“There are plenty of orphans who need our help. Take these children and present them to God as a fragrant offering. Ask His blessing upon them, and then mold and fashion them according to Christ’s order. Will our people accept this holy trust? Because of our shallow piety and worldly ambition, shall those for whom Christ has died, be left …
Into the Latrine Missionaries determine to help rescue abandoned newborns in their area. “Suzan, I cannot believe this. This is horrible!” Though I have lived in Tanzania several years, I had never heard about the fate of many newborns in the villages surrounding our school. Suzan, one of our teachers, had just told me how they were often thrown into …
Mission Focus: Congo Orphans There are over four million orphaned children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Maternal mortality, unsafe drinking water, malnutrition and many other factors are claiming the lives of tens of thousands of mothers and fathers leaving children to support themselves. The distressed orphans in DRC need our help. Pastor Ongasa with Train Th em Two Fish …
Go Home! part 2 A missionary returns home to Tanzania after successful cancer treatments in the United States. By the time we met with a specialist in the States, the growth in Elisha’s abdomen had enlarged and become painful. A blood test revealed that the tumor marker AFP* was extremely high. “I am pretty sure this is cancer. You need …
Go Home! part 1 A missionary is told to go home to the United States as soon as possible. We followed the doctor into a private room that looked like a chapel. “Sit down,” he motioned. From his demeanor, we could sense this wouldn’t be good news. The doctor took a deep breath and displayed the result of the ultrasound …
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 …
Think Big for God Nepal I had been home for months before the directive came to me. My children were asleep; the house was quiet. I had been reading from the book of Isaiah. The words in chapter six, verse eight, kept going around in my head. “I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, whom shall I send, …
Piece of Cake Tanzania As I contemplated this part of my job description, I felt very confident. After all, I had taught French at the university in England and to professional adults in Germany, so teaching Tanzanian high school youth should not be so hard—a piece of cake! Full of this assurance, I walked down the hill toward my classroom …
Finding Yaneth Bolivia “Fatherless and motherless children are thrown into the arms of the church, and Christ says to His followers: Take these destitute children, bring them up for Me, and ye shall receive your wages.” The Adventist Home, 167. God has really been blessing us here in Santa Cruz, Bolivia! Recently, we were fixing up the house, using donated …
One of the greatest aspects of Jesus’ earthly ministry was the compassion that He showed at all times for lost humanity. As Jesus was seeking out an isolated place for Him and His disciples to rejuvenate and spiritually recharge after their missionary labors, a multitude congregated together and actually arrived at their destination before they did. How easy it would …
