Ramadan: Fasting while Pregnant
The bus is full, but I squeeze through the crowd slowly inching my way towards the back of the bus. As I get close to the back, I see a seat on the last row. Since my journey is a long one, I make my way for the seat and sit down. I notice a pretty young woman sitting next to me with her purse resting on top of her legs. Her clothing is beautiful and full of bright colors while her head is covered with a beautiful bright pink scarf. She is beautiful and young looking.
Christmas in Costumes
Over 7,000 miles away from where the Hui people reside, a small group of ladies wanted to take part in sharing the Good News with this unreached people group. Meanwhile, our team was anticipating a busy Christmas season, full of festive parties and opportunities to share the Good News with big groups of people. These ladies got together and utilized their gifts of sewing and creativity to play their part in this endeavor. They formed ideas, cut patterns, and worked at their sewing machines to create costumes that represented each person of the Christmas story.
A Story of Faithfulness – 10 Years in the Making
Many years passed and Xiao Wei and her family returned to their rural hometown. She began to do some sewing and to grow sunflowers and fava beans on a small plot of land. Some of her friends came to visit and helped her from time to time with the farming. Life became more difficult. She broke her leg while trying to harvest sunflowers. Her crippled daughter died of pneumonia a few months later.
When the Father Calls
When the Father called our family to full-time overseas service, we weren’t actually even a family yet. We were merely two college students moving towards an engagement and marriage and starting to process what the future would look like.
Hearts in Need of a Savior
She listens to hip-hop. She likes to take selfies with her friends on an app with fun filters – the cat one is her favorite. She hangs out at coffee shops and likes to sing with her friends at a KTV restaurant on the weekends. She’s laughing at a GIF that one of her friends sent of a baby dancing. Meet MaHui*, a college student.