Update from St. Devi’s Academy: “Greetings in the sweet name of our Lord Jesus. Our problems are still not settled. It appears it will take a long time to solve the problems. There is still a shortage of all important supplies. Some Indians, before coming into Nepal, filled their fuel [...]
In our mailbox this morning was a brown envelope with a pretty forget-me-not stamp in the corner. The envelope contained a most generous donation and a note with this message: God’s timing is perfect as always. All contributions to our little ministry are precious and valuable, but these funds are [...]
Imagine living in a place where your home, your city, your country is in devastation. Everywhere you turn is rubble. A place where the shops have been destroyed and instead of fields of rice, there is debris. Imagine having no homeowner’s insurance, no savings, and no job because an earthquake [...]
I find it so easy to take my problems and heave them onto my shoulders. Oftentimes I think I’ve given my troubles to God, I’ve even told Him to take them, and yet I walk around with stooped shoulders and hunched back from carrying the load of them. The Bible [...]
“There are lots of problems in Nepal now. The Nepal government is trying to buy gas from China but the political parties supported by India have been opposing this idea. The situation at the southern border is the worst. People in Kathmandu do not have food to eat or cooking [...]
People have asked whether we have returned from Malawi. The answer is yes. We ‘hit the ground running’ upon our arrival and there have been frustrating Internet problems at the office so between the two, we neglected to post our return. Sorry. At TWAM we are struggling with knowing God’s [...]
No Internet in developing countries is standard but when there is no internet at my office, well, I find it frustrating and unacceptable… Earlier this month Devi wrote from Nepal – “At present Nepal is going through a lot of problems. Nepal’s constitution was declared (They haven’t had a constitution [...]
Something wasn’t right. We were visiting the children at Chipanda Village and instead of running around and laughing, the children were quiet, almost lethargic. I asked what was going on and was told the children hadn’t eaten. I couldn’t believe it! Why not? Rose told me they had run out [...]
There has been no internet access, the electricity has been sporadic, and at times there has been no running water, but my lost bag arrived safely from Johannesburg with everything intact. Praise the Lord! We had piles of brand new dresses, shorts & shirts (for the boys) and shoes. A [...]
He had already knocked on 5 gates. People were either not home or he was shooed away. Some people were rude when they saw his tattered clothes. I will go to one last home, he said to himself. The boy stood outside the tall hedge and stared at the rusted [...]