01Mar
Prison for Boys
Anna rejoiced when she heard the decision: Yes, you can come. That was the open door she had prayed for, and she began making plans to visit a place that had broken her heart—a prison for boys.
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01Mar
Drinks on the House…of God
I sat talking with pastor Preval Meritil, longtime friend of Heaven's Family and my host once again for this, my fourth visit to Haiti. Together, we had done a lot of work since the earthquake one year earlier, and this time I was leading another work team, checking on projects that we'd started at our adopted Resettlement Camp, and visiting the orphanages Heaven's Family had been supporting even before the earthquake. Preval told me about another needy orphanage named El Bethel, meaning "House of God." Since El Bethel was on our way to the Resettlement Camp, we decided to visit.
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01Mar
Duncan Digs Donkey Kong
Duncan Owino had a new wife and no job—hardly a good way to begin a marriage. In Nakuru, Kenya, however, where Duncan lives, such a plight is not uncommon. Poverty and unemployment are endemic there, but neither prevent young men and women from marrying.
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01Mar
Ten Tumors, Zero Options
The diagnosis could have been worse, but it could have been better: Fibroid tumors in her womb that would need to be surgically removed. At that moment in 2008, all Ruth Simon could think about was that she would never be able to have children. "I cried all day and called my mom to pray with me."
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