Play is important! Kids thrive with play and play-based learning, no matter where in the world they are. So, our global workers are bringing play back. Carol: South AsiaWe've started the community play space, a play based environment, to counter local schooling methods. Most of the local schooling is dictated and copied. There is no room […]
Sona wants to share her story with you! Our global workers Peter and Leonora have been so encouraged by Sona's transformation. We really do believe Jesus is working in all hearts. “My name is Sona and I am 14 years old. I have a mother, and a sister who is married. My father left me […]
We now live in a world that feels and looks different to the one we were in just over a month ago. As I write this, I can hear the call to prayer from outside but cannot hear anything else. There is no honking of horns, no shouting, no construction noise, no street sellers calling about […]
Seventeen years ago Cindy was asked to open a school, an English medium school in a church. This church is located in a poorer area of the city and good educational facilities were few and far between. Cindy is a very gifted teacher trainer and she saw this request as an opportunity to model what […]
I am a planner. I always have been and no doubt always will be. So it was no surprise that mid-way through November I had walked around to the local courier office to gather a parcel for Christmas. “Anna, where have you been? And what have you got?” were the calls of excitement as I […]
My kitchen is bigger than her whole house. My walls and floor gleam white and one entire corner of my lounge is well-tended, exotic jungle. Her bed fills her entire room, save a 2-foot strip which allows space to get dressed and access the personal effects stored under the bed. My apartment is flooded with […]
Come, Come. The table is ready, Prepared just for you. I say มา มา (come) Sticky rice, som dtam and chicken. All your favourites, Because I know you. I created you. I love you. So leave your rice fields. Do not stop at the temples, Or pause before the monks. Come young and old. Bring your family and friends. Come out of the heat, Find shelter and peace in my name. I am the God of all. Come, […]
“You are invited!” He said. The punctured reply – “No thanks, I have better offers.” The housing market is ripe and I’ve got to get ahead. Business is unceasing and the ambitious never […]
Much has been preached, spoken, and written of the Great Commission in Matthew 28. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…” This principle is further underscored by another ‘great commissioning’ of Jesus’ followers in Acts 1. “… you will […]
We live in an age where, to paraphrase The Teacher, “…of making many leadership books, there is no end” (Ecclesiastes 12:12). In the Christian world, as in the commercial world, leadership is a much sought-after art. There is no doubt that the world needs more great leaders. We have too many bad leaders. Every leadership […]
