• From Desperate to Daring Blessing

    Natasha Likollari

    One Roma lady and her family in Albania went from crippled by poverty to helping their neighbors survive the economic downturn.

    Daily living for a Roma woman is a seemingly endless gauntlet of obstacles and challenges. One dear Roma lady who is involved in our team is Hena. Her name means “the moon,” but her life has not been that bright.

  • Feeding the Children of Ireland

    World Challenge Staff

    World Challenge’s partners on the Emerald Isle are working to help the children of low income families have a warm meal as they learn more about their true Savior.

    In September, I was in prayer about what direction to take for Feed Cork, whether to develop a social enterprise to help fund our efforts or to grow our community outreach.

  • A Garden of God’s Word

    Rachel Chimits

    One woman decided that if God had changed her heart, he could change her life and her community’s life, and she set out to see it happen.

    Edang was doing pretty well for herself. She worked for the nearby zoo and had been there for 14 years. The tourist trade in the Philippines made for lively business, and who doesn’t love seeing animals?

  • Learning How to Love and Be Loved

    Rachel Chimits

    God is slowly redeeming and healing one young man’s life after it spun out of control and left him aching for true connection.

    Our partners in Eswatini run a Teen Challenge center that helps many of the country’s impoverished and troubled youth and young adults find the transforming power of Christ while providing them a safe haven where they can heal from addictions and abuse.

  • God Heals the Demon Possessed

    Rachel Chimits

    Spiritual attacks and hauntings are not unheard of in Cambodia, but the Holy Spirit gave light and new life to one precious lady and her granddaughter.

    Being troubled or even possessed by spirits is an accepted possibility in Cambodia. Workers have claimed to have fainted in large groups because of a spiritual attack on the factory where they work. Buddhist monks regularly visit homes to help protect its inhabitance from vengeful spirits.

  • A Tale of Two Wives

    Rachel Chimits

    One widow is following God’s calling to witness to his goodness, especially to those neighbors who have left the church.

    In Uganda, a country that has already weathered several economic downturns, government restrictions in response to COVID felt like an extra affliction to many locals. For others, though, it was merely one more opportunity for God to move.

  • A Survivor of Chernobyl

    Rachel Chimits

    In Russia and the former Soviet states, the word “liquidator” needs no explanation. These people are a mix of survivor, victim and hero.

    When the Chernobyl reactor blew highly radioactive graphite and ash across the nearby towns and forest, the Soviet government called in liquidators to contain the disaster.

  • A Spirit Set Free Behind Bars

    Rachel Chimits

    The Great Physician came to heal the sick, and he continues to do his powerful work in the United States’ prisons.

    One of World Challenge’s partners in the United States, a husband and wife team, have a ministry in the prisons reaching out to inmates with the gospel. Sadly, COVID-19 restrictions have kept Chaplain Mario and Barbara from being able to enter the facilities the last few months.