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The hardships of singleness as worship
Thirty-four-year-old Rotondwa* quit her job as an engineer to become a missionary in Asia. She’s been on the field for over seven years and when people meet her for the first time, they are shocked that this southern African is the same person t...
Read MoreGod’s word for the Wolof
Senegalese Mamadou Diop had two Masters degrees and listened to BBC regularly as a way to perfect his English. During a devotional programme on air, a Christian minister described Jesus Christ as the saviour. Mamadou, a Muslim, knew ...
Read MoreA church of hope for the Deaf
The Huambo province in Angola was strongly affected by the civil war that hit the country after independence, leaving deep weaknesses in its social, economic, and structural systems. There is a need for almost everything and many struggle with dai...
Read MoreThe mission field on the football field
ABI’S STORY, GHANA: Abigail Mensah did not play football, but she loved the game and keenly followed happenings in the sport’s world. She loved Jesus and young people, and knew the Lord wanted her to reach out to youth outside...
Read MoreSuas habilidades: ferramentas nas mĂŁos de Deus
Atreinadora de netball, Jane Banda, trabalha com Sports Friends (Amigos de Desporto), um ministério que usa o desporto como uma ferramenta para transformar vidas com o evangelho. Ela é originária do Malawi, onde muitos cristã...
Read MoreGod’s vision meets God’s provision
In an attempt to unify the country after Nigeria’s civil war, then military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, introduced the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in 1973, deploying graduates of higher institutions to se...
Read MoreReaching the Sahel through indigenous art
A crowd has gathered in a small Mandinka community in West Africa. The village griot is narrating a story as Oluwaseyi serenades along on his kora, a local 21-string harp. On a mounted screen, images drawn by a local artist ...
Read MoreNursing was my entry ticket
Nuura* needed to get this woman to the hospital fast. Her baby had defecated inside the womb, was not breathing properly, and was coming out legs first. She called an ambulance, but violent attacks and a curfew in nearby Garissa prev...
Read MoreBehind the walls of crushing trauma
After Mule* hung up the phone, he felt like someone had turned him upside down. He knew intimately what was at stake. He felt betrayed, maligned, and crushed, but the impact was only beginning. “I was preparing for an exam that wee...
Read MoreA turnaround for Reagan
Reagan had never left the town of Kumasi in his entire life. So the day he boarded a bus for the mission field far away from home was a big day. Upon arriving in Tamale, he discovered that the bus to Gbintre moved once a day. He didn...
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