The Lord called my family to full-time missions service nearly ten years ago. Fresh out of university and brimming with passion for missions, we were confident we had a pretty good idea of what to expect. However, after years of…
Young women in rural Zambia face many dangers! But the most devastating, future-altering problem is teen pregnancy. Zambian culture believes that a woman can only feel fulfilled when she has a husband and children. Therefore, many young women don’t develop…
What does it mean to be globally literate? In simple terms, global literacy implies understanding how the world is organized and interconnected. The globally literate understand the possibilities and problems facing people of other cultures. Essentially, global literacy is being…
We all love to hear a good story. Stories inspire, excite, teach, correct, and help us to dream. Stories share truths from generation to generation. Truly, they help us remember the past and build toward a better future. Yet, among the…
Over the years, I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about how Bright Hope helped the churches in the drought-ridden region of Turkana, Kenya plant a farm in the desert. In essence, we have witnessed the amazing transformation of the desert…
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,…