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Episode 42 - A Decade in Kenya - Unique challenges, ethical questions when cultures collide, geographic diversity, strong tribal traditions, and a deeply welcoming culture. Why it’s been a favorite destination for volunteers for the past ten years.
Jun 23, 2026
1h 06m 51s
Episode 41 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Volunteering - Does Maranatha only use volunteer labor? Do short term missions yield sustainable results? Are there any limits on who can volunteer? Do you have to live in rough conditions for a mission trip to count?
Jun 5, 2026
55m 40s
Episode 40 - Miracles in the Mission Field - Skepticism, supernatural stories, and how western minds process the supernatural compared to global counterparts
May 27, 2026
1h 09m 25s
Episode 39 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Is Maranatha an Adventist Church entity or receive funding from the Church? Does Maranatha pick where we work? Do we only work overseas? Do we do disaster relief like ADRA or ACS?
May 13, 2026
59m 48s
Episode 38 - Mission Trip Leaders’ Playbook - Behind the scenes of short-term mission trip organization. From pre-trip planning, to the daily schedule, to the unseen challenges of a leader, this conversation reveals how mission trip coordinators do their
Apr 24, 2026
1h 07m 56s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 | ![]() Episode 42 - A Decade in Kenya - Unique challenges, ethical questions when cultures collide, geographic diversity, strong tribal traditions, and a deeply welcoming culture. Why it’s been a favorite destination for volunteers for the past ten years. | Join us for a special episode of Inside Missions as we celebrate a significant milestone: 10 years of Maranatha Volunteers International’s work in Kenya. With more than 1,200 structures built, including churches and classrooms, and more than 2,000 volunteers deployed, the impact on the ground has been immense. Our panel dives into the unique challenges and blessings of working in Kenya—a country defined by its incredible geographic diversity, strong tribal traditions, and a deeply welcoming c... | 1h 06m 51s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Episode 41 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Volunteering - Does Maranatha only use volunteer labor? Do short term missions yield sustainable results? Are there any limits on who can volunteer? Do you have to live in rough conditions for a mission trip to count?✨ | volunteeringmyths about missions+4 | — | Maranatha Volunteers International | — | Maranathavolunteer labor+5 | — | 55m 40s | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() Episode 40 - Miracles in the Mission Field - Skepticism, supernatural stories, and how western minds process the supernatural compared to global counterparts✨ | miraclesmission field+4 | Dr. Steve Case | Maranatha Volunteers InternationalAndrews University | — | miraclesmission field+6 | — | 1h 09m 25s | |
| 5/13/26 | ![]() Episode 39 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Is Maranatha an Adventist Church entity or receive funding from the Church? Does Maranatha pick where we work? Do we only work overseas? Do we do disaster relief like ADRA or ACS?✨ | Maranatha organizationAdventist Church+4 | — | Maranatha Volunteers InternationalAdventist Church+2 | — | MaranathaAdventist Church+5 | — | 59m 48s | |
| 4/24/26 | ![]() Episode 38 - Mission Trip Leaders’ Playbook - Behind the scenes of short-term mission trip organization. From pre-trip planning, to the daily schedule, to the unseen challenges of a leader, this conversation reveals how mission trip coordinators do their✨ | mission tripsleadership+3 | Jennifer Trujillo | Maranatha Volunteers International | India | mission tripleadership+5 | — | 1h 07m 56s | |
| 4/10/26 | ![]() Episode 37 - The Art of Storytelling in the Mission Field - Having a detailed plan but staying open to God’s lead, building rapport with interview subjects, how pre-trip preparation pays off, and one woman’s tearful reaction to visualizing her new church✨ | storytellingmission trips+4 | Julie LeeSidney Needles | — | IndiaDominican Republic+1 | storytellingmission field+5 | — | 1h 19m 53s | |
| 3/27/26 | ![]() Episode 36 - Don and Laura Noble - Our most difficult projects ever, including a remote desert in Kenya and Communist Cuba, and Don’s first Maranatha project involving a plane crash, circumventing a war, and breaking down in the middle of the ocean.✨ | difficult projectsmission work+4 | Don NobleLaura Noble | Maranatha Volunteers International | KenyaCuba+2 | Maranathaprojects+6 | — | 1h 07m 05s | |
