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…
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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…
Spotlight: Bite your tongue!
ALMATY, KAZAHSTAN — Steve Vrooman chose a bizarre — yet memorable — visual aid for a recent youth group devotional. Later he got a taste…
Spotlight: Know-it-all on a mission
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The first time he met Sue Ann Mak in 2000 “she seemed like a 16-year-old know-it-all,” said missionary Robert Reagan. November…
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…
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…
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…
Spotlight: Seeing his life on film
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Workers with Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises, a skin care company, honored Napoleon Dzombe, a church member in the African nation…
Texas lawmaker, ministers applaud gay-marriage ban
'No one would address the main issue, which was ‘one man, one woman, defining marriage,’ ' said Texas Rep. Dan Branch. By Tamie Ross The…
