24Sep
Indigenous Church Planting: 3,000 Churches in Two Years
Indigenous church planting is just as much a way of life for these believers as is agriculture I’ve spent my last two days in Burundi […]
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23Sep
Three Times an Orphan
Naitonal Missionary Sylvestre Nsengiyumva I asked Sylvestre Nsengiyumva how many people he had killed when he was a rebel soldier. He hung his head and […]
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22Sep
Mama Deo’s Amazing Story
Nzohabonimana Eudia Nzohabonimana Eudia (pronounced Zo-ha-bo-nee-ma-na Ay-yu-dee-ah) was one of the women who attended our leaders’ conference over the weekend in Bujumbura. Everyone calls her […]
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21Sep
From Witchcraft to Christ: “Let’s see if your God will take care of you now!”
From witchcraft to Christ, Procaire Bucumi is enjoying true life in Christ. Pictured here with her sixth child, Dusenge Pacifique Procaire Bucumi lives in Kayanza […]
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20Sep
The Brand-Marks of Christ
Salvator Habarugira One of the pastors attending our conference here in Burundi is Salvator Habarugira, pictured above. He was formerly working for an American evangelical […]
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19Sep
When God Closes a Potato Shop He Opens a Phone Booth
Dieudonne and Diana Kayobera in front of their cell phone recharging kiosk I spent part of my first full day in Burundi visiting micro-loan beneficiaries, […]
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01Sep
Helping Orphans Help Themselves
What is the best way to help "the least of these"? That's a question we at Heaven's Family often ask ourselves as we seek to serve our spiritual family in Jesus' name. Our Orphan's Tear division has been helping to care for orphans for over seven years, and during that time we've come to realize that we help them best when we help their orphanages become more self-sufficient. We can provide food day by day—making them dependent on others—or we can provide them with seeds, or chickens, or pigs—helping them feed themselves year after year.
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01Sep
One Less Beggar
John Ntahomvukiye didn't ask to be born with two crippled legs, but he was. Living in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, his handicap consigned him to one occupation—begging on the street. There weren't any other options, and John cherished no hopes for anything better. Thankfully, however, God did.
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01Sep
Tested and Proven
Renounce Jesus or starve. Those were the two options given to members of our spiritual family this summer in a small village in Laos.
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01Sep
A Taste of Heaven in Haiti
Riding through the rough streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, seven months after the devastating earthquake, I had hoped to see more recovery, fewer tents. Disappointment swept through me. I could see little evidence of change in the capital city. Where had the two-billion dollars of international aid gone? The look of desperation was still etched on so many faces. I drew some comfort, however, knowing that I would soon arrive at a place where visible progress was being made.
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