By Megan Dunegan From Swaziland, Africa: one mother. five children. no father. and a disease that kills millions of people a year. I climbed into the backseat of our kombi after a long morning at the care point, expecting a semi-normal answer to the question, “How was your day today” When I turned to our … Continue reading Unlikely Gift: Raising a baby in Africa
By Jeff Goins, Editor My Sophomore year in college, five of us guys got together every Thursday night around 11pm and would just share what God was doing in our lives. The desire to do this was born out of the lack of true fellowship we were experiencing in large groups, mainly at the fault … Continue reading How You Start a Movement
By Matt Snyder Chincha, Peru. Nate shared the story of Lazarus from John 11 with Daisy and talked with her about a relationship with Jesus. She was upset with the Lord for taking away her sister and leaving her nieces and nephews behind without a mother. Daisy wasn’t ready to forgive. Her cries echoed with … Continue reading The Adventure of Deliverance Ministry
By Matt Snyder This past weekend Kim, Matt, Angie, Gretchen, and myself were blessed with the opportunity to live with the people of Canchamana for a few days. Initially I was rather hesitant and didn’t want to do it because I knew that I would be uncomfortable. We truly had no idea what we were … Continue reading Overwhelmed in Canchamana Peru
By Shanelle Wenell As I sit here reading Mother Teresa, from a distant view it seems unattainable to become as humble in spirit as her, as willing to do the work of Christ as she. In my flesh I wonder to myself if her ways were absurd, even out of balance, unhealthy. Yet as I … Continue reading Mother Theresa: Giving like Jesus did
By Scott Budzar The most impressionable moments in my life that leave me in a place of striving for humility and seeking to honor the words of our God in terms of “laboring for love and unity” have come from my wife and children. My eight year-old daughter wrote this poem below just a few … Continue reading Peace Is More Than Just a Difference
By Karen Swank I am at my dreaded Annual Female Visit, talking to the nicest doctor I’ve ever known. His voice is gentle and his smile is real, and he is not in a hurry at all. He talks to me like one ordinary person to another, somehow making it all okay. What you have … Continue reading Life with Benefits
By Brenda Matyis Hurt it hurts not to be loved, her words tripped, then slipped through the phone… then land like a stone on my heart i have nothing can’t fix this… all i have are sleepless nights where i whisper her name in the dark and hope that somehow it will ignite, take flight … Continue reading Hurt: A poem about love and grace
By Kim Daniels We tried to get in touch with Shakira. You know, just to let her know just where all her $40 million went in response to the August 2007 earthquake in Peru. Seriously. We did. Haven’t heard back yet, but “yet” is, indeed, the key word. We’re here in Chincha, Peru for less … Continue reading Shakira, Call Me: Where your money went in Peru
By Jonathan Foster “We’re all in this together alone.” –Lily Tomlin Field trips these days are amazing. The school our 8th grader attends is taking a trip to Catalina Island off of the Southern California coast (we live in Phoenix, AZ). Our fourth grader last year took an overnight trip to the Grand Canyon (well … Continue reading We’re All In This Together… Alone: God and community