Lacking Cents, Not Sense
David and his mother in front of their home in Kissimu, Kenya Dear Friends, In Kenya you have to pass a special exam to attend […]
Read MoreDavid and his mother in front of their home in Kissimu, Kenya Dear Friends, In Kenya you have to pass a special exam to attend […]
Read MoreThe Lebanese government has been hesitant to allow formal refugee camps on their soil, forcing many families to find shelter in urban areas or set […]
Read MoreOmar Cortez Flores, our national missionary and prison minister Dear Friends, Jesus left us with the commission and command to “Go and make disciples.” That’s […]
Read MoreWarda is a new student at Cindi’s Hope Dear Friends, This spring while in Nairobi, Kenya, our Heaven’s Family team met a sweet little girl […]
Read More“Chantou,” in the business to save her grandchildren Dear Friends, Chantou (not her real name) is a grandmother working to save her youngest daughter, age […]
Read More"You come with a Bible in one hand, but what do you bring in the other?" That was a question posed long ago to the first missionaries to Kenya. "Our people need food for their souls—and for their empty stomachs!" At Heaven's Family we do our best to remember the Apostle James' words, "Faith without works is dead," and focus on the needs of the whole person. Meeting pressing needs is particularly relevant when you are serving, as we are, in some of the poorest places on earth, where so many struggle to survive from one day to the next. As one missionary succinctly summed up the importance of meeting both spiritual and physical needs: "Dead people can't hear the gospel."
Read MoreHonorine Banyene quietly tended her field, an essential daily chore that made it possible for her to feed her family from the fruit of the ground. But unknown to the 48-year-old mother of 6, it would be a day of darkness like no other.
Read MoreLike the rest of the fishermen of Merida Village, Jerome dragged his small fishing boat up the beach, further than usual, and tied it firmly to a coconut tree. Menacing clouds were approaching from the southeast, and everyone knew it was wise to take precaution. Weather reports indicated a typhoon was headed towards the Philippines, but that was nothing unusual for those who call the island of Leyte their home. Most likely, there'd be no fishing that night or the next day. The rising winds were a scant harbinger of what lurked behind the darkening clouds on the horizon.
Read More"Can Jesus accept a broken person like me?" It was a sincere question from a woman who'd suffered rejection for 50 years.
Read MorePerhaps no biblical story better illustrates the grace that God offers—the true grace—than that of Jesus' encounter with the woman who was caught in the act of adultery. Bringing her before Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees reminded Him that, according to the Law of Moses, she deserved to be stoned.
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