In 2015 our team ministered in Manyani, the most notorious maximum security prison in Kenya. Manyani means "apes." It has a bloody and violent past with reports of great cruelty, torture and death. It is also a place where God is working to redeem men discarded by the world.
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Our enemy is advancing around the world. One of his schemes is to make believers think he is stronger than he actually is; no doubt because he senses his approaching demise. As a result, we are witnessing a level of persecution unlike any in recent history. But God is at work in incredible ways and, in 2015, Heaven's Family was thrilled to be used by Him to serve by means of...
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"To be successful in God's eyes, it is essential that a minister understand the goal that God has set before him. If he doesn't understand his goal, he has no way of gauging if he has succeeded or failed in reaching it. He may think he has succeeded when he has actually failed.
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Education is a key that unlocks doors for people all over the world. And in developing countries, it can also unlock the door that holds people in the prison of poverty—sometimes for generations to come. In 2015 the Education Ministry worked in countries around the world to provide keys to education that uniquely fit the many challenges faced by the poor.
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Like a bomb explosion..." That's the noise that woke Daw Thien Nu, pregnant with her third child, in the middle of the night on August 25th. She had moments to reach safety—somewhere out there in the darkness.
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In the developing world disabilities are often perceived to be the work of evil spirits, the result of ancestral sin, or the consequence of a previous life lived badly. On top of that, those afflicted with disabilities in poor countries are burdened with the realization of how much their problems strain their poor families who care for them because they don't have the tools that those in developed countries employ.
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Exactly what is a critical medical need? Most of us think it's a debilitating or lifethreatening condition, and that is true. But for many of the world's poor who lack qualified doctors, clinics or the means to pay for them, a simple toothache, left untreated, can grow into something that prevents them from being able to provide for their families—or worse, can end their lives.
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It was a routine visit that turned into a nightmare. Daryl, an American missionary in Guatemala, and his team had almost arrived at the rural shack in Nueva Concepción, where they intended to check up on 17-year-old Rosario, afflicted since age 4 with brain damage due to an untreated fever. Daryl had already provided Rosario with a wheelchair, and he had regularly visited her to bring medicine. But as he and his team caught site of Rosario's tiny home, they saw her mother frantically waving her arms at them.
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Jackson was born into what many in Kenya would consider the "lap of luxury." His father was a wealthy owner of land and a fleet of cars, and when Jackson was old enough he became one of his drivers, earning $20 a day—a very nice sum by local standards. He then married and fathered several children.
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I've not written a Behind the Scenes article for our magazine since March 2014, so it's about time I catch you up on all the good things happening at Heaven's Family since then. The most important have been more wonderful additions to our staff.
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