Heaven's Family Stories

Slum-Kid Millionaires

Slum-kids in the village of Kambare, Kenya, now have a much brighter future ahead of them. That's because an important dream—one that many parents and others in the community thought impossible—is now coming true!

04 May

Delivering Miss Daisy

Certain days you hear news that totally wipes you out. Sometimes it's good news that gets your day off to a great start. Other times you are glad you opened that email while still in bed so that you can just quietly close your laptop, pull the covers over your head, and try to shut out the pain.

01 May

A Rope in a Pit

I once heard a proverb that went something like this: "A man fell into a deep pit and called out, 'Please, someone bring me food and water!' A passerby heard the man's voice and replied, 'I will bring you food and water.'

01 May

Gushing Girl Faith

Ester is a brave, determined 10-year-old girl who lives in Ngongongari—a village in Tanzania that is as remote as it sounds. Ester's father mercilessly beat her, as well as the other five members of her family, and she was feeling desperate for change.

01 May

Smiling in Heaven

Khin Mar was my friend. Many others counted her as their friend too, especially the many she led to the Lord. I'm happy to report that this dear friend is now with Jesus, our great Friend, and I want to honor her by telling you about how she lived her brief life on this earth.

01 May

A Beautiful Place with a Terrible Secret

"They had no women," Mark told me and my wife Karin, to our disbelief. "Majuwa Village was so poor they sold their women and children to sex traffickers," he explained further. As directors of the Human Trafficking & Slavery Ministry, Karin and I were learning much about how young women become victims here in Nepal, a small Asian nation sandwiched between India and China.