The Barnabas Initiative

This is the second of our Mission Week 2025 episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mission Week Intro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see what this is all about.In this episode, we sit down with Nate Sobie & Hayley Batt, both serving in Alaska, but with unique stories of how God got them there and has sustained them. Join us as we explore God's faithfulness to each of them.Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

This is the first of our Mission Week 2025 episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mission Week Intro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see what this is all about.In this episode, we sit down with Joel and Sue Bolthouse, career missionaries who have spent many years in the field, most recently in Zambia. Hear stories of God's provision in their life.Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

Join us in this short episode as we share what is coming in the next episodes with some more Mission week guests. Also, we have a special guest on this episode! You won't want to miss it.Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any other input! We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Ryan Vinall, we sit down with a few fellow students to discuss how we can trust God through trials and how He uses them to shape us in ways we often don't see. Join us as we jump in.Do you struggle to trust God through trials?Do you seek what God is using the trial for in your life?Where have you seen God redirect your life through trials to fulfill his purpose? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any other input! We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Vinall, a Moody grad on his way to the mission field, as he shares how God used failure and disappointment in his life to shape him into who he is today.How have you been challenged by this episode?Where are some areas that you feel like you may have failed, but God has used them to further His plan?Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Steffan and Julie Pyle, we sit down with a couple of fellow students and talk more about how we can find joy in times of trial in our lives. When we are tempted to despair, how can we rejoice? Join us as we dive deeper into this.Have you asked God to make His desires your desires?Where have you seen God redirect your life through trials to fulfill his purpose?Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any other input!We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode, we sit down with Steffan and Julie Pyle, two staff members from Moody Aviation. Steffan, a flight instructor, and Julie, who works at the front desk, share their inspiring testimonies of how God guided their paths and shaped their ministry. How have you been challenged by this episode?Are there any areas of the Pyle's story that you can relate to?Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! Reach out to us at ⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

This is the last of our Mission Week Episodes. In this episode, join our team as we recap and reflect on all of our Mission Week episodes. From the mission organizations to the personal stories from the field, each one has a story of the Lord's providence and guidance. We dive into some of these stories and unpack them a bit more.Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any other input!We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode we sit down with our host as he shares a short devotional on living in the light of God's revelation of His Son, the call it puts on our lives, and how it should call us to act. Join us for a time of encouragement from Scripture.Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

You may have noticed we have been absent for a couple of weeks. Between busyness and sickness, we have not been able to record. Check out this short episode for an update on what is going on as well as some encouragement along the way. We hope to get back to our normal schedule soon.Thank you all for joining us on this adventure and we pray that you are encouraged. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

This is the fifth of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠⁠⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Liz Perreault, director of Wings of the Way, a ministry that helps to relocate survivors of sex trafficking using aviation as a means of transportation to help get these girls into safe houses. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

This is the fourth of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down first with Zach Soles, a LeTourneau University graduate and now UAS program manager for ITEC, he tells us about ITEC (Indigenous People's Technology and Education Center) and how God used his love of aviation to get him there. Second, we talk to Jamie Saint, Executive Director of ITEC and grandson of missionary Nate Saint. He shares about his time in Ecuador and how he ended up where he is today. We discuss living in the shadow of great men and women who have come before us and how you cannot be them, and they cannot be you. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

This is the third of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠⁠⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠⁠⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Case Visser, a graduate of SMAT (The School of Missionary Aviation Technology) as he tells us more about Samaritan Aviation and his journey to join them and serve in Papua New Guinea. When God changed their path, they returned to the US to teach at SMAT as well as continue to serve with Samaritan Aviation in recruiting and other roles. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

This is the second of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to ⁠What's Coming in 2025?⁠ to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Brian Ford, a Moody Aviation graduate, as he tells us more about MARC (Mission Aviation Repair Center) and his process of getting there with them. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

This is the first of our Mission Week episodes, if you haven't already, listen to What's Coming in 2025? to see what this is all about. In this episode, we sit down with Zach Merkling, the chief pilot at Proclaim Aviation, to discuss what God is doing at Proclaim and how Zach and his family got there. Join us as we talk about what Proclaim is and how it helps to get missionaries on the field. Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! Reach out to us at: ⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

Join us in this short bonus episode as we share what will be coming in the next few months here at the beginning of 2025.

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Dan Swanson, we sit down with a couple of fellow students and talk more about seeking God's will and making it our own. How can we ask what we want and it be according to God's will? Join us as we dive deeper into this. What are you filled with? What comes out when you are squeezed? How can you encourage fellow believers? Are you willing to surrender your will to God's? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any other input! We would love to hear from you! ⁠⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode, we sit down with Dan Swanson, a flight instructor here at Moody Aviation to discuss how God has directed his and his family's path in a way he never expected. Join us as we explore a story of how an unprecedented surplus of missionaries landed Dan and his family here at Moody. How has God changed your plans? What blessings can you find in these changes? How have you been challenged by this episode? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! Reach out to us at: ⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode, as we reflect on our previous episode with Bridget Abbott, we sit down with a fellow student and talk more about being submitted to God and His discipline of us. How is discipline a form of love? Join us as we dive deeper into this. Do you struggle to be willing to submit to God? Do you try to defeat sin on your own? Do you see God's discipline of you as a form of love? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, and any other input! We would love to hear from you! Email: ⁠⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu

In this episode, we sit down with Bridget Abbott, an educational coach here at Moody Aviation. Join us as she shares about her and her husband's time in Costa Rica as they learned to adapt to God's plan for them. Are you willing to leave behind your plan to follow God? Will you allow the Lord to direct your path? Feel free to email us with prayer requests, questions, comments, or any other input. We would love to hear from you! Reach out to us at: ⁠⁠moodyavpodcasts@moody.edu