There’s nothing quite like getting a surprise package in the mail from people who love you. I was in the midst of a two-year term living overseas, and I was struggling. Out of nowhere my life had become very hard. Health issues, relational issues, spiritual issues —...
Yolanda could barely get out of bed or stand on her own. The 12-year-old was severely malnourished due to the lack of food in her Guatemalan village. Her family was extremely poor and couldn’t afford a doctor’s visit. But because of donors’ generosity, donated medical...
The old, wooden boat slid its way through the waters of Lake Kivu. The boat’s passengers steered the vessel, laden with heavy boxes of food, toward Ishwa Island in Rwanda. They could see the shoreline, which could only be reached by boat, in the distance — full of...
Protesters took to the streets Tuesday after the leader of Venezuela’s opposition declared he was “beginning the final phase of Operation Freedom.” In the clashes that ensued, more than 50 people were taken to the hospital after being shot with...
ISIS had taken everything away from Alya … her home, her ability to walk, and her ability to care for her children. We’ve changed Alya’s name because, like countless refugees, she lives in danger every day.When she was still living in Mosul, Iraq, Alya was caught in...
As the world obsesses over the power struggle for Venezuela’s presidency, most Venezuelans are worried about something else: “Will my children eat today?” That is what Isabella has been asking herself for months, and her story will break your heart. Isabella’s...
