Spreading Hope Democratic Republic of the Congo New Hub Started in Kindu Descending in the small plane, I worried about the kind of reception I might meet on the ground. Only three days previously, a group of rebels had taken control of the airport in this small, lovely city of Kindu, in the heart of the Democratic Republic of …
From Despair to Hope India From the time he was a baby, all Shaik Sameer could remember was his parents’ constant fighting. Every day, his mother would faithfully do her duties around their small home: cleaning, cooking, and taking care of his small infant sister. In rural India the tasks of daily living take up the entire day. Water …
Don’t Worry for Anything Ecuador We had been waiting for a shipment of literature and it finally arrived! Barac, my husband, picked them up two weeks ago from the Port of Guayaquil. Brother Jorge Mera, husband of Nury Mera, brought his car and trailer to help Barac transport the boxes. It was a big surprise to see the Mera …
The Gospel of Daniel in California I was raised in a halfway house: halfway to heaven, halfway to hell. The year I was born, my mother became a Seventh-day Adventist. I was the youngest in our family of four and she did what she could to raise us up. She took us to church and we periodically had worship …
A Life More Abundant Brazil Marques de Sousa’s life of crimes began when he was just a boy. At age 11, while living in Rio de Janeiro, he worked as a “jet”—someone who delivers drugs back and forth to dealers. By 12 he had his first gun and began working on his own crimes: robbing and dealing drugs. By …
God Will Provide Honduras After much work and expense in order to get the Internet system working in the new radio station’s site, the next step was to put our radio signal on the web. Although we found many people that claimed they could do a good job, we had had several unpleasant experiences with them because they charged …
The Light Brought Hope Vietnam What would cause someone to risk everything and plant his seventh home-church in a communist country? My family and I lived comfortably on the coast of Vietnam until one day government officials came to our home with an official letter. “We have to leave right away!” my father said after reading it. Later I …
Choosing the Robe of Righteousness Washington, USA My name is Kevin Hughes and I was baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist on March 22, 2014. I was not raised Adventist. I was born in 1994 to Roman Catholic parents and they did the best they could with the light given them, even though I was certainly no easy child to …
Connecting to Jesus in Asia Some of my moto-taxi friends call me ‘Grandpa Jesus,’” smiles Mr. Morn Va. It must be because he is always talking about Jesus. Mr. Va wasn’t even a Christian eight years ago. Someone took him along for the ride to a big Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The nice fellowship led him …
God’s Timing Bolivia Last Sunday I was up at 4:30 am to get in some study time, because in an hour it would be my turn to help prepare breakfast in the kitchen. Directly after breakfast, I had a group of colporteurs to keep occupied until mid-afternoon. I did not relish the thought of packing books around all day …
