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 […]
Some of My Favorite Books About Asia Read More »
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
Everything They Had Was Washed Away Read More »
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
The Load Camels Cannot Carry Read More »
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
Someone To Turn To Read More »
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
Nepal by the Numbers Read More »
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
Z is for Zoo Animals Read More »
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?
This is a picture of a woman in South Asia and a water buffalo. If you’ve ever been introduced to the wonderful and wacky world of Veggie Tales, this picture can only bring one song to mind. But the reality is that everyone does not have a water buffalo, including those who really need one.
X is for eXtra Income Read More »
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
W is for Winning the Lost Read More »
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
