The young sponsor child grinned at us. The little guy bounced with excitement at the American guests in his home. What does he want to be when he grows up? A successful businessman! We can’t mention his name, but he lives in Garbage City, a neighborhood for...
“We feel Christians in the West care less than they should. Few listen to us or feel sympathy.” Ignatius Aphrem is the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, a church rooted within decades of Christ’s ministry on earth, and where disciples of the Lord were first...
“Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”- Psalms 50:15 In Bangladesh, 176 women die from pregnancy and childbirth-related causes each year for every 100,000 babies born. Thanks to God, Ratna and her newborn did not join that...
“I am earnestly requesting you all to pray with us for Tipu, his wife and new born child.” Tipu is a pastor and a Muslim convert. His wife and newborn baby are in the hospital and need help. CFI’s rep in Bangladesh e-mailed this early one morning this week. Will you...
The UN Security Council finally voted this week – unanimously – to help Iraq investigate and prosecute ISIS for its crimes against Christians and other religious minorities. “It may have taken a long time to get here,” said US Ambassador Nikki Haley, “but today’s...
Approximately 1/3 of Bangladesh, a low-lying delta country, is under water due to seasonal flooding. Millions of homes have been destroyed, people displaced, and services disrupted. Even once the flood recedes, diseases in the aftermath will be deadly and wide-spread....
