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The Impossible

“I forgot my medication!” Ponge apologized, knowing that his forgetfulness meant a full day’s delay for us to get him...

Black and White

My grandfather was a shaman, a witchdoctor. As animists, we believed that our lives were controlled by spirits. But...

Bomb

It was December, and we had just gone downtown with two of our fellow workers in order to do evangelism with the...

Mission Partnerships in Thailand

The Housekeeper

“I didn’t feel loved,” Naat said of her family upbringing in a small village in north-eastern Thailand. “Since my...

The Runaway

She wore her shame like a second skin. For most of her life, Suree was convinced that she was branded, forever...

Zion Church - Cell Group

On the Road with Joe

My first memory of Joe is seeing her lock her four-year-old daughter out of the house. I remember thinking, “This is...

Deedee’s mother was a sex worker in Pattaya. Her father was from Malaysia where he worked in human trafficking,...

Mee and Mom

The reporter and police officer turned up unannounced at the Abundant Life Home with a six-year-old girl named Mee...

A Life Spared, A Life Won

We have been praying for Rae for a long time, longing to see her accept God’s love for her. Well, she did! It was in...

Twenty Years with Team 2000

It was autumn in Fresno, California, and the leaves outside were red like fire. I was teaching ninth grade English at...

This Kind of Family

Standing by his dying father’s bedside, twelve-year-old Tee knew he was about to lose the only family he had left....