Best Hosted by Shari Tvrdik Podcasts (2025)

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Season 6 Episode 2 How To Lead a Missionary To Jesus Pt 2 - From Mission To Missionary 1:18:33

8d ago1:18:33

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Season 6 Episode #2 Pt 2 How To Lead A Missionary To Jesus - From Mission To Missionary Our host, Shari Tvrdik, director of Cup of Cold Water Ministries, takes us back to P&G, missionaries with over 40 years of experience, to hear what happened next! Listen to Part 1 Here P&G share how they were called to full-time missions and the life that God to…

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Season 6 Episode 1 How to lead a missionary to Jesus Part 1 43:43

21d ago43:43

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Season 6 Episode #1 Part 1 Our host, Shari Tvrdik, director of Cup of Cold Water Ministries, interviews a couple called "P&G" in order to protect their identity. P&G served on the mission field for over 40 years, planting churches, translating scripture and serving in the most closed areas on our globe, but before that they were adventurous, young …

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Staying With The Unreached 1:30:06

8M ago1:30:06

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In Season 5 Episode 4, Want To Talk Missions introduces us to Osvaldo Salinas, a Bolivian missionary called to go and STAY with the unreached people along the Isiboro River of Bolivia's Jungle. Osvaldo shares his story with the help of a translator, Dr. Phil Kittelson, and we hear about exciting opportunities for medical missions on this same river…

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Not Your Typical Summer 1:03:05

9M ago1:03:05

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All good things must come to an end, which unfortunately includes summer. Hear the story of two university students who shared a not so typical summer which they will never forget, and we believe you won't either. Are you a student interested in missions? LEARN MORE ABOUT NXT GEN: www.ccwm.org/nextgen LEARN MORE ABOUT THE YES RETREAT: www.ccwm.org/…

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A Fly On The Wall With NXT GEN 27:03

12M ago27:03

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Listen in to a conversation with four students from NXT GEN as they discuss the YES Retreat, Missions and their call to ministry and more! THE YES RETREAT INFO https://www.ccwm.org/theyesretreat NTX GEN INFO https://www.ccwm.org/nextgen Cup of Cold Water Ministries https://www.ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization,…

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What about Troy? 33:30

1+ y ago33:30

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Welcome to Season 5 of Want To Talk Missions! Coming from Season 4 where we produced a reading of One Baby For The World, Host Shari Tvrdik interviews Troy Tvrdik, her husband. Enjoy the show! Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us out at ccwm.org…

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Dec 24th - Keeper + Epilogue One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 9:43

1+ y ago9:43

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 24 - Keeper + Epilogue www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serv…

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Dec 23 - Gifts - One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 9:43

1+ y ago9:43

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 23 - Gifts www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us …

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Day 22 - Seek - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 11:54

1+ y ago11:54

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 22 - Seek www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us o…

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Day 21 - Ordinary - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 6:21

1+ y ago6:21

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 21 - Ordinary www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check …

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Dec 20th - Tell - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 6:21

1+ y ago6:21

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 20 - Tell www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us o…

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Dec 19th - Found - One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective 6:21

1+ y ago6:21

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 19 - Found www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us …

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Dec 18th - Glory - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 6:21

1+ y ago6:21

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 18 - Glory www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us …

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Dec 17th You - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 10:43

1+ y ago10:43

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 17 - You www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us ou…

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Dec 16th, Awe - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspet 7:21

1+ y ago7:21

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 16 - Awe www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us ou…

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December 15th - Small - One Baby For the World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 6:21

1+ y ago6:21

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 15 - Small www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us …

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Dec 14th - Down - One Baby For the World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 7:03

1+ y ago7:03

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 14 - Down www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us o…

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Dec 13th - Bethlehem 9:17

1+ y ago9:17

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 13 - Bethlehem www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check…

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Dec 12 - Awake - One Baby For the World, 24 Days of Advent from a Missions Perspective 10:15

1+ y ago10:15

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 12 - Awake www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us …

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Dec 11th - Certain - One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 8:37

1+ y ago8:37

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 11 - Certain www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check u…

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Dec 10th - Tender - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 8:37

1+ y ago8:37

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 10 - Tender www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us…

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Dec 9th - Realization - One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 9:35

1+ y ago9:35

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 9 - Realization www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Chec…

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Dec 8th - Loosed - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective 9:54

1+ y ago9:54

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 8 - Loosed www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book 100% of the proceeds go directly to missions Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay …

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Dec 7th - Noticed - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective 10:56

1+ y ago10:56

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 7 - Noticed www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book 100% of the proceeds go directly to missions Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay…

