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Life has not been easy for Penny. Each passing year has brought additional challenges. Lately, mobility issues have greatly restricted her social life. Over the past two years, she has had to stop attending most of the activities organized for senior citizens, stop acting in amateur theater and period films,…
God had previously made it clear to Teddy and me that we were to take Sophia’s cat, Kiki, to Croatia. Traveling with a cat is no easy task, especially when you want to take her out of the country. Aside from all the required vaccines and a microchip, she needed…
“We are not too sure we should be going to Czechia,” we told our supervisor in January during our AFM orientation. It was not that we doubted the call to mission work—only that we remained uncertain where the Lord wanted us to serve. We knew we could not decide without…
“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…