December 23, 2008
“For 15 years Mame Serer watched her husband, Adama, live out his faith in Jesus Christ,” says Doug Conkle, who serves with The Alliance in Senegal. “Adama became disillusioned with the religion practiced by his people,” Conkle continues. “He is a Wolof from Senegal, but he had worked as a government civil servant in Mauritania [...]
By Esther Schaeffer, serving in Burkina Faso Many years ago our family lived in a very remote part of West Africa. Christmas was approaching, and we knew that there would be no packages arriving until long after December 25. To help make Christmas special for our children, together we crafted snow flakes out of construction [...]
“We just received news that Guinea’s President Lansana Conte died this morning,” reports an Alliance worker. Elements of Guinea’s government have since staged a coup. They have proclaimed the dissolution of the government and the suspension of the constitution and all political and union activity until further notice. So far, there [...]
A rash of robberies in Quito has Alliance missionaries and their national partners on the alert. “This season is one of the most dangerous in Quito,” says Alliance missionary Teri Newburn, who serves in Ecuador on special assignment to the Alliance Academy, a school for missionary kids (MKs). Newburn and her husband, Keith, [...]
December 22, 2008
“Praise God for the evangelistic services in Dana and Banakoro that Toby Hull was part of this past weekend!” exclaims Bonnie Oberg, who serves in Burkina Faso. Although there was no response to the gospel message in Dana, the team trusts that seeds have been planted. Who Will Teach Me? [...]
December 18, 2008
By Suzanna and Lawrence Savage, retired workers to Mongolia Shortly after arriving in Darhan for our first term of missionary service, we heard of three children living by themselves in a nearby apartment. We tracked them down and learned that their mother had recently died of an illness resulting from an infection during pregnancy [...]
December 10, 2008
“Is Camp South Africa worth all the time, toil, and treasure we are investing during these difficult economic times?” asked Jim Blake, director for Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds (ARCG) in northern California. In spite of ministry budget cuts because of the dismal economy, Blake was determined to moved forward with the international outreach to Cape [...]
A flood that crashed through a housing complex in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, caused severe property damage for many Alliance church members in early December. A number of C&MA churches were affected. A pastoral family took up residence in the church, going without electricity for six days, until the water in their home receded. [...]
Christians from an Alliance national church in a Guinea, West Africa, village are in the throes of severe persecution because of their faith. Approximately six miles from N’Zao, where CAMA’s Hope Clinic provides medical and dental help for the poor and needy, is Yalenzou, where believers have refused to participate in a traditional religious ritual [...]
December 8, 2008
Miss Elizabeth (Betty) I. Arnold, retired missionary to China, Vietnam and Hong Kong, entered into the presence of the Lord on Saturday, November 22, 2008, in Oakland, California. She was 83. When Betty was eight years old her parents joined The Christian and Missionary Alliance church in Rochester, New York. At age twelve she [...]
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