Journey To Ecuador

This January, Grace and I joined with ITEC and some Brinkman Adventures fans to enter the Ecuadorian jungle to meet the legendary Waodani tribe. This was our very first Brinkman Family Adventure! As a girl, I heard the story of Nate Saint and Jim Elliot and the others...

Coming December 2019…

The Wild Way What if your neighbors conspired together and kicked you out of the neighborhood? What if they threatened to hurt you if you came back? Where would you go? Would you move back?  Meet Duguru, a lovable, Jesus following, ex-warrior whose life-changing...

Kri – Papua Indonesia

Hey! My name’s Grace and I play Gracie Brinkman in the Brinkman Adventures. This past August, my Dad and I took an amazing trip to Papua Indonesia. It took us six flights, and two boat rides to reach our final destination, which was Kri Island.  We went there to...

Uncovering the Dutch Underground

The doorway they drug her through It all came together last month as I walked up a cobblestone street, looked for the number 4, and knocked. It was a cold night seventy-two years ago when 8 Gestapo soldiers approached the very spot where I was standing. They were...

Where the Mission Begins

I sat in a daze, my mind stuck in the fog that comes after flying halfway across the world.  I was on my way to Tanzania on a mission trip, but I found myself on a layover in Qatar, the small but wealthy country near Dubai. As I sat there the haze lifted and was...