Small ticks from pigs, called jiggers, are eating up Alex Chipilipili’s feet. The 10-year-old has never owned a pair of shoes. He anxiously waits with 170 other children, all of them hoping to receive a pair of TOMS Shoes from World Vision.
October 2010
Story by Collins Kaumba. Edited by Rachael Boyer, World Vision U.S.
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One day while working on language Dee asked me what the word “Amen” means. I was somewhat put back as she scurried to the back room and emerged with a Bible in hand! “This book is very good! Christians are very good!” Dee said with excitement. As I sat in awe I could not help but think, “Seriously God? The one house you put me in for language learning is the one where they are reading the Bible!”
God is working here in some amazing ways. This is just a small glimpse of what God is doing among these people.
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by a Pioneer in Southeast Asia
via Pioneers Media Archive – A Surprise in Language Learning.
Dave Dorr:
Our church gives 100% of its budget to missions. That’s because our church is a mission.
Staff salaries are mission. Benevolence (our fund to support those who are in need financially) is about missions. Paying the rent, again, missions.
And why shouldn’t we think of church in America like this? Are we still under the assumption that we are the chaplains to our culture, to use Ed Stetzer’s apt illustration? We are missionaries. We are not at home, even in our home country. We don’t share similar world views with people outside of the body of Christ.
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via 100% to Missions.
Ghana (MNN) ― Sex slavery is rampant among tribal religions in Ghana. In a system commonly referred to as Trokosi, girls are given to tribal priests as payment for sins. “Trokosi” means wives or slaves of the gods.
Every Child Ministries is rescuing these women and their children who were born into this environment. ECM co-founder Lorella Rouster says ritual servitude, or shrine slavery, is common.
Recently, Every Child Ministries liberated 55 slaves of the “Thunder god.”
Rouster says it was a long process that started five years ago. “We went to the priest’s home to meet the wives and to share the Gospel. We also met him and began to share the Gospel with him. At that time he was very interested.
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