When 11th grader, Rea, handed in his report, the teacher blurted, “This is not your project! You’ve never done anything like this before!” Rea hadn’t cheated, but his spirits weren’t dampened…
Archives for August 2018
A Week in “Gangland” with the Nungessers
“Oh, they’re here for my daddy,” he said as the police car entered the neighborhood. His dad had dropped him off at the children’s camp the night before, dead drunk.
How Ordinary Muffins Became Extraordinary
“Timothy, how is it that your wife can make this? Please, she must teach us.” So what will I be teaching? Hygiene? Childcare? Biblical principles of motherhood? Home-medicine for moms? Discipleship? Missions? Something noble and worthy… right? Nope. Muffins.
South Sudanese Widow’s Life Changed by Biblical Training
Nursa stood, facing the congregation of her fellow believers who had gathered for an evening service in Juba, South Sudan. “God is Good,” she reminded them, and she illuminated how He’d been good to her personally. Nursa, a widow…
Too Giddy to Discipline
“I am too happy and I cannot discipline you!” she told the students. What made normally very restrained and professional teachers too giddy to discipline their students? Find out more…
An Expedition on the Zambezi: A behind the scenes look
They are terrified of the idea. A group of grown men, scared of getting in a boat. But you wouldn’t know it to look at them. They move intently as they ready the boat. They are focused on the tasks at hand. Concentrated on the calling they’ve accepted because they know it is of crucial importance. They steadfastly…
Turned Away from School
Why 9-year-old Imraz was ignored by schools and how he got the drastic life-change he needed!
Straight from the Field
The trip began with an airplane fire over the ocean and a vehicle robbery. Not exactly how you’d choose to begin a 4 week trek through South Africa and Zambia.
