Month: July 2025

Sing Along Video Resource

Posted on by Emily Belvery

All around the world, there are few things kids love more than music! Music connects our hearts with God in worship; crosses barriers of language, culture, and time period; and brings praise and glory to the God of every nation.

This is why MCN has put together a playlist of bilingual praise videos, allowing you to sing along with kids and MCN mission partners around the world. Learn a little bit about different languages as you worship Jesus with both new and familiar songs. 

Simple to use with subtitles included and fun for all ages, these videos are ideal for Sunday school classes, day school classrooms, chapels, and Vacation Bible School, too. With seven languages represented, there are a variety of choices. We would love to know which one is your favorite! 

Bonus: We also have an interactive PowerPoint to help you learn more about each location and the mission partners and ministry happening there!

Click to view this resource and more. 

Sing Along:

  1. English and Mandarin (Taiwan): “Behold Our God,” “ Jesus Loves Me” 
  2. English and Khmer (Cambodia): “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High” 
  3. English and Slovak (Slovakia): “You Have Been So Good to Me” 
  4. Spanish (Costa Rica): “ O Come to the Altar” 
  5. English and Hungarian (Hungary): “ Cornerstone,” “ Peace Like a River” 
  6. English and Tagalog (The Philippines): “This is the Day” 
  7. Bonus from Central Asia: “Mystery Song” 

Sing Along Playlist on Youtube

We Can Tell He Really Loves Jesus

Posted on by Emily Belvery

(From a former mission partner to Central Asia)

“A few short weeks after I first moved to Central Asia, I had an opportunity to attend a cultural festival. I didn’t know anybody, I didn’t speak any languages common here, and I found myself traveling across vast stretches of wilderness a thousand kilometers from anybody I knew, with no idea where we were going, and there wasn’t even really a road we were driving on. And I couldn’t talk to anybody …

And after we returned to the  big city from our trip, some of the people I  traveled with were speaking with our pastor, and they were telling Him, ‘This volunteer is really something. He has a great servant heart for  the Lord, and we can tell he really loves Jesus.’  

And I asked him (through our pastor who was translating), ‘How could you  know these things about me if we never talked at all during the trip?’ And they said, ‘You were always ready to serve. When we visited somebody at their house, you had your sleeve rolled down and were helping with the heavy, hot pot of tea. You were always ready to go on time. You were always willing to chip in and help with the luggage …  even though we considered you to be a tourist and were just along for the ride, on our treat. And all of these things spoke to us about God’s light in your life.’

And that really set the stage, I think, for how I perceive ministry. I realized that even when I feel like I’m totally out of control and have no way of communicating with people, God can still be working through me in my life. And He can still be working through all of you, as well, even when you’re unaware of it, through things you don’t even notice.”