Stories from the Field
New Life on the Mountaintops
God’s work in Haiti’s remote villages is spreading through local teams and people’s invested interest in new life in Christ.
The Haitian mountainside had to be around 115 degrees when you factor in the heat index. My shirt looked like I had just walked through a thunderstorm downpour, but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
Building a Bamboo Bridge
The people of one village were motivated by the idea of God’s care for them to take on a major project and improve their home.
The tiny village Sitio Gulod literally means “hilltop.” The ivy-covered, stone walls around the town overlook lush fields and dense jungle which hum with the constant symphony of insects and birds. The dirt roads are muddy more often than not and sometimes are even below standing water.
A River Versus a Stone
Merushe didn’t want to go to some Christian church. She’d been a Muslim all her life, and she’d die a Muslim.
There was just one little problem: the church had children services with skits and stories from their Bible, and her darling granddaughter loved it.
What was a poor Muslim grandmother to do?
She’d endure anything for her sweet mbesë, even these Christians.
A Gift of the Father’s Love
Rising Leaders in the Philippines
Rifts Mending in Kenya
A Prayer Warrior in India
One woman’s miraculous encounter with God planted a sturdy faith in her that would withstand terrible persecution and loss.
Jahnavi’s neighbors brought her to a church that is World Challenge’s partner because she was demon possessed. Her family had ignored the issue, simply ascribing her strange behavior to a spiritual affliction from one of their thousands of gods.
A Widow Helping Others
Food and Love for Our Neighbors
Local ministries are reaching out to the abandoned and ignored in the United States with food and community.
Every Friday, World Challenge’s partners in Florida, Sharing Hope, prepare lunches and pack bags of groceries with canned goods, fruit, vegetables, bread and pastries. They also prepare 50 bags of children’s lunches with hot dogs, juice, fruit and other goodies.