News & Stories

Missionary With a Gun?

Would you take up a gun to protect defenseless orphans from being killed, maimed, or taken into slavery as child soldiers?

One missionary in Uganda decided he would do just that.

Regardless of how you feel about this, it highlights the reality of a harsh world and a very real evil that we often avoid looking at. 

Fortunately, you are part of a long-range solution that Jesus initiated to overcome evil with good by seeing His Kingdom come, in real and tangible ways, to a harsh and needy world.

D.R. Congo Women Want to Show the World How They've Changed

The women came to the director of our Women in Congo ministry and asked if they could march together, as a group, in the International Women's Day event on March 8.

I get tingles up my arm thinking about this.

These women have each come from the most hopeless, depressed, and oppressed situations.  Many were sexually used or abused, all had given up hope in themselves and for their families.  But their lives have changed and they wanted to tell others that it's possible--that God can lift the destitute and sit the lowliest in high places.

The director of this ministry, Angel, did not initiate this idea.  Rather, the women themselves came to her and said, "We want others to know that they can find hope; that they can change!"

So... on March 8, during the Women's Day march in D.R. Congo... they held their heads high and did just that!

New Classrooms for School/Orphanage

Two new classrooms are under construction because of the way you have stood with us.  This means more children will be rescued, helped, and lifted!

Liberty School, in Bikeke, Kenya, is moving forward with the next phase of construction.  There have been challenges such as contractors trying to change their bids and the bore hole running out of water when needed for making bricks.  But the tenacious, committed director and staff, along with many volunteers, have persevered.  As of this writing, the roof is beginning to take shape on the newest classrooms.

The Faith of a Child

I am often asked why the spiritual climate in Africa seems more alive than here in the West.  One reason that stands out is what I perceive as simple, childlike faith.

Don’t misunderstand.  I am not saying that our friends in Africa are simple or childlike in their intellect or understanding.  That would be a ridiculous statement.  But I am suggesting that they have an uncanny confidence that if God says it, they can take Him at His word.

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