Ryan + Stacy Daubenspeck

What if the most transformative spiritual decision you could make was not a solo journey but a family one? This conversation with Ryan and Stacy Daubenspeck takes us into the heart of what it looks like when a family stops treating faith as a Sunday habit and starts living it as an everyday identity.

The shift happens gradually, and then all at once, like a light switch. Suddenly you are not waiting for the annual missions trip to love on people. You are doing it in the dentist's office, in the school hallway, in the grocery store checkout line. You are looking for the custodian who is short-staffed and asking your kids if they want to help knock it out. You are praying each morning to be something different, something that stands apart, so that people might see something in you and want to know more.

Pointing people toward Jesus does not require having all the right words. Sometimes it simply means showing up, serving others, and choosing to love people well. When we give our kids opportunities to be part of that, we are teaching them that following Jesus is not just something we talk about. It is something we live out.

That is what Jesus modeled for us. He noticed the people. He moved toward them. He welcomed them in. He met them where they were and loved them there.

And as families, we have the opportunity to do the same.

Chapters

• 0:00 - 7:47 Chapter 1: From Reluctance to Revival: How the Trip Began
  We hear how one family's annual mission trip to a Comanche community in Walters, Oklahoma got started, even when not everyone was on board at first.
• 7:47 - 18:15 Chapter 2: What Happens When Kids Are on Mission
  We explore the profound impact that serving alongside children has had, from overcoming personal fears to witnessing salvations and baptisms.
• 18:15 - 23:54 Chapter 3: Serving Together: The Impact on Marriage and Faith
  We see how serving together as a couple pushed both spouses out of their comfort zones and deepened their shared faith and relationship.
• 23:54 - 35:58 Chapter 4: Not Just a Trip -- It Is Who We Are
  We discover how the mission mindset stopped being something reserved for one week a year and became the everyday identity of the whole family.