In Macedonia’s capital city, Skopje, many public squares and parks are marked by beautiful sculptures of mothers, fathers, daughters and sons. Two of my favorites are purportedly Aleksandar and his father.
One of our partners who ministers to a group of churches in Peru sent us this report about how recent events and individual work has been going.
When our partners in India first met Saanvi* in March 2021, they could clearly see the cruel marks of oppression etched into every crease of her face. Her expressions were grim more often than not, but truthfully, her life had given her little to smile about.
Aferdita and Izet are a Roma couple who live in Mbrostar. Most of the Roma people there live in slums, neglected by society and forgotten by the government.
In Cambodia, the spiritual seems much closer to the surface of life. Earnest belief in evil spirits and an angry neighbor’s curse runs rampant in popular culture. This mentality was certainly one that Hout Yong carried about the world around him...
Ludmyla was born in 1949, in the city of Kozyatyn in the Vinnitsa region of Ukraine. She was educated for working at the railway station, which she did for her entire life until her retirement. She adopted and raised one daughter. For thirteen years she has been a widow and took care of her father, a WWII veteran who is in a wheelchair.
Terebinth has worked in Uganda for years, helping communities rebuild after years of war and tragedy had torn neighborhoods and families apart.
