Today, in honor of International Women’s Day, I am re-posting the powerful testimony of a woman, one of our Bible School students in Mexico. Additionally, you’ll read how her powerful story crossed borders and changed the life of another woman thousands of miles away, with a unique twist. Both found true and lasting freedom. ~ ~ ~ “I was a very hard person to reach with the Gospel because of my childhood experience. I grew up in a home of daily violence and humiliation; a hom

I asked a wise lady, a widowed veteran missionary, a question.  Her answer took me by surprise. We were sitting, enjoying iced tea, and catching up on each other’s lives when I asked about her kids and grandkids. What followed was an account of pain and difficulty. My heart broke as I listened to the ongoing drama of what some may consider a parents/grandparents worst nightmare. And she no longer had her husband to walk this trail of tears with her. Knowing her to be a prayin

This same testimony radically changed the life of another woman thousands of miles away. More about that below. I was a very hard person to reach with the Gospel because of my childhood experience. I grew up in a home of daily violence and humiliation; a home where a woman was considered trash. Deep inside me grew a desire for revenge and I made it my goal to do whatever necessary to get even with men. Even as a student, I pushed myself, not for my own advancement in high aca

Here’s how to increase missions giving in your church: pray for and cheer each other on! Here’s how to provoke others to good works: pray for and cheer each other on! Here’s how to help your pastor and church staff: pray for and cheer them on! Here’s how to motivate others to reach out to the community with compassion: pray for and cheer each other on! Here’s how to partner with those of us called to become missionaries: pray for and cheer us on! The Lord will hear and the wo