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As a native Portuguese speaker from Brazil, I had the preconceived idea that without a language barrier, I would easily make friends and build relationships in Mozambique. But I was disappointed when no one would invite me through their gate and into their yard. I felt that our neighbors did…
“Lord, I don’t want to go to Africa,” I told Him for the twentieth time. “There is so much disease and poverty, no clean water, and there is no way I will learn to speak French properly.” As I learned the Fulani’s socio-economic situation was not as dire as I…
If you go with the Christians to their school in the north, do not plan on coming back.” As acting head of the family, my older brother’s emphatic threat carried full force. And yet how could I not go when I had already accepted Christ as my Savior and longed…
Just weeks ago, I saw three of our former patients, some of whom had been our most critical cases: Rusalin, the little girl who once fell into a type 1 diabetic coma and had acute kidney failure; Subliki, a young boy who fell from a tree and was impaled through…
How is it possible to love a sparrow, a hamster, or any other animal? Discussing this today with a friend, I realized, When you invest time and love, you get attached. Sreylee was a student in my English class for a year and worked hard — always near the top.…
My most beautiful memory from the past year of living in Mondulkiri happened on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in January 2022. I, along with fellow missionaries Virginia and Tamiris, decided to visit some 9th-grade students’ families in preparation for beginning our Pathfinder club. One of the General Conference’s suggestions had…
“See! She is a foreigner! She doesn’t know. It was an accident!” he said. The change in the policeman’s tone of voice caught me by surprise. He had just finished gruffly and loudly asking me if I did not know the rules and regulations here in Brahmiland. After I replied,…
I met Adam, a new beginner-level student at our English school, at our regular Friday night get-together. At that time, he could barely speak English and was visibly nervous when speaking to me. Thankfully, I had my Christian friend J nearby, who helped translate so we could have a small…
Could it be that our lives are just a little taste of what Job endured? I made a list of things that happened to me over the last 28 years working with AFM to find parallels between my life and Job’s. No one’s life has the same problems, but sometimes,…
The faint “whup whip” sound comes closer and closer. We can always hear it before we see it. Students and teachers, nurses and villagers all come running from different directions. They join together in a crowd at the edge of the airstrip as the air rings with the sounds of…