Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf is home to many people who are actually far from their native homes. Desperate migrant workers from developing countries around the world travel here to escape the utter poverty of their native land. More than half the population is comprised of expatriates. Children are left… Read More

“Doctors gave up hope on my boy.” Mei laments over her son, Jian, who suffered a tragic accident that left him in critical condition. Imagining her world robbed of Jian’s love and laughter, Mei almost gave up hope as well. But in the midst of her grief, a… Read More

For Lekha, a maid in Oman, the hardest part of life wasn’t the long hours spent sweeping or the backbreaking work of scrubbing a bathroom. It was going home to her husband. She says he was a “very rude and cruel man” who squandered the family’s money on alcohol and… Read More

Yuan Tao Hong was heartbroken when her mother would break down in tears, trying to make sense of letters on a page. “My mother would sit and cry because she could not read her Bible,” Yuan explains. And Yuan’s sadness was multiplied, because she knew her mother… Read More

Le Pham* had plenty of reasons to feel distressed and overwhelmed. Born in Laos, one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, he struggled to provide care for his family. Then his precious 3-year-old daughter got sick, and he felt powerless. However, God used Le Pham’s daughter’s… Read More

Many people make New Year’s resolutions on January 1. But if you’re a parent, you likely think of the year according to the school calendar, which means your family is about to rollover into 2017–2018. New seasons provide great opportunities to establish new routines—like packing healthy lunches, dividing… Read More

Nguyen* would never have admitted it, but he was a prisoner. Addicted to drugs and hostile to anyone who believed in Christ, Nguyen was trapped in a cycle of pain and desperation. He nearly died twice from overdoses, and he supported his addiction by stealing. Nguyen even mocked those who… Read More

In her short 8 years of life, Sarah* knew little joy. All she knew was poverty, violence, and abuse. “My stepfather used to beat me a lot,” she remembers. That’s when she fled to the streets. When she discovered the streets were even more frightening, it was… Read More

“Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes what a very large number of people tend to forget: that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what… Read More

Children living in the poorest areas of Honduras are forced to toughen up fast. Honduras is geographically surrounded by the world’s largest drug-producing and drug-consuming countries, and the country’s people are susceptible to violence and crime simply because of where they live. Children’s lives are endangered by gang… Read More