Without asking missionaries to write on any particular theme each issue, sometimes one emerges as articles are submitted. This month, you will notice several articles on sickness and loss.

Stephanie Lewis, sick and caring for her two young children in a crowded, noisy and unsanitary COVID-19 detention facility, is finally united with her husband Joshua (p. 10). The funeral of a Christian convert led to the befriending of her daughter and son-in-law, who then met Christ (Ferguson, p. 12). The Wright family came upon a motorcycle accident, and God used Jared to provide comfort (p. 20). In God’s providence, Subliki, a teenage Palawano boy, miraculously survives impalement (Thomas, p. 16).

Our missionaries use each event as an opportunity to witness in life and character. God helped Vovo Laura, a woman who developed blindness, overcome her challenges and lead a women’s ministries team through the neighborhood to deliver food to someone in need (Hicks, p. 37). And already late for their appointment, the Castillos were right on time for a divine appointment, assisting a dazed woman who had fallen in the snow (p. 27).

It takes no effort to find health issues abounding—cancer, COVID-19, heart trouble and devastating accidents. We see it everywhere. You, our donors, write in and ask us to pray for you, which we faithfully do at noon every workday. Likewise, we appreciate your prayers for our entire AFM family. Praise God that he gives us promises of hope (Jeremiah 29:11), healing (3 John 1:2), deliverance (Psalm 32:7), comfort (Isaiah 41:10) and abundant life without end (Revelation 21:4).

Oh, Lord, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).

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