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5 Takeaways | Sami Cordella

Twenty years ago, I served my first year as a NET Missionary. Two decades may have passed; however, much of that formation remains a foundation for my daily life. I’ve been asked to highlight 5 takeaways…so buckle up, say a van prayer, and let’s get started. via giphy 1. God’s Plan is the Best Plan. […]

“I Am Still Right Here” | Briana Weber

Maybe you don’t feel God right now. Maybe you do. But whether you served with NET two years ago or twenty, God is still just as close to you today as He was at your commissioning mass. He is still the God that you worshiped in team prayer. Jesus’ love you shared through the dramas, […]

A Day in the Life of NET | Team 11

“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives growth. He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God’s fellow workers…” (1 Cor 3:7-9, RSV2CE)   A Day In Our Life One of the […]

Love and the Holy Spirit | Team 8

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love and power.” – 2 Timothy 1:7    Learning to Love One thing I’ve been reflecting a lot on during this NET year is the virtue of love. During fall training, NET Missionaries are told countless times about the importance of loving the […]

Loving Well and Avoiding Avoidance | Team 7

The Art of Avoidance  I’ve learned a lot through being “on the road”, but one of the most important things is that…. Jesus is funny! I’ve always been a joyful person, and even intentional conversations come easily, but it wasn’t until the road that I realized sometimes we can use other people’s problems to distract […]

5 Nuggets of Wisdom for NET Alumni: Remembered from Wapo | Ryan Best

Hello NET Alumni! It’s an honor to be writing to you, whether you served with NET 20 years ago or 2 years ago. My name is Ryan Best, and I served on the road in 2014-15 and again in 2018-19, as well as supervising in 2019-20.  Maybe you’re doing a lot for the Kingdom of […]

How Much More? | Team 13

“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not […]

5 Takeaways From My Year on NET…20 Years Later | Audrey (Reider) Donaldson

Hello, fellow NET Alumni! My name is Audrey (Reider) Donaldson, and I served on the Home Team in 2000 – 2001, just over 20 YEARS AGO. My three biggest claims to fame are that our team was that last team that Dave Rinaldi supervised (along with Team 2 of my year), I “broke in” Chris […]

Even When I Don’t See It, You’re Working | Team 10

In ministry, and just life just in general, it is really easy to trust the Lord, when you can clearly see the ways He is working; when it is obvious. But, when times are tough and things aren’t really working out the way we planned, I feel like our first instinct as humans is to […]
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