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Dec 6th - Believers - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 6:52

1+ y ago6:52

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Join us for an Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective ready by author, Shari Tvrdik. Day 6 - Believers www.ccwm.org/advent Buy the book 100% of proceeds go directly to missions Want To Talk Missions? ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay w…

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Dec 5th - Passionate - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 6:43

1+ y ago6:43

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Join us for a reading of One Baby For the World 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective by Author Shari Tvrdik Day 5 - Passionate www.ccwm.org/advent Buy The Book Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us out at ccwm.org…

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Dec 4th Infallible 8:28

1+ y ago8:28

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Join us for the reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective read by Author, Shari Tvrdik Day 4 Infallible www.ccwm.org/advent purchase the book Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us out at ccwm.org…

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Dec 3rd Overshadowed - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective 6:43

1+ y ago6:43

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Join us for the reading of One Baby For The World, 24 Days of Advent From A Missions Perspective read by Author, Shari Tvrdik Day 3 Overshadowed www.ccwm.org/advent purchase the book Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us out at ccwm.org…

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Dec 2nd - Interrupted - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective 9:55

1+ y ago9:55

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Join us for the reading of One Baby For The World - 24 days of advent from a missions perspective, read by Author Shari Tvrdik. Day 2 Interrupted www.ccwm.org/advent Purchase the book Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us out at ccwm.org…

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Dec 1st - Dark - One Baby For The World 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective 6:46

1+ y ago6:46

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Join us for the reading of One Baby For The World - 24 days of advent from a missions perspective, read by Author Shari Tvrdik. Day 1 Dark www.ccwm.org/advent Purchase the book Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to serve. Check us out at ccwm.org…

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One Baby For The World Intro - A WTTM Special Christmas Series Invitation 3:21

1+ y ago3:21

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Join us this Christmas season for our Want To Talk Missions Special Christmas Series - A daily Advent reading of One Baby For The World, 24 days of Advent From a Missions Perspective with Author, Shari Tvrdik, Executive Director of Cup of Cold Water Ministries. Each day in December we will post our Advent by 5am! You can purchase the Advent Book He…

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Jesus in the Jungle Pt 2 1:05:16

2y ago1:05:16

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Jesus in the Jungle Pt 2 David Karamanis shares candidly about his experience walking in the shoes of a migrant through the Darien Gap. Listen to Pt 1 Here Donate to David Here Follow David Here Want to talk missions? www.ccwm.org Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending organization, helping people go and stay where God has called them to…

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Jesus In The Jungle 52:36

2y ago52:36

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Meet the guy who started his journey that eventually led to missions by .... chasing after a girl. And....see where God took him from there. It won't disappoint. David Karamanis --- CCWM missionary to the Jungle & other places people are not lining up to go! Follow David Here https://www.instagram.com/the_traveling_pod/ Support David's journey into…

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Teaching us to SEE 44:46

2y ago44:46

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Want To Talk Missions Season 4 Episode 3 we meet Counselor and Author Amy Valela who shares with us her heart and gift to see a child. She teaches us to SEE as well. Amy speaks to parents and especially fathers through her new children's book Just Like Daddy . Don't miss this beautiful episode that will leave parents full of HOPE for themselves and…

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Want To Build A School? Season 4 Episode 2 53:41

2y ago53:41

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CCWM Ministry Leader's John Donhowe & David Hiller did not expect to open a school when God called them to the mission field, and yet that is exactly what they did. From a school of six students to what it has become today (listen to find out) God was with them every step of the way! Follow the links to learn how to be a part of the next generation…

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And Now For Something Completely Different - Season 4 Episode 1 1:02:48

2+ y ago1:02:48

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CCWM Ministry Leader, Rhonda Haynes makes us THINK about the GOING. In a fun filled, yet thought provoking episode we kick off season 4 of Want To Talk Missions Podcast. Learn more about Rhonda Haynes and other CCWM Ministry Leaders at www.ccwm.org Contact our host, Shari Tvrdik at [email protected] Cup of Cold Water Ministries is a mission sending org…

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What if...? Check you preferences at the door. 24:47

2+ y ago24:47

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Season 3 Episode 7 In this episode Shari interviews seventeen year old high school student, Payton Penman who has decided to host an entirely student led worship night. Payton speaks about the average adults expectations for a student his age vs. God's expectations. being a CCWM Next Generation Student and how he sees this role as training for his …

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The Family That Stays - Growing them up to GO! 46:58

2+ y ago46:58

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In the third episode of The Family That Stays series, Tom & Kristy Fluharty invite us in to see what it was like to raise a little girl who wanted to be a missionary from almost the very start of her childhood. They share what it was like to grow her up to go, the steps they helped her take to get there and the cost of letter her go. What was it li…