| 3/13/26 | ![]() Episode 35 - Teen Transformation on Ultimate Workout - Josue Quispe - Life change for youth, quitting his job for missions, and finding his wife on a mission trip✨ | teen transformationmission trips+3 | Josue Quispe | Maranatha Volunteers International | Peru | MaranathaUltimate Workout+3 | — | 55m 51s | |
| 2/27/26 | ![]() Episode 34 - Making Responsible Impact - Monty Jacobs - Ethical gift giving, serving on Maranatha’s board, and the importance of partnerships in local communities✨ | ethical gift givingvolunteer engagement+4 | Monty Jacobs | Maranatha Volunteers InternationalAdventHealth | — | MaranathaMonty Jacobs+5 | — | 57m 27s | |
| 2/12/26 | ![]() Episode 33 - Career Path to Missions - Kenneth Weiss - Turning down a career in D.C. for Maranatha, the impact of Maranatha employment on our children, and our expanded worldview of what it means to be Adventist✨ | missionscareer change+3 | Kenneth Weiss | Maranatha Volunteers International | Washington D.C. | missionscareer path+5 | — | 1h 14m 51s | |
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| 1/30/26 | ![]() Episode 32 - Serving in Africa - David Woods - Why he loves Africa, learning local languages, and miracle stories✨ | missionary workAfrica+3 | David Woods | Maranatha Volunteers International | AfricaZambia+1 | missionaryAfrica+4 | — | 51m 10s | |
| 1/13/26 | ![]() Episode 31 - Mission Field TV. Our producers talk international media production, travel, finding stories, and conducting interviews through interpreters.✨ | media productionmission field+4 | — | Maranatha Volunteers InternationalMaranatha Mission Stories | — | mission fieldtelevision production+3 | — | 55m 17s | |
| 10/20/25 | ![]() Episode 30 - Erton Köhler - President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists✨ | pastoral leadershipmissions+3 | Erton Köhler | General Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsMaranatha Volunteers International | Brazil | Erton KöhlerGeneral Conference+5 | — | 55m 18s | |
| 5/29/25 | ![]() Episode 29 - Elmer Barbosa - Jungle church construction, starting from scratch in a new country, and leading a large mission trip for teens✨ | jungle church constructionmission trips+3 | Elmer Barbosa | Maranatha Volunteers International | PeruParaguay | jungle churchmission trip+5 | — | 1h 08m 43s | |
| 5/12/25 | ![]() Episode 28 - Eddie Heinrich - Breaking his neck on a mission trip and why he keeps taking youth on projects | As Youth and Pathfinder Director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Northern California, Eddie has decades of experience taking youth on mission trips around the world. He recounts his first experiences with Maranatha, talks about the importance of doing a pre-trip site visit, and explains how he broke his neck in Costa Rica. He shares how he has grown as a leader, his goal for youth on these projects, and how he’s seen prayer literally influence events on his mission trips. Eddie shares... | 41m 15s | ||||||
| 3/28/25 | ![]() Episode 27 - Marcos Paseggi - Adventist Review’s senior news correspondent on reporting on the mission around the world | As Adventist Review’s senior news correspondent, Marcos has traveled the world covering stories for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and has the unique experience of coming to the mission of Maranatha via journalism. Early in his time at Adventist Review, he was asked to cover the dedication of a Maranatha-built sanctuary in Cuba. He went, and was impressed with the dedication of Maranatha volunteers, donors, and staff. Since then, he’s been on more assignments involving Maranatha, and talks... | 39m 24s | ||||||
| 3/17/25 | ![]() Episode 26 - Leo Macias and Sidney Needles - Debriefing a TV production trip to India | What is it like to produce a television program in another country? Maranatha’s media production manager Leo Macias and communication specialist Sidney Needles debrief their recent trip to India. Come behind the scenes and learn how TV is produced in the field, and hear about specific challenges these two faced while filming across multiple states in India. Sidney describes her role as a field producer, and Leo explains how professional camera equipment makes a difference in filming. The two... | 53m 56s | ||||||
| 2/21/25 | ![]() Episode 25 - Kenneth Weiss - The Mission in Communist Cuba | Maranatha’s chief operating officer talks about his earliest impressions of Cuba from the mid-90’s, how Maranatha got involved, some of the challenges of the Seventh-day Adventist Church there back then, and how Maranatha worked to construct or renovate more than 200 churches on the island over the years. He shares what it’s been like to build rapport and work with Cuba’s Minister of Religion long-term, the challenges of having periods of abundant government project approval, followed by seas... | 49m 44s | ||||||
