First Opportunities [David’s 2nd Blog from Zimbabwe and Malawi]
Philip and Sarah Mwarmba, both HIV-positive since before coming to Christ, who are now serving children who have lost their parents to AIDS Dick Samuels […]
Read MorePhilip and Sarah Mwarmba, both HIV-positive since before coming to Christ, who are now serving children who have lost their parents to AIDS Dick Samuels […]
Read MoreThe children of Faith Orphanage proclaiming “Oh come let us adore Him!” The children of Faith Orphanage joined a chaplain at a local prison in […]
Read MoreDick Samuels and I arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa after a 17-hour flight from Washington D.C.—a “non-stop flight” that stopped in Dakar, Senegal for an […]
Read MoreKya Hah Sae and Kya Aye helping to sift through the rice. The rice is ready to harvest at Grace Orphanage’s rice fields! Orphan’s Tear […]
Read MoreThe children at Zion love to play games after they are done with their school work and chores. Their favorite sport is soccer. I want […]
Read MoreAs we've worked over the past decade to serve orphans around the world, we've encountered cultural customs that are sometimes difficult for us to understand and accept. One is the common practice of divorced and widowed mothers in Myanmar marrying men who demand that they relinquish children from their former marriage.
Read MoreIn the minds of many rural Burmese people, nats are everywhere. I'm not speaking of the insects that we refer to as gnats, but to spirits that allegedly inhabit trees, rocks, mountains and lakes—spirits that are flawed, possess immoral desires, and that need to be regularly appeased by the offerings of fearful worshippers.
Read MoreTial Phawng and her husband, U Sang Hleih, both loved the Lord. U Sang was raised in a Christian family, and he committed himself to the Lord in his youth. Tial gave her heart to Jesus in 1971. Together, they had three children whom they raised in their little home on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar.
Read MoreAlthough cricket is a game not well understood or appreciated in much of the world, don’t tell that to these kids! I can’t help but […]
Read More