Hands On in Brazil
SÃO PAULO, Brazil—Isaac is a writer and a poet. He’s twenty-two years old and a recent alumnus of UNC at Chapel Hill. He describes his life before Christ as “religious” and “truly far from God in heart but not [in] action.” But while he was in college, God changed his life. Now he’s using his gifts to share the hope he has in Christ with students in São Paulo, Brazil.
São Paulo is the largest city in the southern hemisphere and home to over one million college students.
Hands On in East Asia
EAST ASIA—It was a local bakery where Sarah*, and her Hands On partner, Lacey*, would go to practice sharing the Gospel in Chinese. A girl sat down to join their table and Sarah asked if she could practice her Chinese with her. Fumbling over her words, she began to read the Creation to Christ story.
Now Mandarin Chinese is a language that takes years to master. Hands On students only have six months on the field. As someone with the Gospel on the tip of her tongue, this was a struggle for Sarah.
Hands On missionaries in Africa share Christ while showing His love to people who desperately need both.
Sharing Christ through Football in Portugal - college guys share Jesus on and off the field
LISBON, Portugal (BP)—The bright Portuguese sun illuminated the makeshift football field. In the distance, Atlantic waves beat the shore. Players for the Lisbon Crusaders took the field for their pre-game routines, which include, among other things, marking the field’s yard lines with sand.
Swaziland has the highest HIV infection rate in the world. This country will soon die if nothing is done to combat the ignorance, superstition and lies. Follow the stories of Hands On missionaries as they share Christ.
No Time for Comfort
Hands On missionaries share Christ in dusty West Africa.
Taking the Hands On Challenge - Sharing Jesus on the college campuses of East Asia
While the challenge seems overwhelming to some, it excites Ashley Benson and Mandi Mapes. They want to share their faith in an area of the world where the Gospel is not welcome.
Texan Hands On Missionaries in West Africa
The wail of the Muslim call to prayer breaks the silence of the dawn. As roosters begin to crow, Hands On missionaries Kelsi Kelso and Brittany Breedlove greet another day in West Africa.
Hands On Impacts South Africa
It’s one of those moments where you can almost hear crickets chirping. Two young adults are trying to get a room full of high school students to open up about issues they face at home.
Silence.
I was called to missions when I was very young and throughout college, I hadn’t been able to shake that calling.
Sharing Jesus on the college campuses of East Asia
Patience and Passion - college girls share Christ in the dusty villages of West Africa
SENEGAL – Charli Braxton* might have discovered the perfect assignment.
“You spend hours at a time just sitting with people and enjoying their company,” says the young volunteer working with high school students in western Africa. “And that’s perfect for me,”
Grant Shields and other missionaries sharing Christ with footballers in Portugal. Grant and other Hands On missionaries like him have been using football as a means to reach Portuguese young adults.
