Uganda – Living in extreme poverty makes life hard and causes overwhelming anxiety in a person’s heart. Especially when you’re a child, and you have no control over your family’s future. With four children and not enough income to send…
Zambia – Under the shining sun, a group of children raced across the street and toward the lake. Bangweulu, which means “where the water meets the sky,” is one of the world’s great wetland systems. Situated in the upper Congo…
Among the mysteries of the Bible, few are more challenging to wrestle with than the duality of Christ’s nature. Both fully God and fully man. While it’s certainly true that there are complexities that we struggle to explain regarding this…
This morning I came across an article in the Wall Street Journal about the widening gap between rich and poor countries as a result of the pandemic. I thought it was interesting they tracked remittances as a measure of impact.…
If you were to ask most people their thoughts on the concept of weakness, by and large, the response that you would expect is that weakness is a thing to be avoided. We often consider weakness as something shameful, ignoble,…
UPDATE FROM HAITI: December 24, 2021 Cap-Haitien: Good news, our partner churches are moving forward offering help to the victim’s families from the gasoline explosion. A committee of church members is finding the families and listening to their needs. Praying…
When a tragic situation like the gasoline explosion in Haiti takes place, where 71 or more people were killed, it is hard to understand how this could happen. A gasoline truck swerved to miss a motorcycle and toppled, spilling its…
Uganda – Safina, a grandma from Uganda, lamented: “As a grandmother taking care of three orphaned grandchildren, life has not been easy for me and my husband.” When Safina lost her son and his wife to HIV/AIDS, life took a…
Haiti – Each year, periods of drought plague the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, threatening to drown struggling farmers like Emmanuel in poverty. Life hasn’t been easy for Emmanuel. Working as a rice farmer in a dry, arid part…
Kenya – Although it’s still dark, Juja Road is filled with early-morning crowds traveling to work and school from the slums of Nairobi. Many backpack-laden children hurry off to school, creating a sea of brightly colored school uniforms. Dorah was…
Have you ever tried to explain the concept of “missions” to someone else? Is it equal parts evangelism and discipleship? Are all Christians missionaries? Where exactly do “missions” take place? Are you involved in missions without knowing it? Being a…
Over the years, I’ve realized that out of the various Spiritual Disciplines, there are few that I neglect as often as Silence and Solitude. Spending time, silent before the Lord, waiting to hear what He had to say rated secondary…