World Challenge’s partners, Triumphant Mercy, in Lebanon met Nadira when she passed in front of their window at the new community center. She stopped and chatted with the center’s workers, asking them what they do. She started to share her grief and hopelessness, so they invited her to join their trauma healing group that had just started.
Pictured above are the women who have received Christ this year. World Challenge’s partner in Peru, Calvary La Semilla, is producing fruit; and we are excited watch these beautiful ladies grow in their faith.
Cambodia and the rest of Southeast Asia has been hard-hit by both medical and political turmoil in the last few months.
Amal was born in a devout Shiite family, one of 10 children. She was raised to rigorously follow her Muslim faith, and her childhood and teen years as a cherished daughter were both happy and uneventful.
“Escape from the tiger only to meet the crocodile.” —Thai proverb
One of the highlights on any development trip abroad is the chance to meet the people we’re helping and working alongside. This most recent time in Turkey, I was able to visit several refugees’ homes and hear stories of how they escaped Syria and came to faith in Christ.