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“… the One who provides living water for eternity to all who drink …”
Can you imagine being thirsty in a place that regularly exceeds 110 degrees during the hot season and where water is scarce? You would be desperate and worried about your survival. That is the situation so many of India’s more than 1.35 billion people find themselves...
Touching the Untouchable in the Name of Jesus
For so many of us, an extremely difficult aspect of dealing with COVID-19, beyond the economic hardship it has created, has been the forced isolation from family members, friends, our church body and others in the community around us. In fact, there have been many...
Caring for Body and Soul: Testimonies from Haiti
The Bethesda Medical Center serves the 19,000 residents of Grand-Bassín, Haiti, and nearly as many from the surrounding communities and rural areas. A live-in doctor and nurse provide care at the center 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our national leaders are...
From Begging to Blessings: Mekala’s dignity restored
Mekala Sivamma currently lives in the Prakasam district in India. She shares her story of battling leprosy and the social stigmas that come with the disease. I was 18 years old when I was diagnosed with leprosy. I still married and gave birth to two children. My...
“… that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Galanki Rao was ten years old when white spots were first found on his legs. His parents took him to a local hospital for treatment; however, the medicine he was prescribed helped very little in the long run. The spots turned into sores, and both continued to spread....
“…to such belongs the kingdom of God.”
Even before the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, interrupted the lives of billions of people around the world, each day was already a struggle for so many families. This was particularly true for many of the precious boys and girls in our child and youth development...
