Susanna's face radiated with joy. And it was no wonder. For her, our arrival marked a new beginning. I was in Hyderabad, India, to visit a community of people affected by leprosy that Heaven's Family has been helping in various ways. Early last year, for example, through a child-sponsorship program, we opened a school for the ostracized, but healthy, children of those afflicted with leprosy. We've also opened a medical clinic just to serve the hundreds of people in Hyderabad who have the cruel disease.
Read MoreKutty Pays the Price
"If you try to escape, you'll be killed!" With those words, Kutty's older brother bolted the bedroom door shut, and Kutty slumped to the floor in pain. His brother's brutal blows ceased only after he finally agreed to read the Qur'an. That first assault only foreshadowed what lay in Kutty's future.
Read MoreThe Happy Smuggler
Awakened by panicked shouts outside his prison cell, Maung peered through the bars of his cell window to see torches of fire reaching high into the nighttime sky. The entire prison compound was ablaze. Thinking of his family members far away, Maung began to pray for deliverance. "Lord, I'm here for obeying you and bringing Bibles into China! Save me!"
Read MoreEnterprising Agnes
Everywhere I traveled in Kenya, I witnessed small economic miracles that have changed the lives of widows who were once desperately poor. All have been helped though Heaven's Family micro-loans, which have enabled them to lift themselves to self-sufficiency through their own enterprising small businesses.
Read MoreRespite for Rispah
Rispah Olesi with her crutches and leg brace in February Dear Friends, Rispah Olesi is from Meseno, Kenya. She was born with polio. The […]
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