All Posts | Matt and Karissa Long

June- Getting closer to our goal!

June 18, 2015

“Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.” — Elizabeth Elliot Elizabeth Elliot passed away this month. She was an incredible woman of faith and a person that I greatly admire. After her husband was martyred in Ecuador, she went back there as a missionary to reach the tribe that had killed him. […]

Come what MAY

May 29, 2015

Why go overseas when there are lost people here? “The church cannot grow within peoples where relevant churches do not exist. Forty percent of the individuals in the world live within peoples with no church. They are no more spiritually ‘lost’ than your cousin who has never gone to church, but unlike your cousin, there […]

“April Showers Bring May Flowers”… a month of expectation

April 28, 2015

So… guess what? We are expecting a baby boy in September! We are so thankful to the Lord for this wonderful blessing, and were eager to share it with you. This month I have been reflecting on this idea of “expecting.” Expectation. Scripture is filled with this idea. In fact, a lot of the Christian […]

MARCH-ing Forward!

March 31, 2015

“I am inspired by you guys. Thank you for opening up my eyes about how many people need to know Jesus.” This was a note we received from a student at Saint Joseph Christian School. Last month Matt was invited to speak at his old school, a K-12 Christian school in Missouri, for their missions […]

February Update!

March 26, 2015

“Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.” — Philippians 4:17 Within the past few years, we have had the incredible opportunity to disciple inner city teens in Minneapolis, mentor young men struggling with sexual sin, share Christ with college students in Asia, and […]

New Year, New News!

March 26, 2015

LOTS OF BIG NEWS THIS MONTH! 1- We are officially members of New Tribes Mission! 2- We decided on a country— Papua New Guinea! 3- We are back in Minnesota and have started full-time support raising! Wow~ can you believe it? We are already done with our training and onto our next step before heading […]