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February 16, 2023
His children tended to side with his wife in their fierce arguments, so a tribal man decided he would let them live without him. Living alone, he was stewing in a mixture of grief and resentment when native Christian workers paid him a visit and asked him why he was troubled. “Immediately he replied that he had fought with his wife, and that his children are always against him,” the leader of a native ministry said.
February 9, 2023
Millions of people in Africa are on the verge of starvation and death as five failed rainy seasons have resulted in the worst drought in 40 years, killing livestock and decimating crops. The global food shortage, inflation, and a locust infestation that wiped out harvests across eastern Africa have made a dire situation even more desperate.
February 2, 2023
Languishing in prison after being arrested for his faith, a native Christian worker in Laos feared he would die of starvation. “Samyoung* said everyone in the prison relieved themselves on the floor, and he saw people die of starvation,” a native ministry leader said. “If no family member came to retrieve the body, they were wrapped in plastic and just thrown away. It was a terrifying experience, but he kept praying and thinking about the ministry’s radio messages of encouragement.”
January 26, 2023
A young nurse had visited the worship service of a Middle Eastern country after traveling from her home 50 miles away. She told the pastor that she had studied other religions online for more than half a year, drawing warnings from friends that leaving Islam was among the worst sins. The pastor asked her what she had concluded about Jesus Christ.
January 19, 2023
A woman in a remote jungle village of Brazil learned half of the gospel by habitually partying and getting drunk. Camila* didn’t need anyone to tell her that sin led to despair and spiritual death, because she had lived it by pursuing empty pleasures, a native Christian leader said. “She said that it no longer gave her joy,” he said. “She was very sad and with great despair for the future of life, especially when she thought about man’s eternity.”
January 12, 2023
The mother of a refugee boy in Turkey became angry at him for reading the New Testament he had received from local Christian workers and ordered him to do his schoolwork. “Mother, you are like the Prophet Jesus’ disciples,” he said. “You are keeping me from drawing close to the Prophet Jesus!” Stunned, his mother asked him where he had read this.
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