Heaven's Family Stories

Rice & A Blanket

We receive a continual stream of photos from our partners around the world as they inform us of pressing needs that are being met through funds we've entrusted to them. We always request that they send us photos of smiling beneficiaries, but coaxing smiles is not always easy or appropriate, and we sometimes receive poignant portraits like this one. When we read the stories behind such portraits, it causes us to pause and pray. Here's the story behind this photo....

01 Jan

In Satan’s Backyard

Provocative young girls beckoned every sidewalk passerby: "Don't resist! Come inside!" Pulsing street music and flashing lights mixed to form a hellish vortex that pulled the unwary towards their seductive summons. I was in a red-light district in Thailand. It felt as if we were in Satan's backyard.

01 Jan

Jungle Book

His parents raised him to be a Christian, and he'd been attending church faithfully for 36 years. He sensed, however, a spiritual void in his life, and something told him that what he needed could be found in the Bible. So That Nuai took his Bible and journeyed deep into the neighboring jungle where nothing could distract him. For seven days he read God's Word, and the "jungle book" did its work in him. When he emerged a week later, he was a changed man, a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, born again by the Holy Spirit. That was 50 years ago, and it was the beginning of That Nuai's incredible journey.

01 Jan

A Flying Saucer Lands in Zatual

For a Discovery Channel adventurer like myself, it was an Everest moment. We were the first foreigners to ever visit Zatual, a remote and primitive village strung high along a mountain ridge in Chin State, Myanmar. Zatual's inhabitants are all members of a small tribal group called the Zangiat, who speak their own distinctive language.

29 Dec

464 that Jesus Didn’t Forget

All along the border of China and North Korea, signs like these are posted Dear Friends, The lives of 464 North Korean believers were spared this month because of your generosity. I hope that you read last month’s mini-update about Mrs. Sun (click here […]

28 Dec

Freedom in a Burmese Prison

Three new converts at Yayachu prison being baptized by our indigenous parters using the only water available Dear Friends and Family, I’ve just returned from a wonderful visit to the mysterious and beautiful country of Myanmar, also known as Burma. Unfortunately, its people are held […]