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Which Map Do I Follow?

How hard could it be to mail one envelope? Confused, I stared at the map application on my phone. Nothing matched. How was I supposed to find the DHL office? In Central Africa, finding a specific location in town is an adventure. I grew up reading maps and giving directions…

Yaya

I first met Yaya eight years ago at a government radio studio as I was preparing for an evangelistic campaign. I wanted him to advertise my campaign on a radio station. Yaya was Muslim, and that day we talked about many topics, from religion to economic and social problems. We…

A Benin Farewell

For 27 years, you stood beside me, and later my husband Fidel, in the work God called us to in Benin, West Africa. Some of you were with me when I started working with the Otammari people in Benin in 1999, where I learned their culture and how to present…

A Peacemaker’s Blessing

Moktar’s eyes overflowed with tears and, grasping his sash, he wiped them from his cheeks. He looked at Jemimah and said, “Mama, you are right. Please, ask my wife to forgive me for everything that has happened.” Moktar and Fatu live in my neighborhood with their four children, ranging in…

City of Refuge

One day, as I came home from a meeting, I found Rodolphe, a young man about 16, resting in our annex. A carpenter trainee, he was not a regular at our house, so I wondered why he was there. Toussaint explained. Rodolphe had recently started hanging out with the wrong…

Introducing the Papavasiliou Family

Have you read about the most unwanted miracle in the Bible? The mob comes to arrest Jesus, and as the disciples face the mob, Jesus stands in the middle. Peter says, “Should we fight with our swords now?” Without waiting for an answer, he swings and cuts off the right…

A Quest for Yasna Bibles

“No, Cyrus, I was totally surprised. At the border, they were going to take all my books. This was my personal library. I did not even have any books for evangelism in the boxes.” I listened as Victor shared. “So what happened next?” I asked in anticipation. “Well, they told…

Too Much is Harmful, Too Little is Wise

“Eat! Eat more!” my Turkish friend said. I was visiting her home and, in typical Turkish manner, she had made a lot of food—all of it incredibly delicious. Unfortunately, I had just eaten before arriving. Even so, I politely ate a little bit of each item she had so lovingly…

A Broken Toe

Pain shot through my body as I rounded the corner and jammed my baby toe into the door casing while playing tag with Babers. I looked down, and it was definitely not as it should be. After gritting my teeth and trying many ways to put it back in place,…

A Dream with Three Messages

We encountered Lanalina through her Facebook post. She bemoaned her fatigue and the difficulty of taking care of two children alone as her hemoglobin levels continued to sink below normal. After some private messaging, we went to clean her apartment and care for her children while she took a nap.…

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