by Rebekah Schouten | Dec 8, 2025 | Medical, Missions Updates, Short-Term Missions, Stories of Impact, Trauma Healing
God is writing stories of hope through e3’s short-term mission teams around the world. And behind every one of those stories is someone who said yes – someone who prayed, someone who went, someone who gave so that others might hear the Gospel. The stories you’re about...
by Rebekah Schouten | Aug 8, 2025 | Medical, Middle East, Refugees, Stories of Impact
In 2025, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports there are 42.7 million refugees worldwide – that’s 42.7 million men, women, and children who have been forced to flee their home countries due to war, persecution, or violence. In Greece alone, more than 214,000 refugees...
by Rebekah Schouten | May 11, 2024 | Medical, Middle East, Refugees, Stories of Impact
Did you know you can use soapmaking to share the Gospel? Hashem*, one of e3’s Strategy Coordinators in Europe, uses this tactic to share his faith with refugees there. He uses the soapmaking process as a metaphor for living life apart from Christ and how, when we...
by Rebekah Schouten | Feb 17, 2024 | India, Medical, Refugees, Stories of Impact
Anne, e3’s Director of Short-Term Trips, recently led a trip to Greece to minister to refugees through medical clinics. One night, she and her team held a small clinic for people from South Asia. While Anne was checking patients’ eyes for reading glasses, the pastor...
by Rebekah Schouten | Oct 27, 2023 | Africa, Medical, Middle East, Stories of Impact
On a recent mission trip to the Middle East, e3’s Director of Short-Term Trips and her team offered spiritual counseling to people who came as patients to a medical clinic. “We share the Gospel with everyone, including Muslims and those who call themselves...
by Rebekah Schouten | Oct 21, 2023 | Africa, Medical, Stories of Impact
Last week, e3’s Director of Short-Term Trips led a mission trip to Northeast Africa. The team on the trip helped set up and run a medical clinic where they could examine patients, pray for them, and share the Gospel. One day at the clinic, two teenage Muslim boys who...
