Why are Potatoes so Important?

Why are Potatoes so Important?

People in Central Asia and Eastern Europe have endured decades of low incomes and faltering economies. The cost of food has skyrocketed in recent years. The ongoing war in Ukraine makes it even harder for fathers to provide for their families. Facing these challenges,...
Relief From the Bitter Cold

Relief From the Bitter Cold

Three more months till spring. You’re shivering, even under three layers of blankets. You can see your own breath rise in the frigid air of your house. The woodstove lies cold and empty. This sounds extreme. For some people, it’s a normal winter morning. It’s...
Hurricane Melissa Devastates the Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa Devastates the Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa, one of the largest Caribbean storm systems on record, brought catastrophic damage to people in Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Jamaica The storm’s 185 mile per hour winds destroyed many homes and businesses in Jamaica....
Warm Clothing for a Cold Syrian Winter

Warm Clothing for a Cold Syrian Winter

Because of the unstable economy and rising prices in Syria, finding affordable winter clothes to keep warm during winter is a great challenge. People who live in small towns and rural areas in Syria often suffer from the cold days and nights. These needy people are...
Compassion for Outcast Lepers

Compassion for Outcast Lepers

What goes through your mind when you think of leprosy? Deformed feet and fingers? A dreaded disease? Or maybe you think of Jesus compassionately telling a leper, “Be thou clean.” Today in South Asia lepers still exist and are outcasts of society just as they were in...
A Small Store and a Big Heart

A Small Store and a Big Heart

The hot African sun beats down on the rusty metal roof of a nondescript mud-walled shed. Behind the large green wooden doors of the shed is Mariam’s little grocery store. This is a far cry from the Walmart supermarkets found scattered across North America, but it is a...