It is rare that all of the FM missionaries working in Europe get together in one place. So the past two days of meetings in Budapest have been a rare treat! Pictured from left to right are: Al and Diane Mellinger (Bulgaria), Eduardo and Cindi Angelo (Portugal), Michael and Maria Long (Greece), Larry and Katie [...]
The Hunger for Empowerment
BY DON ROGERS, ASSOCIATE MISSIONARY “My people perish for lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6 The passion in the Kenyan pastor’s voice and the look in his eyes captured my full attention. “I hunger for ideas like a man under water hungers for oxygen! I will gladly receive a hand out and support, but my prayer [...]
VBS, VBS and VBS … WOW!
BY BETH GOMEZ February 17, 2012 – Santigo, Chile Last week we hosted Casa Grande’s first Vacation Bible School … not just once but twice! The two-hour program at the church began at 6 p.m. (Tuesday-Friday); it enabled us to reach new families from the neighborhood. The one-hour version began at 4 p.m., across the [...]
Complete | March – Justice Issues
Pressing On Katie (Bartlett) Keranen, Malawi God’s love is made complete in our weakness – in our darkest hours and in our greatest victories. His love bridges the gap between drastically different cultures as people stand together upon His promises, grieve with one another in the midst of tragedy and rejoice with one another in [...]
Five Weeks
BY JANETTE MILLER Burundi, February 19, 2012 Tomorrow marks five weeks since we left the USA. Five weeks of sleeping in five different homes. Five weeks of wearing skirts and walking in flip flops. (The kids have already worn through their first pairs, and we had to purchase all new ones.) Five weeks learning to [...]
Hobby Benefits Global Ministries
His dining room table is covered with stamps – stamps spilling out of an envelope he has just received, stamps he has trimmed, stamps he has sorted and stamps ready for auction. Rev. Raymond Banks began collecting stamps when he was a young boy. His grandmother corresponded with several missionaries, and Raymond was interested in the exotic stamps that [...]
Two Are Better Than One
BY RICK IRELAND February 21, 2012 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But [...]
Desperate Times
by David Yardy Loud weeping and a general commotion drew me to the hospital when I was visiting Umri, India. Doctors and nurses were pumping the stomach of a cotton farmer who tried to end his life by drinking insecticide. His wife and children were distraught, and relatives hovered around. A few months later, I [...]
Complete | February – Compassion/Community Transformation
It Happened … Again Rick Ireland, Haiti The project – the purchase of property for the John Wesley School – had been in the works when I arrived in Haiti shortly after the 2010 earthquake. A piece of land just behind the existing school seemed ideal for the expansion project. We were forced to abandon [...]
Haiti Providence University
Rick Reflects By Rick Ireland, January 25, 2012 I sometimes feel that I am seeing the world of the Bible playing out before my very eyes. This was certainly true a couple of weeks ago as Cookie and I participated in a two day retreat for the leaders of Haiti Providence University. The first day [...]
