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Wide Impact 2025
The Malinke Project aims to partner with the Mali SDA Mission on the Wide Impact 2025 evangelism effort this new year. The goal is to share the gospel and baptize over 3,000 souls, which would double church membership in Mali. Everyone on the project and at the mission is excited…
Singing All the Way
“Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage” (Psalm 119:54). Scripture songs have deeply helped Joella and me to grow spiritually. Approaching our big move to Papua New Guinea, sometimes we find ourselves dreaming and brainstorming about what it will be like. Recently in a dream…
Attack and Counterattack
It didn’t take long before the enemy started his attack. When our team held an evangelistic campaign in the village of Dipouo, there was great interest among the people. For an entire week, about 400 villagers attended the nightly meetings. To our great joy, many decided to follow Christ and…
Surat Thani: The City of Good People
Good housing options in Surat Thani are hard to find. We have struggled. Good people, on the other hand, are found in abundance. The city of Surat Thani, once called Chaiya City, was officially renamed when Rama VI, the sixth king of the current Chakri Dynasty in Thailand, visited this…
The Power of Love
“No one loves me,” Nat stated matter-of-factly. Nat knows that his mom does not want him, and his grandmother makes him feel like he is a burden to her. So in his heart, he carries the feeling of “Nobody appreciates me. Nat is 10 years old and regularly comes to…
Little Joshua
Since arriving in the Kono District, our family has worked closely with the local church in Koidu City. Whereas the church services used to be chaotic, with children running up and down the aisles and youth staying outside during service, the Lord has worked through us to make the services…
A Test of Courage and Conviction
“We are going to have the test on Saturday,” the physical education and art teacher announced. Sabbath conflicts are one of the things I never expected to worry about during our five-month stay in the country where we are doing our language learning. Here, schools are closed on Sabbath, as…
Controlled by Evil
“An evil spirit is pursuing us,” Neha admitted. “My six children and I are tormented by this spirit.” Rita, the Seventh-day Adventist missionary, had sensed a malevolent ambiance when she and her two fellow missionaries entered Neha’s home, sitting in her living room as Neha continued speaking. “When the evil…
Witch’s Food
The prayer was long and very fervent. As I sat, not understanding what was being said, I wondered: Why such a beautiful, extended and passionate prayer for blessing the cucumbers that we were about to eat? I was to find out later. Lang and Teeka, the midwives, and I had…
Intentional and Interested
I was listening to a podcast about being approachable. It talked about how easy it is to form friendships with people when we are interested in them and how, in two weeks, we could learn more about them than if we spent two years trying to get them interested in…