The People Who Never Saw White Skin [David’s 6th Blog from Myanmar]
Young and old alike react with surprise as I “remove my thumb from my hand,” a trick I learned from my dad, as we gathered […]
Read MoreYoung and old alike react with surprise as I “remove my thumb from my hand,” a trick I learned from my dad, as we gathered […]
Read MoreOur “5,000-star hotel” in Zatual. When guests need to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, they can see at least 5,000 stars […]
Read MorePrison inmates have one advantage over those who are never incarcerated: They've stood before a judge and been found guilty—something that should help them think about what awaits every sinner on his or her journey to stand before God. As he sat for seven years in prison cells in Russia and Moldova, Ion Guznac thought about those things, until he eventually realized that he had, up to that point, spent his entire life in prison.
Read MoreWhen you live on just a few dollars a day—as do most of the world's people—you don't go to the hospital to have a baby. You deliver your children at home, without a doctor, but hopefully with the aid of a neighbor who has at least some experience. And you hope there are no complications.
Read More"I'm sorry, Patrick, but I can't employ you any longer." To a young carpenter's apprentice living with his wife and three children in a dilapidated shack in one of Nairobi's congested slums, those words fell like a boulder on his heart. Patrick's boss explained that he had no choice. Thieves had broken into his business, stealing all his tools and lumber, as well as his entire inventory of windows, doors and furniture. Unwittingly, they also stole Patrick's job, which was providing just barely enough to feed his family and pay the rent on their little shack.
Read More"In this region of India, as many as 10,000 Muslims have departed from Islam and converted to Christianity. So, Shaheem, we want you to thoroughly study the Bible so that you can persuade as many as you can to return to Islam."
Read MoreOne of the smaller citizens of Zatual Village When I first met the Christians in Myanmar ten years ago, I thought I had died and […]
Read MoreBiak Hlei Par and her mother, Siang Doi Today’s highlight for me was meeting a little girl named Biak whom Heaven’s Family helped about four […]
Read MoreA mother and her baby daughter whom we met during a tea break on the road to Hakha We made it to Hakha, Chin State’s […]
Read MoreA haggard Jeff Trotter emerges from our 12-hour boat ride up Myanmar’s Chindwin River After 24 hours of sitting on four airplanes coupled with 14 […]
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