01 Apr
How to Become a Dentist in Six Days
They came by the hundreds. Some traveled for days on foot, others rode more than 200 miles on motorbikes over rutted, unpaved roads. All came with one hope—to find relief from tooth pain.
Below are just a few of the many testimonies we receive about lives being impacted and transformed by the Critical Medical Needs Ministry of Heaven’s Family.
31 Jan
Our Poster Child
Do you recognize this girl? Dear Friends, This is eight-year-old Biak, and she lives in Myanmar. Over the years Biak has become a good friend of Heaven’s Family—we even use a photo of her as the “poster child” in the header at the top of […]
03 Dec
A Brother and Sister Who Need Our Help
Daniel Tellez with Jason and Nicole Fitzpatrick. Although he is going blind, Daniel’s eyes are very sensitive to bright light. Dear Friends, Daniel Tellez lives in the shadows. That’s because the 18-year-old is going blind. Claudia, his younger sister, is going blind too. They also […]
28 Aug
LaRosa’s Long Road
Burn victim LaRosa after her first surgery One morning Judith left her two-year-old daughter LaRosa with a neighbor while she ran some errands in nearby Goma, the civil-war-torn capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. While Judith was gone, a terrible accident happened—LaRosa suddenly came […]
29 Mar
Beatrice’s Bad Day
Beatrice and her husband, pastor Kenneth Wafula (at center) surrounded by a few members of their extended family Dear Friends, Pastor Kenneth Wafula and his wife, Beatrice, live in Kampala, Uganda. While Kenneth shepherds a church, Beatrice tends their flock of nine children, whose ages […]
01 Mar
Jigger Wars
You don't think much of it at first; it's just a sore spot on the bottom of your foot. Once it becomes a raised white bump with a black dot in the middle, you give it a little touch—and it moves! That's when you realize that you've got a tiny parasite living under your skin known in Africa as a jigger, the world's smallest known flea.
