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That baby isn’t welcome in this house! You can stay, but throw the baby away! The trash bin is just down the street.” Aisha’s mother was mortified that her unwed daughter, Aisha, was pregnant. What shame it brought to their esteemed Muslim family! Aisha began searching for a home for…
The wind chills were -20° F the day we left Michigan for our flight out of Chicago. The freezing temperatures added to the stressful previous two weeks of preparing to launch to our project; stressful, particularly because our children would be leaving their friends from school. Yet our faces shone…
I smiled and shook my head, trying to explain to my students that what they said, though sweet, didn’t make any sense to me. It just wasn’t something we said in English, but they insisted on saying it anyway. Meanwhile, I was feeling a lack of productivity in my life…
“It hurts a lot, my son,” Papa Rafael exclaimed. Papa Rafael’s trembling voice echoed in the silence of his humble home as he struggled to hold his legs. I helplessly watched him, trying to hide my own emotions. He was a strong man, but time, loneliness and pain had taken…
Adults in our community are more resistant to the gospel. Therefore, our church is mainly comprised of children, teenagers or young adults. We are working with them to cultivate them into young disciples who can, in turn, soon be disciple-makers. By God’s power, we are currently harvesting the first fruits…
Editor’s note: See page 10 of the January 2025 issue to read this story from their field director’s perspective. “I’m afraid it will cost $240 rather than just the $50 you were hoping for,” our field director shared via instant message. We were devastated. We couldn’t justify, or afford, spending…
As you approach the wholesale club exit, people greet you and ask if you need solar systems, heating and air-conditioning, and remodeling of anything from closets to bathrooms and kitchens. I try to always smile and be friendly as I keep moving toward the exit. The bathroom remodel booth caught…
“Where are you from?” The question in English caught us off guard. We had just returned from a brief trip out of the country and stopped at our neighborhood pizza shop to order a pizza for the evening. The shop had recently changed owners, and we did not know the…
“What do you do for a living?” I asked. “I work as a security guard at the Seljuk cemetery. I am a history teacher by education, but I couldn’t find a job in my field.” We were on a bus going from one city to another. I had just visited…
Every Sunday during my childhood, my parents used to take me to the Catholic Church to worship God. Everywhere I turned, I would see images, statues and candles used to worship God and all the saints. I was used to that environment. Every Saturday morning, I attended a confirmation class…