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The Family That Stays - Flies On My Face - The perks and obstacles of growing up as an MK 57:47

2+ y ago57:47

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In this episode we hear from David and Katharine, a brother and sister duo, about the extraordinary blessings and sometimes painful losses of growing up on the mission field. They tackle the topics of: Atypical childhood, and the affects on adulthood Church on the mission field vs. Church in the United States Loneliness Home Assignment Boarding Sch…

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The Family That Stays , The Hidden Sacrifice of Family 59:54

2+ y ago59:54

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In this first episode of the WTTM Series The Family That Stays. Our host, Shari Tvrdik welcomes her very special guests her two sisters Julie Hendron and Joanne Thyne to bravely discuss what it was like to be the family that stayed behind while Shari left for the mission field. You'll find this conversation to be honest, open and transparent as the…

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Hope Zone - Tijuana 26:03

3y ago26:03

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Hope Zone is a ministry affiliated with YWAM in Tijuana, Mexico. Hope Zone hosted a medical team from Cup of Cold Water Ministries for one day in the spring of 2022. This podcast features the director of Hope Zone along with two of the key ministry workers. Located in the heart of the red light district, Hope Zone is a shining light for families wh…

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Confirmed By A Cupcake 36:00

3y ago36:00

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Ray and Shanna Choate had a family, and a business, and a definite call into full time career missions work. But to where? God spoke to them in the most unusual way and they never had a doubt about it after the night they received the delicious confirmation. Cup of Cold Water Ministries ccwm.org Dan Hennenfent, [email protected] Shari Tvrdik, shari…

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The M Night 30:32

3+ y ago30:32

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WELCOME TO SEASON 3! Things are changing. in the past Cup of Cold Water Ministries relied on traditional fundraiser banquets. In 2021 it was all Cyber due to covid. In February of 2022 we will combine the best of both with an in person banquet and missions night while doing a simultaneous broadcast of the same activities. In person and online aroun…

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Kazakhstan And The Man With No Name 42:27

3+ y ago42:27

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Our guest today is a pastor from the country of Kazakhstan. He is on a sabbatical in the United States with his family. In order to protect him and his family from possible harm, we have chosen not to disclose his identity. He came to Christ the year after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 right after Kazakhstan became a democratic republic. With …

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Discipleship In The Footsteps Of Paul 43:55

3+ y ago43:55

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Author and traveller Bob Rognlien discusses the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul while leading a pilgrimage that follows Pauls footsteps through modern day Turkey and Greece. Bob shares some of the insights that he has learned from years of living, leading and teaching Jesus followers in the lands where it all happened two centuries ago. Bob R…

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Mental Illness, Spiritual Warfare and Addiction 48:56

3+ y ago48:56

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In this episode, Dorothy Nilles, Trent Blumenthal and Lynelle Blumenthal tackle the questions surrounding ministry among people who are struggling with mental illness, spiritual warfare and addiction. Dorothy, with 35 years as a psych nurse and the Blumenthal's with their daily interaction with First Nations natives od western Canada bring their th…

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When One Life Rubs Against Another 30:15

4y ago30:15

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CCWM Ministry Leader Julius Hagan explores the difference between being a disciple and being a disciple maker. Julius has disciple making relationships in his home country of Ghana, also Central Europe and now in the United States where he is currently serving an internship with the Billy Graham Association. Julius Hagan [email protected] D…

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I Was Changed In Mongolia 57:34

4y ago57:34

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After a difficult short term trip to Mongolia, and a later internship to the same harsh land, Heather Johnson heard the call to go back yet again, and this time to stay. Teaching English and children were both low in her list of things she wanted to do, and those were the exact doors that God opened wide for her over the six years. Heather worked w…

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A Mongolian's Discipleship Journey 1:01:22

4y ago1:01:22

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When Tuvsho was born, her country was just coming out of 70 years of Communism. A child's Bible, two audio cassette tapes of the Jesus film in a language she didn't know, and a red-headed missionary all played their parts in her journey to Christ. Now she is the Director of Heart of Mentoring. (H.o.M.E.). This episode leads you along that journey t…

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A Bolivian Family of Sixty and Transition to University 36:37

4y ago36:37

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Abdiel Corrales, a native of Bolivia, talks about growing up in a family of sixty brothers and sisters. More than fifteen years ago his parents took on the role of leading the House of Hope orphanage in Caranavi Bolivia. Abdiel has recently moved to the much larger city of LaPaz Bolivia to help the university aged young adults from the orphanage to…

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