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By Mike Thomas
Among the current generation of refugees and immigrants arriving in the U.S., many follow the religions that are dominant in their home countries. One religion in particular includes factio…
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By Esther Greenfield
Every year when the rains come and the river swells, the land floods. When we visited North Africa prior to settling there, we could hear the children laughing and playing in the tempora…
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By Julie Jean Francis
My family just celebrated our 11th anniversary of life overseas. I’ve been looking back over the last decade and thinking about the key moments that have led us to where I am and who I am today. Wha…
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By Eva Petross
It’s not that I haven’t been around dead babies before. This is a refugee camp in North Africa. Babies die every day. Malaria. Malnutrition. Dysentery. Other generic tragedies that make up the backdrop of a life marked by poverty and……
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By Eunice Herchenroeder
It had been a full, busy week. We all had plans for Saturday. Mike needed to finish the sermon about which he’d been pondering and praying all week. William had a lot of loose ends…
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By Pioneer Bible Translators
Because prayer is the strategy of Pioneer Bible Translators, our worldwide team intentionally sets aside a day of fasting and prayer every month. On this da…
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By Eva Petross
The practice of contemplative prayer has meant a lot to Eva in the past few years. It is a practice of consent to the healing presence and action of God within our hearts. As we pray a welcoming prayer, we…</spa…
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By Eva Petross
You go through so much training and preparation before moving overseas. You enlist your prayer and financial partners, make your plans, say your prayers and goodbyes, and step into the life of your dreams … and it absolutely knocks the wind right out of yo…
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By Miriam Beckham
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15, 21st Century KJV) In January 2021, we found…<…
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By Alésha Hagemeyer
From an early age, we learn to connect the name of an object with the written word that represents it. Young children are taught that “cat” refers to a small animal with fur and claws who l…
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By Esther Greenfield
Believe it or not, there is a road somewhere under all that water! During the rainy season in semi-arid North Africa, rivers overflow and dirt roads can become nearly impassable. As missionaries, sometimes the roa…
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By Alésha Hagemeyer
It was hot that day, I remember. And not just because every day in this West African capital city is hot, but hot because the sun was shining with an unequaled intensity, pulsing in waves through the air and saturating every surface. Stepping into the African t…
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