Sharing space and saltines, Cozumel church helps Wilma’s victims
As Hurricane Wilma pounded Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, more than 130 people huddled inside the Cozumel church building, with little food and supplies. “It seemed she…
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Minister recounts survival in Liberia’s ‘valley of death’
MONROVIA, Liberia — Like many Liberians, David Kolleh remembers a time when he looked at the dead bodies of his people with a sense of…
Whacking a pinata in Papua New Guinea
Marcus and Diane Reese served their guests a rich cultural stew recently in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea. The missionaries hosted a…
Around the world: After the tsunami, new life abounds in southern Asia
DELORAINE, AUSTRALIA — Converts pray during a baptism ceremony in Nias, Indonesia. Since the Dec. 26 tsunami and a March earthquake claimed lives and destroyed…
Bullets, record rainfall fail to deter churches in Central African Republic
Years of political instability, followed by eight weeks of near-continuous rain, have made life difficult for church members in the Central African Republic. "Brethren are…
Church members (mostly) celebrate in Mozambique
Church members in a village near Montepuez, Mozambique were happy - with at least one exception - to see a team of missionaries from the…
Is the world ending? Churches too busy serving victims to notice, workers say
Church members around the world have seen a seemingly endless series of natural disasters in the past 12 months. But most have been too busy…
Around the world: Julias go from orphans to sisters in Ukraine
CAMBODIA — Julia Sherbakova, left, congratulates Julia Grachova after Grachovas Sept. 17 baptism in Mariupol, Ukraine. Both are residents of the Transitional Living Center, a…
Church members facing food shortages after Hurricane Stan floods Guatemala
The phrase “worse than Hurricane Mitch” has dreadful resonance in Central America. Mitch, one of the strongest and deadliest Atlantic storms on record, claimed thousands…
Tsunami orphans send money to Katrina victims
Rama Krishna, minister for the Fisherman church and the D.D. Colony church, both in seaside villages in Andra Pradesh, India, collected money for Hurricane Katrina…
