Misfortunes Redeemed A church in Uganda builds a home for a destitute family. Complacency and laziness can make a man poor—but if hard work alone could make a man rich, Mr. Didas Kacokoli should have been the richest man on Earth. Although hard working and determined, Didas met misfortunes his life until he was forced into abject poverty. It all …
The Little Flock A woman’s burden for the salvation of children leads to a new ministry. We are told to “go ye therefore, and teach all nations.” Matthew 28:19. We feel that our church, and especially our children, should have a burning desire to take the name of Jesus to the world. Over the course of the last few years, …
Stoned with the Word A bar owner’s plot to stone the new preacher in town backfires. He did not seem to be preaching, but visiting homes with love! His kindness and commendable conduct gave him a wider audience than he would have otherwise had, and he ended up drawing people’s attention to serious, deep Bible study. To the surprise of …
Buenavista An evangelistic series sparks the beginning of a new congregation in a difficult town. Mission Projects International director Mike Bauler, accompanied by his daughter Hannah (Isabel) and her friend Hannah, recently traveled to Buenavista, Colombia for a special church-planting project. Buenavista, known for its “good view” of the Andes Mountains on one side and the Maravelez Valley on the …
A Pentecostal Pastor’s Dream An angel directs a Pentecostal pastor to the Adventist church for Bible truth. “The work ever before the minister of Christ is to preach the gospel, both to those that are nigh, and ‘in regions beyond.’ It involves self-denial, and necessitates cross-bearing. This kind of work, that will lead us continually to be faithful home missionaries …
Angels in the Graveyard Angel visitors arrest children’s advancement in a dangerous craft. During its long years of war, Congo became unsafe for foreign missionaries; but with the coming of peace, a few gospel workers trickled in. Among these was a small group of Seventh-day Adventists who wanted to see the city of Kisangani reached with the Three Angels’ Messages. …
A Miracle from Nowhere An unlikely candidate becomes a successful soul winner. Nobody in Israel would have agreed with Jesus’ decision to recruit fishermen from the middle of nowhere to establish a worldwide movement. Likewise, nobody considered Jean Claude Ngandu, a young man from Kinshasa, Congo, as a candidate for God’s work. As a youth, Ngandu had made some mistakes, …
A Home in Jesus A starving family finds not only work, but hope, with a compassionate stranger. My family had gone two days without food, and now my children were crying from hunger. We had left our home village to find work in Bushenyi, but the rich man I worked for had been withholding my salary. With a heavy heart, …
The last words spoken in the hearing of the disciples are as full of meaning to us as they were to them. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you: and lo, I …
