I was curious to meet this man who had requested a New Testament. Was he already a believer? On meeting us in his city, he invited us into his house, which is not common here. We learned that he is a teacher and has studied both philosophy and psychology. He had been an atheist all …
Restrictions eased in the summer, and I headed to the eastern part of the country with one of my housemates. We went to visit some believers and people interested in the Gospel. Some of these believers have been rejected by their families and are not welcome in their home towns. We traveled to a town …
I met a man, A, who lives about an hour away. He had received a Bible from our group three years previously and became a believer on his own. He’d been waiting for someone to meet with him ever since. When one of our teammates did meet him, they found a solid committed believer who …
In January we printed a story called Dramatic Connections. J pulled a man from a burning car on thehighway. J and his wife C were so amazed that the people they were helping were from the samearea where they had served in the Middle East. Here is the follow up of that story written by …
I grew up in a home and church where mission work was supported and encouraged.From a young age I was fascinated by missionaries’ stories and I hoped that one day I would havethe courage to be obedient to the Lord and experience these ‘adventures’ of those who chose toleave everything familiar behind. But I was …
Pray for a friend of mine I met while wandering around in a mall. I accidentally knocked over a cooking pan that was on display and a young guy working there ran out from behind the counterand picked it up before I could and said it was no problem. I said I was sorry and …
One of our current discipleship students, Sarah, and another local Christian friend were out at a café the other day when the cafés finally reopened after weeks of Covid closure. They overheard a man at the next table struggling to order food for lack of knowledge of the local language. Sarah speaks excellent English and …
At the beginning of April my husband Philip and I started our journey back to Canada from three months in the DR Congo. When we arrived in Ntoroko, Uganda and got in a taxi bus, I sat down beside the lady in the blue scarf. During our five-hour journey I asked her about her family …
An exciting development for me has come through a young man I’ve been discipling for just over a year now. We’ve been trying to do pre-baptism studies but have constantly been delayed by him bringing along friends that he wants to hear the gospel. We told him that he is quite capable of sharing the …
reflections from a new worker The outside world around me continues to be extremely foreign and perplexing. Adapting to culture is as much what you don’t do as it is what you do do. As a woman, protecting my honour means taking an exuberant wide berth around groups of men standing in the pathway, …
