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Land of Gold
Bzzz. Bzz. Bzzzzz. We were sitting at the breakfast table on a Thursday morning when Toussaint received a call from his niece Sika, who lives in the capital, 500 kilometers (311 miles) away. She had been informed that Jeffrey, the oldest son of her brother, Antoine, had been struck by…
From Victim of Deception to Messenger of Truth
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). Quitéria and her twin sister grew up in the Methodist faith and were baptized together as children. Years later, she married and had two children of her own. Life seemed normal until she began to…
Unlikely Friendships
My friendship with Sevgi started quite uneasily. Her son was in my daughter Elsa’s class. As is common here for boys, he was not well disciplined, treating Elsa unkindly, even when she asked him to stop. I talked with Elsa’s teacher about this, and she immediately disciplined him and spoke…
Arrested and Encouraged
I recently had the privilege of riding along with a police officer friend of mine, whom I will call Officer H. I have been ministering to Officer H over the past three years, and we have had numerous short conversations, each lasting between 10 and 15 minutes. On many occasions,…
The Cost of Obedience? Nothing!
“It is going to take me a couple of weeks, and it will cost you $300 per document.” That was the message from the woman who promised to help us apostille1 documents for our visa application—papers we desperately needed. Then she added, almost casually, “Oh, and as you know how…
A Walk to Remember
“What do you love?” read the last question on the board. We have been attending language learning classes for three weeks now. Teddy and I are in separate classes, so we can trade off with the girls until they enroll in school. My original instructor just left on paternity leave…
Questions and Sharing
“Is God everything? If so, then does it mean that God created evil, too?” How would you answer those questions? “Did God not in the Torah [the first five books of the Bible] tell the Israelites to kill the Canaanites? Is that true? Yes or no?” “Do you believe in…
Rediscovering the JiNn
I listened as Ali enthusiastically continued his story: “Yes, Cyrus, actually, Allah made the Jinn for people. He made angels for himself, but we can use the Jinn. The best way to catch a Jinn is to use a safety pin. You know, the kind that you sometimes use to…
Hope Along the Northwest Coastline
During our 40 days aboard Juvell II, a Faroese mission boat that sails through Greenland’s coastline every summer, we visited 25 remote settlements on the Northwest coast. Najaswak, our person of peace, had invited us on the journey, where we shared Christ’s love among the Inuit through music, Bible stories,…
In Their Footsteps
Great reformers like John Huss and Jerome once walked the lands of Czechia. Despite its tremendous reformation history, the country has long since taken a different path, from living under the Roman yoke during the reign of Emperor Sigismund to the domination of communism, which ended in 1990. Who could…