Hair Dresser’s Witness Brazil Joana D’ark Alves de Paiva lives in Bairro do Limão, a neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil. For the last 35 years she has worked as a hair dresser. Although raised in a devout Catholic family, Joana didn’t want to follow her family’s steps. Instead she decided to attend an evangelical church, Assembleia de Deus. Still, …
Happy Hearts in Malawi Tucked into the southeast corner of Africa is a little snippet of a country called Malawi. It is a land blessed with natural beauty, abundant wildlife and lovely people. Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa), 363 miles long and the third-largest freshwater lake in Africa, occupies about a quarter of Malawi’s territory. When David …
Watch Out for That Landmine Cambodia At the end of nearly three decades of warfare, Cambodia had more than ten million landmines still hidden in the ground. That was nearly one for every person in the country! At the markets, where people come together for trade, you can see the results of those landmines: beggars with arms and legs …
One of Scripture’s greatest promises is combined with an equally amazing commission: “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:18. We have been reconciled to God by Jesus’ life, death and resurrection so that we can reconcile others to Him. What …
A Dream Transformed Democratic Republic of the Congo I had a dream. I wanted to be a priest, but God had other plans for me and He used the Bible to transform my life! I was born into a very poor family in a small village by the name of Ngonde in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I …
Honduras Reports – More Than We Asked For by Elsa Willis “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto Him be glory.” Ephesians 3:20, 21. We believe with all our hearts that Christ is soon to come, and that as God’s …
A Mission Field Near You USA Reading articles and seeing photos of missionary work in developing nations is inspiring, but we can’t show you pictures of our mission field! This limitation, however, doesn’t make it any less of a mission field. In fact, Jesus mentioned this particular place by name in Matthew 25:36. He told us that ministering to …
Pictures from a baptism in Mindanao, Philippines in April 2016. Praise God! (Click any photo to see it larger.)
A fascinating verse of Scripture is Matthew 11:12, “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” How does the Kingdom of Heaven suffer violence and how do the violent take it by force? Certainly, we desire to be part of Jesus’ Kingdom, so we need …
Beams of Light in Senegal Hello again from Senegal! Have you ever thought about how often we sing our precious hymns without thinking much about the words? Sometimes it’s not until life experiences bring the words back to our minds that we realize how meaningful those words really are. Lately, a certain song has been on my heart. God …
