I have an exciting opportunity today to review four books AND give them away! The first one is the one that broke my heart for India. India is a country of more than 1.25 billion people.* I’ll be honest; I cannot begin to imagine what one-and-a-quarter BILLION people looks like. Even more, I find it […]
If you’re looking for engaging ways to teach your children about India and Nepal, I’m sharing a roundup of resources today over on Christian Childrens’ Authors. Don’t forget to leave us your thoughts in the comments! Teaching Kids About India and Nepal
Imagine watching everything you own be washed away by floodwaters and mud. Close to one million people in India and Burma (Myanmar) don’t have to imagine it. In some of the worst flooding since Cyclone Nargis in 2008, around 300 people have been killed and thousands displaced, left without homes, belongings, crops, or churches. Disease […]
Women in South Asia need your prayers. So many of them are hurting, and they don’t believe anyone will hear their cries. Many are treated as slaves in their own homes. Some are sold as slaves. Some are abused by their husbands, and if he finally decides to leave, the women are the ones who […]
Christians in Yemen are “being pushed underground or being pushed out of the country,” and the nuclear deal with Iran will only make their situation worse. Find out how you can pray for them in this Mission Network News article. Praise God for the brave action of police in Punjab, Pakistan, who rescued Christians falsely […]
Are you familiar with the Joshua Project? They are an amazing research initiative that has compiled information on thousands of unreached people groups around the world. I have learned so much from this site, and I’ve only begun to scratch the surface of their content. One of the things they offer (completely free) is daily emails […]
I always loved animals as a child (especially dogs!). Now as an adult I am fascinated by the incredible intricacies that God fashioned each one with-whether tools to survive in the Arctic ice or the Arabian desert. Why not use what we’ve discovered as adults to spark the fire of curiosity in children and help […]
Ever since I first read about camels coming in handy in India, I’ve been intrigued. When I think of camels caravanning across the desert, I think of the Middle East, not India. But I have discovered that camels are used in northern Rajasthan to navigate the desert terrain, some of the hottest and driest in […]
Chances are we walk past them every day, people who are alone with fears and burdens we’re unaware of. Every one of them needs to know that God loves them and values them far above rubies. The need is the same whether you pass the person in the United States at Wal-Mart or on her […]
Does your family have a road trip planned for the summer? Maybe a vacation or a chance to visit faraway friends and family? I love road trips! I love to see new things and meet new people. I love to go exploring with my family. I have a few jobs when we travel, however. The […]
Ever since last Saturday, the eyes of the world have been on a small country sandwiched between China and India. Daily, it seems, the number of those who have died as a result of the last week’s earthquake climbs. It was over 7,000 when I saw it today. Numbers can be overwhelming, but certain numbers […]
Did you know that today about 750 million people around the world have no access to clean water? I cannot imagine living with that reality, yet 3/4 of a billion people do every single day. That includes men, women, and children. Can you imagine bathing your baby in dirty water or giving your toddler a […]
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have […]
How would you feel if you knew there was a Book out there that could help you understand how to live? What would you do if the Book that held the answers to the most important questions in life was written in a language you couldn’t understand? Approximately 209 million people face those questions every […]
How many Bibles do you have in your home? If your house is like mine, you don’t know the answer. I have my favorite Bible that is the one I go to often. I have study Bibles, Bibles in various translations, and even Bibles that have study notes focused on certain themes such as history […]
Welcome to a new series of ways we can pray for the lost and the persecuted. This series replaces the series I previously shared on my blog, Looking Out the 10/40 Window. Learn more about the 10/40 window of the world. The needs of Christians experiencing persecution today as well as the needs of the […]
If you’re new to the Exploring with Jake series, be sure to read the introduction. Have you ever wanted to search for buried treasure? I have! Our Sunday School teacher told us this morning that we’re going to spend the next few Sundays learning about an island named Sri Lanka where they really do have […]
The 10/40 window refers to an area of the world where many people are focusing their prayers and their efforts to bring the light of Jesus Christ to some very spiritually dark places. It is an area of the world where many people are focusing their prayers and their efforts to bring the light of Jesus […]
Do you have children or grandchildren you’d like to share missions with? Would you like to find resources for sharing both the history of missions and the stories of modern missionaries serving today? Are you looking for meaningful gifts you can make at home without any special crafting or artistic skills? We’ve got a gift […]
What would you do if Christmas cards were illegal? We’re talking about practical ways to teach kids about the persecuted at Christmas in a special 12 Days of Christmas Teachable Moments series over at Vibrant Homeschooling. Won’t you come and share your thoughts about how you find teachable moments during the Christmas season?
Have you ever received soap for Christmas? I have. It’s usually in a pretty bottle and scented with apple fragrance or maybe cinnamon spice. Think back to when you received soap—how did it make you feel? Grateful for the kindness behind the gift? Pleased with the pretty smell? Overjoyed? Overjoyed? That might be taking things […]
Christmas is often a time of joy and celebration, but many Christians in various parts of the world are not free to celebrate, to sing, to even mention Christ or His birthday. How can we honor God this holiday season and remember “them that are in bonds” (Hebrews 13:3 KJV)? There are a number of […]
I don’t often share requests like this, but this one has been weighing on my heart since I first read about it. I received a prayer request from Christian Aid Mission about Syrian refugee children in the Middle East who spend all of December looking forward to Christmas. Sounds like most children you know, doesn’t […]
“Why can’t we just celebrate the season with others? Why trouble us with sad words about suffering? Would it be right for Americans to remember only General Eisenhower on the day commemorating victory, while forgetting those who gave their lives in war?”1 Those words reminded me of two truths that I must not forget this […]
I can hear you asking now – what in the world do zoo animals have to do with praying for the people of the 10/40 window? Well, let me show you! There is something fascinating, especially to young children, about exotic animals. Camels and elephants, lions and tigers, even monkeys and crocodiles fire the imagination […]
I don’t have a long post for you to read today, just faces to share. These are the faces of the children of Asia who need our prayers and the love of Jesus Christ, the faces that draw my heart back again and again. Will you pray for them today?
Have you ever been unemployed? Have you ever wished for just one break, one chance to work to provide for your family? It’s not that you don’t want to work but that you cannot find a job, any job. This is a picture of a woman in South Asia and a water buffalo. If you’ve […]
They were covered in filth, and they didn’t even know it. They had lived in it for so long they had grown used to it. Some didn’t know there was another way. Others should have known, should have remembered, but they had forgotten. So he came to them. He came to where they were. He […]
I just finished watching Mom’s Night Out for the first time. I’ve been waiting to see it since I first heard all the buzz about it months ago. It’s a hilarious movie and one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. But it’s the underlying message that takes it beyond good, clean fun […]
Have you ever felt unseen? Have you ever wished you were invisible? I have. I remember wishing I could melt into the walls at school. I remember working in jobs where some workers were acknowledged and some were not. I remember the feeling of relief in both those places when I could slip away and […]
When I was growing up, I always equated trust with the belief that everything would be OK. But when my dad died while I was a teenager, my definition of trust got turned upside down. Nothing felt OK. It didn’t seem like anything would ever be OK again. But as God has patiently worked in […]
Last week, I read a beautiful post by my dear friend Marcy Crabtree over at the Ben & Me blog. She talked about “real life,” resisting the urge to compare ourselves with the so-called perfection we see around us, whether it be online, on television, or wherever else we find it. This week, as I […]
