How can one sum up the journey that God puts us on? Maybe it’s a blessing, an adventure, a miracle that He has chosen us. So many things come to mind. My trip to Tanzania with Twelve21 Global was all these things and much more. However, it didn’t start that way. In the beginning, there …
Here at Twelve21 Global we promote a culture of lifelong learning and development. We believe that children of God growing in grace are continual learners. As we learn, we deepen our walk with God and increase our wisdom and sensitivity to our Lord. In my opinion, becoming a lifelong learner means intentionally embracing the habit …
When we pray for world missions, God hears us. God hears our prayers, and He responds. I remember a moment at age 19 when an answered prayer astonished me. My friend had some difficult things going on in life that were getting her down. On a certain Thursday, I set my mind to pray for her every …
In the summer of 2017, I decided to go on my first mission trip to Tanzania. I crawled into the tent closest to one of two dim lights hanging from ropes surrounding our campsite. I pulled out my sleeping bag, exhausted already from the 30+ hours it took to get to Maisome Island. I wept. …
WHO IS TWELVE21 GLOBAL? We are a faith-based mission organization made of ordinary people transformed by Jesus and called to an extraordinary journey mobilizing people to serve alongside local leaders in spiritually dark and impoverished communities. Twelve21 Global was founded by Yusuph Emmanuel, who was born in Tanzania. This allows our mission organization to have …
WHY DO WE DO MISSION TRIPS TO AFRICA? One part of the Twelve21 Global ministry is mobilizing people to go on mission trips to the areas where we have schools, new church plants, and mobile health clinics! A mission trip to Africa can be scary if it is your first time, but we are here …
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Riches. Success. Power. Sexual conquest. Tibenderana believed he could achieve these by committing murder. He chose to slay a child with albinism. His superstitious beliefs required the boy’s body parts in witchcraft rituals to achieve his goals. What he did achieve? Five years of imprisonment. After his release from prison, “Tibe” apologized to his community, …
“My dad is a witch doctor. My mom is a witch doctor. My sister is a witch doctor. A year ago I would’ve introduced myself as Shadrack, the future witchdoctor!” Shadrack Samson never hesitated over the question of what he wanted to be when he grew up. Of course he would take over the family …
