Heaven's Family Stories

Daniel’s Dilemma

Kenyan pastor Daniel Wanzala was in trouble. The leaders of his denomination were not happy with the reports they'd been hearing about his church. So they summoned him to explain. It all began when Pastor Daniel attended a leadership conference in the town of Kitale, taught by David Servant. What he heard that day was difficult for him to accept, because it contradicted some of his own beliefs and practices. Yet it had all been backed up with Scripture. So he faced a dilemma: Would he cling to his tradition or submit to the truth of God's Word?

01 Aug

Seven Bullets, One Resurrection

Not one, or two, but seven. That’s how many bullets ripped through Jonathon Fana’s body as he ran from island police. I listened to Jonathon's story in astonishment as he showed me the bullet holes and the long, jagged scars on his neck and abdomen. How could he have survived such injuries? Yet there he stood in front of me, very much alive. I would soon learn from Jonathon that those seven bullets, far from ending his life, actually played a part in giving him a brand new life.

01 Aug

The Village

Deep in the mountains of central Mexico, an Indian woman has been in labor for a day. Her baby, lodged in her birth canal, has had no detectable heartbeat for many hours, and the mother's life is slipping away from hemorrhaging. A flooded river, normally crossable by a jeep, separates her from the ambulance, called in by radio, which is waiting on the other side. American missionaries Jason and Nicole Fitzpatrick decide to employ a canoe—tied to rope to prevent it from being swept away in the swift current—to transport the mother to the other side in hopes that she can reach the hospital before she dies. They decide to begin with prayer...

26 Jul

The Sweet Smell of Success, Burundi-Style

Deoderat, his wife, and one of their four children making a food called “chackle” for their restaurant In the Cibitoke Commune in Bujumbura, Burundi, a man by the name of Deodorat Minani lives with his wife and four children. Deodorat is a Christian and works […]

20 Jul

Our Myanmar Children

Lal Hlun Thang from Emmanuel Childcare Center in Yangon is all ready for school Once again, I am so blessed by what God is doing among the 50 orphanages that we help each month. In this month’s mini-update, I’ve got reports about children witnessing in […]

19 Jul

One Blessed Bicycle

Pastor John Wanyonyi on his church-planting bicycle from Heaven’s Family “A place where every sort of evil exists….” Those were the words John Wanyonyi, an East African church planter in Kenya, used to describe his village. “Bikeke village is where I come from, and I […]