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Unavoidable Circumstances
“Saturday is the Lord’s day,” our neighbor, Arlene and Liam’s school principal, confessed during one of our conversations about our faith. She is a Christian and believes it is true that Saturday is the Sabbath, but she and her family are faithful believers who observe Sunday. We discussed many other…
The Broken Sacrifice
Uncle Visna, the man for whom we came to pray, lay on the wooden platform bed inside his tin-sided house. A thin foam mattress offered only a little comfort to his thin body. In addition to the colon cancer we knew he was battling, his yellowish skin and eyes told…
Slowly Becoming a Believer
“In America, there are many Christians, right?” my language teacher, T, asked me one day before we started our lesson. My teacher is in her early 20s. She is from the target people group that I have been trying to find a way to live among. During our lessons, she…
God Had Me Finish
Sabbath morning. I was headed to one of our churches to preach. Arriving an hour and a half later, I entered to pray when I recognized a member who had been baptized several years ago but had since walked away. She had experienced many issues with demon possession and looked…
“Aisha is Mine!”
The following story comes from John, who ministers closely with Gabriella Lincoln in the territory of the Sahara Project. “You are wicked people!” the demon screamed. “I am not leaving. Aisha is mine! She belongs to me!” Pastor Zachary and I knelt around Aisha, interceding for her deliverance while others…
Ouroumina
“Ouroumina is dead,” Toussaint declared one morning. Ouroumina was a very friendly, short, old man. He was also amusing, making jokes all the time. Ouroumina was actually a nickname which means “the king’s poop.” He earned that nickname because he used to say with a smirk on his face: “Whether…
As If You Yourself, Part 2
In part one (October 2025), Samuel Wyler was practicing his language and culture learning in an unreached North African city when a shopkeeper called the police. After intense questioning, Samuel was arrested and taken to prison. Facilities were squalid and cold, and rats plentiful, but he determined to trust in…
Ansu Koroma’s Testimony
My name is Ansu Koroma. I come from the Kono district, and I am married and the father of four. I am the oldest of six children, born into a family whose religious beliefs are divided—my father is Muslim, and my mother is Christian. Five of my siblings chose to…
The Journey of Fernando and Júlio at the School of Theology
A few years ago, we met Fernando and Júlio, two young men passionate about God and remarkably willing to serve. They worked with us as Bible workers in southern Mozambique, assisting with Bible studies and discipleship, and planting two churches. The time came when we felt we should take the…
Sacred Occasions
As dawn broke, the sky was filled with a soft layer of clouds, setting the stage for a day full of deep emotions. It was a moment for us to come together and honor a remarkable soul—Mama Touré, who, by the impressive age of 105, had experienced the world in…