| 2/14/25 | ![]() Episode 24 - Loretta Spivey - “You’ll be in a wheelchair the rest of your life,” and leading thousands of teens on mission trips | Long-time Maranatha mission trip leader, Loretta Spivey, shares her journey to the mission field, from becoming the first Seventh-day Adventist in her family as a result of a visit from a literature evangelist, to a year-long missionary assignment in Indonesia. She’s been heavily involved with Maranatha’s mission trip for high schoolers, Ultimate Workout, initially as a correspondent for Insight Magazine, a publication for Adventist youth, and later as a project leader. She explains why this ... | 57m 49s | ||||||
| 1/28/25 | ![]() Episode 23 - Danny Poljak - Explosives, Escaping War, and Mission Field Construction | After serving as a Maranatha volunteer for years, Danny now works for Maranatha to ensure our buildings are constructed soundly. But his journey to Maranatha starts as a child in the former Yugoslavia, the son of a Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor there. He remembers international Church leaders passing through, talking about what God was doing around the world. As a kid, Danny wondered if he could travel and serve around the world one day too. As a young man, Danny fulfilled mandat... | 35m 36s | ||||||
| 12/16/24 | ![]() Episode 22 - Susan Woods - Air raids, riding a refugee train, mission field pregnancies/raising kids | Maranatha’s medical services coordinator grew up as a missionary kid in Asia, and later took her own family into the mission field to serve in several countries around the globe. Over her lifetime she’s experienced a wide range of danger and harrowing situations, from wartime air raids to local violence, and even attempted break-ins and muggings. But she’s also seen how God has been faithful to her and her family as they have worked to expand God’s kingdom. There are three themes she’s found ... | 54m 13s | ||||||
| 12/11/24 | ![]() Episode 21 - Lisandro Staut - Troublemaker turned ministry leader talks overcoming labels, why he left a successful career path, and a criticism of short term missions | Maranatha’s vice president for volunteers explains his unlikely path to missions, from his reputation as a teen troublemaker to pursuing ministry—much to the surprise of those around him. He reflects on the labels others put on him, and a crucial moment where he tested God with his future. Lisandro went on to study theology and journalism in Brazil, working in marketing for his academy alma mater, his university alma mater, a local conference, and eventually, Adventist media giant Novo Tempo.... | 59m 52s | ||||||
| 11/6/24 | ![]() Episode 20 - Dina Ramirez - From volunteer to staff member, how God uses people to answer prayers | Long-time Maranatha volunteer turned staff member talks about her transition from serving with the organization to working for it. She recounts how she first got into short term missions, how it has impacted herself and her family, and why she has a passion for using service to reach youth. She describes Maranatha’s 2024 high school mission trip to the Andes mountains of Peru, Ultimate Workout, including an extraordinary story of answered prayer. You can watch Ultimate Workout volunteer, Mary... | 32m 25s | ||||||
| 10/10/24 | ![]() Episode 19 - Maranatha Volunteer Support Staff - Behind the scenes of sleepless nights, contingency plans, and the power of prayer | Three of Maranatha’s volunteer support staff join us for our first-ever panel! Maria Molleda from Peru, Alice Danla in India, and Kotesh Rao in Kenya, talk about the other side of the mission trip from what volunteers see. From booking hotels and excursions, to orchestrating outreach opportunities like medical clinics or Vacation Bible School, these people go to great lengths to make sure everything is ready for our volunteers when they arrive. They talk about the lack of sleep during ... | 1h 09m 56s | ||||||
| 9/20/24 | ![]() Episode 18 - Don Noble - Taking over Maranatha Flights International in 1983, food poisoning, car attacks, and doubters saying he was the wrong guy for the job | Maranatha’s president since the early 80’s, Don tells the story of how God called him to a small, fledgling organization called “Maranatha Flights International,” the original name for Maranatha. He shares how he listened for God’s leading in that initial decision, and how he has stayed attuned to God’s direction in every decision for Maranatha since. He explains how Maranatha interacts with the Adventist World Church, from the division level down, to respond to official requests for help thr... | 49m 26s | ||||||
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