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Stories from the Field

  • The Unfailing Love of God

    World Challenge Staff

    One young man shares how his good, Christian upbringing couldn’t save him from addiction and wild living; only Christ in the center of his life could transform him.

    World Challenge’s partners in Eswatini run a recovery center, helping men and women find healing from addictions and discover new life in Christ. One young man in their program shared his story of redemption with us.

  • Stitching a New Future

    Rachel Chimits

    In India, God is reaching out and providing for families in need through some of the simplest means: career training for women.

    One young lady in India shared with our team her daily struggles for the last couple years, which were sadly exacerbated by the pandemic. 

  • Rebuilding Broken Families

    Rachel Chimits

    God is healing a nation shattered by war and oppression by transforming and restoring one family at a time.

    When Diana found out that officials were coming to take her son away from her and her husband to put him in a foster care home, she was forced to confront a hard truth about her life: She and her husband had become alcoholics. They needed help.

  • Escaping the Cloud of Smoke

    Rachel Chimits

    Kicking a drug addiction is one of the hardest struggles a person can face, but no obstacle is too great for the redeeming power of Christ.

    Thabani was already regularly drinking alcohol when he was introduced to something ‘even better’: marijuana. Like many people his age, he began routinely smoking. “Alcohol and marijuana were the order of the day in my life,” he explained. “Marijuana would make me feel at ease. I enjoyed every day with a joint in my hand.”

  • When Men Forgot God

    Rachel Chimits

    Russia is facing a crisis of addiction among its youth, but believers are working to help reverse this trend from the ground up.

    Sergei started using hard drugs as a young teen, and his addiction swiftly ramped up to the point where he had to quit school. By the time he turned 22, he knew his addiction was already out of hand. He was certain that if he didn’t find help, he wouldn’t wake up one of these mornings. 

  • Food and Hope in a Box

    World Challenge Staff

    The pressures of the pandemic in the United States has caused unexpected food scarcity for many families, but churches are responding to the needs of their communities.

    As we pass the one year mark of the worldwide pandemic, the story emerging is one that the church has known all along: more profound than our human differences are God-given commonalities like the need for food, water, shelter and hope. 

  • Food for Your Community

    Steve Voyen

    The people of Liberia have survived several waves of epidemic diseases and civil war, and now their people are rising up to help a community finally recover.

    Josephus graduated from his university in Liberia magna cum laude, a very high honor. This degree, no matter how prestigious, however, couldn’t seem to secure him a job. He was job hunting for nearly two years before he finally landed a low-paying position at a mission station in the city of Ganta. 

  • Praying for a Home

    Steve Otradovec

    How often are we willing to trust God to provide for major things in our lives? This is just what one man in Cambodia did while holding on to a seemingly impossible dream.

    How big are your prayers?

  • The Fight for Peace

    World Challenge Staff

    God is moving in tremendous ways in Central Asia, but new believers are finding themselves at odds with the younger generation.

    One of the challenges our partners face in parts of Kyrgyzstan is the growth of Islam, especially among the younger generation. In some areas, teens and young adults are expected to recite parts of the Quran before they’re allowed into one popular fast-food restaurant.