a story to read this morning about a boy in Laos. She said it’s not a story that actually happened, like you see on the news. But, she said it would help us find out what life is […]
If you’re new to Exploring with Jake, be sure to read the introduction. This week, our Sunday School teacher taught us about Christians who live in the country of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia that borders Russia, the Caspian Sea, China, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. There are over 17 million people living […]
