A little blue booklet came inching under Raul’s* front door. The title read: Agua Viva (Living Water) — a Gospel of John. On the back were hand-stamped contact details for an evangelical church. With trembling fingers, he opened the little book, and what he read made Raul cancel his plans — plans to kill himself. The next…
The Latin America Regional Training Hub of United World Mission recently organized two significant events in Medellin, Colombia, where 25 leaders from 7 Latin American countries (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Uruguay, and Argentina) participated. The events included a Consultation on Spiritual Formation in Latin America and a retreat focused on developing spiritual mentoring groups in collaboration with Leighton Ford Ministries.…
Thank you so much for all your support of Vision Beyond Borders, especially for the Spanish and Farsi Bible Projects. God has really blessed the Spanish Bible Project. We sent 22.000 Spanish Bibles to Panama. I was there a couple months back when we gave out 140 Bibles to the native people in the mountains.…
Following Christ often brings with it persecution to believers in countries like Iran. Bita’s story, which was shared on SAT-7 PARS, illustrates the courage it takes to live out one’s faith and how the Lord can use someone’s life in a powerful way. God placed the desire on Bita’s heart to start an institute for children with disabilities, which she named the…
Throughout my five years at MAF, I’ve always had a desire to feature someone’s journey leading up to joining the organization. For someone who feels the call to become a missionary pilot/mechanic, what does it take for that person to learn the ropes of aviation? And when they are ready to commit to MAF, what…
The beauty of fall has been extended this year in St. Louis, and the CFNA youth have harvested many opportunities to experience the season’s richness with young adult volunteers from both near and far. Immanuel Wentzville’s youth group accompanied 15 CFNA kids to Theis Family Farms. “The High Schoolers said that getting to know the New American kids gave them perspective on…
Hundreds of Iranian and Afghan kids and youth have been impacted by sports ministry run by local Iranian churches. One of them is Saeed. Saeed’s mother died when he was just nine years old. When his abusive, drug-addicted father then abandoned the family, young Saeed was left to fend for himself. Separated from his brother and sister, he scraped a living on the…
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IMPACT recently put this principle to work in Durazno, Uruguay. Through IMPACT’s Disciples Making Disciples training, people in a local church were trained to share their faith with others. Older children were included in the training and multigenerational teams began to pray and reach into their communities in five different neighborhoods. Over time, the outreaches became weekly gatherings. Neighborhood children especially…
Christian Friends of New Americans In 2023, CFNA was blessed to have linked with a total of 300 recently arrived refugees from 30 birth nations. Engagement activities at the Peace Center continued strong with ESL (130 students from 10 birth nations), Health & Wellness (79 clients at screenings, and coordination of 209 client medical appointments),…