Missions (Page 4)

Spanish Sign Language

The Spain translation project has been active since 2003 with a long-term goal of all Scripture being available to the Deaf in Spain. The formats facilitate maximum use and interaction with Scripture, leading them to a relationship with Jesus. Currently, SIL is nearing the end of a major benchmark….the completion of the New Testament, scheduled…

Training and Outreach

In beginning this trip, heavy storms of several kinds surrounded us.  At Manaus, as we boarded the plane to take us west over the Amazonian forest, a turbine engine blew up before take-off. Sometimes the enemy stops us; sometimes God stops us.  It was the plane we often use from another local aviation charity, and…

Making a Positive Impact

This year being Leap Year, we had “one more day” to have influence, yet every one of us has influence each day. And here is the thing about the impact we have on others: It is a positive impact, or It is a negative impact. You never meet someone, or listen to someone speak, or observe someone’s actions and have no opinion…

The Isolated People

Recently, Joel Driscoll, an MAF pilot in Kalimantan, Indonesia, had a sobering encounter—one that reminded him just how isolated the people he serves are. He was about to hop into the pilot seat to take off from an interior village when a local woman came running up to the airplane. She was sobbing, so it was hard to make out what she…

A Bar of Soap

Before Lutheran World Relief brought its rural economic development strategy for improving lives in the poorest parts of the world to a remote village in Nepal, these women couldn’t even buy a bar of soap. Lutheran World Relief is a faithful partner of The Bolick Foundation.

Lifeline for Women

Sometimes, leaving is the only life-saving course of action. Nasrin Hasmi, 28, pictured here with her daughter Jira, suffered for four years as her husband beat and abused her.  Frequently drunk or using drugs, he didn’t work and relied upon handouts from friends and family.  After one particularly bad beating, with no money or work experience, Nasrin moved back home and immediately…