Bringing God’s Word to the Hurting
Nurses and doctors gather for chapel early one Wednesday morning before they start their day in the ward treating ailing patients at Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi. Sunshine pierces through the window slats, illuminating the pulpit engraved with the phrase “a happy heart is like good medicine” in the local Chichewa language. In this bright scene,…
Faith Still Stands in the Midst of Mayfield’s Grieving
For five minutes, Janet Thomason sought shelter in a broom closet as an EF4 tornado passed through her neighborhood. The 190 mile-per-hour winds devastated her community—destroying six of the seven homes on her street. Janet and a friend had immediately gone into a closet as the sirens began to sound. Then they heard the wind…
Franklin Graham Dedicates New Homes in Flood-Ravaged Kentucky
Family, friends, and local community representatives stood on a blanket of snow in the mountains of eastern Kentucky on Friday, Dec. 5, to dedicate 18 new homes built by Samaritan’s Purse in Jesus’ Name. “This is a great day—a day we have been praying for,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, to the crowd…
Why Goats Are a Big Deal
Biography: Ruth Bell Graham
Restoring Health in the Philippines
Gerardale Ann Balintec is the nutrition program manager in the Philippines I met Rosanna a month after Typhoon Haiyan. She lived in Santa Fe, a small and impoverished town with one of the highest malnutrition rates in the entire Philippines. She had a baby bump and thin arms. Her mid upper arm circumference was just…
Delivering Hot Meals to Displaced Families in South Sudan
When war broke out across Sudan last year, Kadrijia was in Kenya where she and her husband had traveled for his medical care. When they heard of the growing conflict in their home country, they left for Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, to get back to their three children. Upon entering their country, she and her husband…
Kids Are Missionaries Too
Three-year-old Josh* could not contain his excitement when he found out he was going on his first mission trip. “We are going to El Salvador,” he announced at his church in British Columbia, Canada. “Daddy is going to work on teeth and we’re going to tell people about Jesus!” The Eliason family—Garth and LeeAnne, Josh,…
Drama Team Shares the Gospel in South Sudan Refugee Camp
Jumu arrived alone in Ajuong Thok refugee camp. His two brothers were killed during Sudan’s civil war, and his parents refused to travel south—terrified of leaving the only home they’d ever known in the Nuba Mountains. Jumu, now 22, desperately wanted to find Christian fellowship in the South Sudan refugee camp, and he’s now experiencing…
