New Assistant

Jerry Jefferson, new assistant director of Farming God's Way
08Dec

New Assistant

My dear wife of 50 years, Patti, was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. That has caused me to adjust my travel plans and level of ministry activity. So, in June I brought on board an assistant director for FGW, Jerry Jefferson.

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Little girl in Chin State, Myanmar
04Dec

Home Where We Belong

Today I spent the entire day with Philip Barker, who directs our child reintegration program in Myanmar, and one of our Burmese social workers, Htoo Say, as we visited three children who formerly lived in a large orphanage that Heaven’s Family once supported. Now they are living in families.

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Poor couple in front of hut in chin state Myanmar
01Dec

A Great Story

Today at a Working Group meeting at the Heaven’s Family offices in Yangon, I heard a wonderful story about two brothers whom we’ve recently been able to help. Their names are Huang Maung and Huang Khui Shin. Eleven years ago, at ages 4 and 6, they were torn from their mother, other siblings, and their home and village in Chin State. At the time, their twice-widowed mother was struggling to care for them, and a pastor from Yangon promised her they would have better lives in a Yangon orphanage hundreds of miles away. So she let them go with him, and that was the last time she saw them.

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Picture of 7-year old Gabriella who emptied her life savings to give a wheelchair to a child in Africa
01Dec

Gabriella’s Gift

When Gabriella learned of the plight of the poor in Africa and how Jesus has called us to give to those in need, her 7-year-old heart was moved to action. She made the choice to empty her life's savings and mailed it to Heaven’s Family as an act of love for Jesus and obedience to His Word. She didn't realize how much her gift was about to change a life!

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