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Drifting
Harvard University was founded in 1636 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for the purpose of training pastors to intelligently share the Christian faith. Its mission statement was, “To be plainly instructed and consider well that the main end of your life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ.”…
The Lord is My Strength
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,…
The Kiki Scramble
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…
Praying for Clarity
“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…
The Long Road of Discipleship
“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…
Mutlu
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…
Soup to GLOW
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…