Henry* was heading down the wrong path. He admits that he was quite a scoundrel in Liberia where he lived. “My life was bad,” Henry says. “I was making my living through robbery and stealing.” Henry was used to taking what he wanted . . . until… Read More
The Lamba people live primarily in Northern Togo. They enjoy a life of weaving, basketry, pottery, and blacksmithing. Lamba people also worship the spirit of deceased relatives. They call on the name of their ancestors to bless their house, protect them, or help them in times of need. We… Read More
Sylvie* always knew she was special . . . she just believed it for the wrong reason. “According to my parents, my birth was by witchcraft, which prohibits that my hair should be shaved or combed,” Sylvie says. “I have never used a comb for my hair. The risk, they… Read More
Almost 7 million people in Ghana live off of less than $1 a day. Those living in the rural northern part of the country suffer through droughts, floods, lack of basic infrastructure, and fewer opportunities for education. Samuel*, like many people in these rural areas, worked as a subsistence farmer… Read More
Joyce* never knew life with the love and security of a mom and dad. Both of her parents died of disease by the time she was 3. The orphan only knew poverty and struggle in the remote Tanzanian village where she lived with her grandmother. From a very young age,… Read More
Carine* watched helplessly for years as her mother suffered from intense stomach pain. Despite everything she tried, nothing Carine did to alleviate her mother’s pain helped. “I was very sad and afraid,” she says. Carine had a French Bible, but because she isn’t fluent in French, she couldn’t fully… Read More
Freddy* grew up in poverty in a small mud hut in Africa with no electricity. He was barely a teen when his father died. He felt abandoned and alone. When he was at his lowest, strangers arrived at his village in Benin and shared a message about a… Read More
Gabon is a nation on the west coast of Africa where over a third of the population lives below the poverty line. Power losses and water shortages are frequent, and the majority of roads are unpaved. Due to the widespread poverty and the effects of the AIDS epidemic,… Read More
The encyclopedia will tell you that Ge’ez is a dead language. It will tell you that Ge’ez, an older cousin of Latin, is no more than a dry, liturgical language used in Ethiopian church services and holy readings. But whoever wrote the encyclopedia has never walked the streets… Read More
As a child in Rwanda, Roger* knew very little about love or compassion. He was 4 years old when his country spiraled into civil war and genocide — a conflict that claimed the lives of over 800,000 men, women, and children. Roger’s father, an alcoholic, beat him. When… Read More
