Heaven's Family Stories

Tears for His Tormentors

"When he learned that I had been reading a booklet about a boy who found forgiveness through Jesus Christ, my father tied me to a pillar of our house and beat me with a stick. The next morning he lovingly told me, 'We Muslims should not read such books. They are haram [forbidden]. Because their books are so persuasive, we too will become Christians if we read them. What then will happen to our family? It will affect our whole life." Qississ' father, a Muslim Mullah in southern India, didn't realize how prophetic his words would prove to be as he lectured his eleven-year-old son.

01 Dec

Soccer Team Salvation

As captain of the local soccer team in the village of Wamuini, Kenya, Manu knew how to lead his team to victory on the field. Off the field, however, he was leading half of his teammates to be losers in life, setting an example of drug abuse and other criminal activity. His was a path of destruction. That all changed, however, when he met a man named Herbert Amukaya, whose story must first be told.

01 Dec

The Forgotten People

Wang Shou formerly had hands and feet. But over the past 44 years, he's watched them slowly disappear due to leprosy. He isn't able to walk on the stubs that were once his feet, so he ties the soles of shoes to his knees and crawls everywhere he goes.

01 Dec

Freedom Comes like a Flood

The moment seemed surreal. Here I was with a handful of Pakistani Christians whom I'd just met, sipping freshly-brewed tea, enjoying the hospitality of a pint-sized woman named Haquri—all while sitting together on the barren ground of an open plain. It was like a tea party on the moon. Haquri served us eagerly, and joyfully told us the story of how God had rescued her people from the flooding that devastated Pakistan.

23 Nov

Sri Lankan Sweethearts at Girls Orphanage

20 Nov

Myanmar Update 2: Orphanage on the Water

The home and children of Love Children’s Home Dear Friends, For the past few days we’ve been away from Myanmar’s primary city, Yangon, and in the city of Taunggyi, in Shan State, which borders China’s Yunnan Province. I’m writing this blog entry from there in […]