2011 - Page 3 of 10 - Heaven's Family

01Oct

Nunsense

When I first read Samuel's report, I had to read it again to make sure I hadn't misunderstood it. Could it really be true that a Roman Catholic bishop had just requested 400 copies of The Disciple-Making Minister? Nuns would be using it for their daily devotions? In our January magazine, we told you about Samuel, a Pakistani pastor who came to Christ from a Muslim background. When he discovered David Servant's pastor-training manual, The Disciple-Making Minister, on our ShepherdServe.org website in his native language of Urdu, he printed out all 500 pages. Then he began using it to teach his Bible school students.

01Oct

Leonardo’s Ultimate Healing

Often shrouded in mist and rain, Mexico's Sierra Norte Mountains hide a forgotten people—descendants of Aztec Indians whose ancestors fled from European conquerors. Although forgotten by the world, they have not been forgotten by God. Decades ago He sent two devoted missionaries, Leonardo and Maria Morales, to the region's poor mountain villages. There they found hungry hearts, and they spent several years spreading the gospel and planting churches. Hundreds of lives were impacted.

01Oct

A Savior Finds His Savior

"So you think you are so brave to kill Aziz because he has become a Christian? Then kill me, because I say that I am a Christian now, too!" With those words, Mohammad, a Pakistani Muslim, divided the group of young Muslim fanatics. His ploy of making the group wonder if he was a Christian, too, sufficiently confused them to allow time for his friend, "Aziz the Blasphemer," to shift to a safer location, saving his life.

01Oct

Bootlegger to Believer

"If I kill myself, my grief will be over...but what will happen to my six children?" After the death of Jane Ocheng's husband, an emotional battle raged within her. The family's sole breadwinner was gone, snatched from life by an unknown illness. Survival as a widow with six children in rural Kenya was a bleak prospect.

01Oct

Reconciled Rider

How could a father treat his own children that way? I wondered in disbelief. As a mother, shock (and anger) rushed through me as I listened to Jackson Muthoni tell me his story as we stood on the sidelines of a soccer field in Wamuini, Kenya. Last year I told you about an entire Kenyan soccer team that turned to Christ after their troublemaking captain, Manu, was transformed by the gospel. That miracle was the result of the ministry of an evangelist named Herbert, who was able to reach the soccer team's village on a bicycle provided by Heaven's Family. Jackson is a member of that soccer team, and he, too, experienced the transforming power of the gospel.

30Sep

Playing and Growing

Hello Friends of Orphan’s Tear, This month I’m sharing with you a brief sampling of the reports we’ve recently received from our orphanages. You can […]

01Sep

Future Valedictorian

Early one morning in January of 2003, at the doorsteps of thousands of simple school buildings across Kenya, more than a million children showed up for school who had not attended the day before. The reason? Kenya's newly-elected government had abolished school fees for primary school children. Impoverished parents were thrilled that their children would now have an educational opportunity that had previously been denied them.

01Sep

Hu Holds Fast

American missionary Todd Matthews has certainly obeyed Jesus' command to take the gospel to the world's "uttermost parts." He has been trekking into the mountains and gorges of China's Yunnan Province for 16 years, bringing the good news to the remote villages of China's ethnic minorities like the Lisu, Naxi, Bi, and Yi. He has also been arrested numerous times by Chinese police. His efforts have paid off with fruit, however. Churches have been planted and disciples are making disciples.

01Sep

The Bamboo Oven

I thought we would melt as we climbed out of our air-conditioned van. The heat and humidity were oppressive. Little did we know that the worst was yet to come as we made our way towards a little bamboo shack. Barely bigger than a one-car garage, that shack was home to twenty orphans plus Tha Cung Bik and his wife, Sui Tha, the directors of Zion Children's Home. The year was 2008, and Cyclone Nargis had devastated this part of Myanmar a few months earlier. Zion's tiny shack had been completely flattened by the storm's fury, and though Tha Cung Bik had propped it back up, it leaned noticeably.

01Sep

This Man was My Enemy

"When I got drunk, I would have the strength of twelve lions. I was a very wild man." It was difficult to imagine that the gentle and soft-spoken man standing before us was speaking of himself. As Elong elaborated in more detail about his former criminal life, we learned that he had been a murderer who was feared and hated by everyone. Some even believed that he was possessed by a demon, not an uncommon phenomenon in his nation of Cameroon, West Africa.

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Nunsense

Nunsense

Leonardo’s Ultimate Healing

A Savior Finds His Savior

Bootlegger to Believer

Reconciled Rider

Playing and Growing

Future Valedictorian

Hu Holds Fast

The Bamboo Oven

This Man was My Enemy

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