by Joy Casey It was a Monday when we visited a brand-new church plant nestled in the deep countryside of Ethiopia. We were astonished so many people came to the church to welcome us on a weekday. We couldn’t help but join the clapping to the beat of a drum and...
by Becky Burns When I was in the grocery store this week, the woman in line in front of me said, “I used to fill five bags with groceries. Now I can barely afford to fill three.” All of us here in the U.S. are feeling the effects of rising costs for food and other...
by Becky Burns A pregnant, unmarried young woman in Ethiopia is in an extremely difficult spot. She is virtually unemployable and no man wants to marry a woman with a child not his own. Living with her parents while trying to raise the child can mean shame and...
Trucks loaded with sacks of corn labored over rough, windy roads to reach villages populated with people weakened and dying from starvation. The original plan was to supply 50 kg of maize (corn) for 500 people. Our missionaries in the affected villages called...
by Joy Casey in Ethiopia It was crazy good to be in the midst of 37 missionaries and their wives on Thursday. They were treated to three days of R&R at a hotel — a much needed R&R, I might add. It was four years ago when we hosted a similar getaway. ...
by Joy Casey For seven years a handful of Christ-followers prayed for a spiritual breakthrough among their kinsman in a Muslim village of about 5,000 people. In 2010, God led us to this dusty village to begin getting to know the people, understand their culture and...
