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“Can you loan me 900,000 Turkish Lira (about $22,500)? I am desperate. The bank will take my house away. I won’t have anything to leave my daughter when I die,” Ozan said. Ozan was the first person baptized in our church. He was first baptized in a Protestant church many…
Have you ever met someone and immediately felt like you could be friends forever? Instant connections such as these, I believe, are rare and special. Yet that was precisely my experience with my new friend, Mutlu. I remember the first time I met her. It was a hot day. I…
First, the good news: After three and a half years of broken pipes, missing permits and seemingly endless delays, the Poplar Living Hope Center is now officially open! The Living Hope Center’s manager received the long-awaited occupancy permit in mid-July. Although the basement is not yet fully finished and there…
Seated at her kitchen table, Najaswak began telling us of her upcoming summer plans, then paused, squinting as if thinking deeply and said, “Would you like to come with me? It would be so nice. You can sing and play music on board the vessel as it travels throughout Greenland…
“Be careful what you wish for.” I do not know about you, but I grew up hearing this phrase repeatedly, the weight of which counsel has always remained with me. After I was baptized, my then-friend and now-wife, Isabela, would always tell me, “Be careful with what you ask of…
I awoke while the stars were still out. Bundling up, I went outside to the woodpile. My breath turned into vapor when it met the cold winter air as I grabbed the axe with my thick gloves. My wife waited inside our cold house. My job was to prepare the…
Situated in the very remote highlands above the west coast of Palawan, one would think that Kabgan was a God-forsaken place, but trekking groups pass through the village on their way to climb Mount Mantalingahan. They post photos on social media, marveling at the unusual ecology of the rainforest. Yet…
God created us for relationships. From our first breath, we reach for connection—to be seen, to be loved, to belong. Around the world, people seek connection in various ways. In Japan, this longing has taken on unique forms: paid companions, synthetic partners and screens that promise closeness but leave us…
Even though Sol and I are not very used to planting crops, since we arrived in Cambodia, we have learned a few agricultural skills that our industrious Pnong church brothers and sisters use to grow different fruits, vegetables and legumes in their fields. MaDavid, one of our sisters, recently asked…
This year moments have unfolded that remind us that divine plans surpass our own. At a lakeside baptism service, my family encountered another group having a baptism just as we were. They worship on Saturdays because their leaders are Sunday-keepers who have a church in the city, and drive out…