Author: Ian and Julie Fallis

Unreachable … by phone, that is

Unreachable … by phone, that is

Can you imagine being unreachable for a week? Maybe it’s just me, but because I’m on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, I am (almost) never unreachable. My cell phone (for better or for worse) brings me not just calls, but texts and emails wherever I am. There are times when I […]
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My new grandson

My new grandson

“Daniel Ransom Beveridge, and some of the family who loves him” From My new grandson, posted by Ian Fallis on 8/09/2012 (14 items) Grandma holds Daniel Daniel on his mom’s lap Mom holds Daniel Mom holds Daniel Mom holds Daniel Aunt Brynna with Daniel Daddy and son Another of mom and son Dad looks happy […]
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The story behind the story

The story behind the story

Two seemingly unrelated things came together and resulted in me writing The Unlikely Missionary, which appears in the August 2012 issue of NTM@work magazine. When our magazine team was discussing content for the August issue, I was studying the book of Philippians. The August issue is about the folks who serve in the USA as […]
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The Unlikely Missionary

The Unlikely Missionary

This article appeared in the August 2012 issue of NTM@work. Epaphroditus may be the most unlikely of missionaries. You may not have heard of him, even though Paul told the church at Philippi to “hold such men [as Epaphroditus] in esteem” (Philippians 2:29). And at first glance, his ministry doesn’t seem like much compared to […]
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New magazine

New magazine

Ian and his team have completed the August issue of NTM@work, and it’s now hitting mailboxes and available online. It’s all about the members of the church planting team who, like us, serve in the USA. If you’d like to read it, or subscribe, take a look.
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Dunked for Jesus

Dunked for Jesus

Have you been dunked? Two Landuma boys were dunked this summer. One of them said: “I believe that I am a sinner. I know that my struggling to do good works can’t obtain for me forgiveness for my sin. I also believe that Jesus Christ came to the world and died in our place concerning […]
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Doing the old things for new reasons

Doing the old things for new reasons

The Mwinika believers recently faced a dilemma. Their old ways demanded that they spend more than a month not eating or drinking during the day, and feasting with each other at night. Would they join them or not? “I still fast,” one of the believers said, “but now to fast means to me to say […]
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Delighting God

Delighting God

Have you ever been delighted by a gift? I’m talking about a gift that really brought a broad grin to your face, a happiness that went deep down inside, a sentiment that touched you deeply. Julie and I had the opportunity to give such a gift recently. Last month I took part in the premiere […]
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For generations to come

For generations to come

The Mengen people were concerned. They had heard about missionaries having to leave their ministries and return home, and they knew the missionaries ministering to them, Lourens and Maria Laureti, faced challenges for their daughter’s education. So they wrote a letter. The village and church leaders signed it, and insisted Lourens translate it and share […]
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A baby named Ken

A baby named Ken

Baby names are a big deal. Our daughter Meghan and son-in-law Jon have spent a lot of time figuring out what to name their first child, due any day now. And it’s a big deal when someone names their baby after you. But when Pityan, a Budik believer, named his son after missionary Ken Satorius, […]
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