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Instrumental Healing

Micah works in a market, but his true passion is playing a local instrument. We had asked him to teach our boys how to play it. I was surprised when he told me he wanted to sell his instrument, so I went to see if it was worth buying. As…

Immensely Grateful

During this season, we are so grateful for the AFM training, which has been a great blessing in preparing us for cross-cultural mission service to the Ama. Where do we start? How about with this powerful testimony shared in a mission video? “Ee-Taow” (“It is truth”), the Mouk people of…

Ribika

Beautiful, slender and graceful, Ribika is one of my near neighbors. The mother of an almost three-year-old, she also keeps busy assisting at the clinic and managing their crops. Ribika has a heart for God. Living in a village quite a distance from Kemantian, she was baptized into another religion…

Seeds of Peace

“You look like you’ve never been sad before,” Zara said with a wistful tone. “You’re always smiling.” My heart broke for her. What are you supposed to say to that? I took a deep breath and paused. “The joy in me comes from God. I trust God. He is the…

Surveying Surat Thani in Southern Thailand

Like Caleb and Joshua walking around Canaan, Nehemiah riding around Jerusalem on horseback and Paul exploring the city streets of Athens, I recently took a trip to Surat Thani to survey the southern Thai capital city of Surat Thani province. I wanted to get a grasp of what needs, opportunities…

Salama

Salama looked down the hill and saw bodies everywhere, some dead, some unconscious. Soon he was frantically searching the carnage for his three children. Only a few hours before, he had put them on a crowded truck to see their mother, not knowing the driver was drunk. On their way…

Muslims Dreaming of the Birth of Jesus

In recent years, there have been fascinating reports from Muslim seekers who have experienced dreams about the birth of Jesus (Isa, in Arabic). In these dreams, they describe encounters with angels, glorious celebrations and divine peace. For many Muslims, Jesus holds a place of reverence as a prophet in Islam.…

Filled

024 is drawing to a close, and 2025 is almost upon us. As Adventists, members of God’s end-time remnant movement, we are called to boldly speak forth God’s last offer of mercy for our sin-sick and dying world. In essence, we are called to reflect what God initially created His…

Christmas Socks

My dad is a very special man. Quiet, calm, steady and consistent. Since my childhood, his wardrobe has changed very little. He has not seen the need to modernize his clothing style, and his clothes are carefully selected for the work that he does, including his socks. Dad’s extra-long work…

Editorial: December 2024

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Christ gave “a voluntary sacrifice . . . He chose to give back the scepter into the Father’s hands, and to step down…

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