COVID-19 Threatens Atheist’s Life – and Beliefs
Victor lived in a slum area riddled with crime, a red zone where he was constantly on edge to protect the small family he had begun. He struggled to support them as a driver of a three-wheeler taxi. Though raised to worship idols, Victor believed in no gods as he faced the threat of COVID-19 with each passenger he carried.
Pandemic Reshapes Lives and Outreach in Peru
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, a 60-year-old doctor in the central Andes of Peru lost his job at a government hospital for treating COVID-19 patients with chlorine dioxide.
His Family Crumbling, Father in Peru Hit with COVID-19
A 54-year-old waste collector in northern Peru and his children had long fought with his wife, but he never thought she would leave.
Hitman in Peru Looks for Victim, Finds Local Missionary
A Sunday morning church service seemed as good a place as any for an armed stranger to begin looking for the man he had been hired to kill. Inside the church building, he heard the preacher reading from the Bible about someone asking Jesus what the greatest commandment was.
Workers Help Children in Peru Battle Poverty’s Monsters
The children want to learn. The teachers want to teach. But neither the school in the Peruvian jungle village nor the schoolkids have enough money for school supplies like notebooks. “Children go to school without notebooks, and teachers cannot do their job,” the leader of a native ministry said.
Shattered Lives in Peru and Ecuador Find Hope
He had lost the woman he had married 11 years before when she finally decided she had to get away from the violence erupting from his addictions to drugs and alcohol. Enrique knew his life was in ruins, but the 35-year-old electrician in Peru felt helpless to repair it.
