One of the women pictured in his church was “Grand Duchess Elizabeth”. She lived in the early 1900s and was Protestant. Saint Elizabeth converted to Orthodoxy and was married to the governor of Moscow. Her husband was killed by an assassin in 1905. This gracious woman visited her husband’s assassin in prison and asked him to repent.
Read MoreBefore you consider serving others, consider how you are available. I get very frustrated when I see churches who have overwhelming needs in their community running all over the globe - while children are in foster care in their community, trafficking is rampant on nearby streets, and there’s homeless right in front of their very own buildings.
Read MoreThe Panama sun beats down on the cracked ground, even in the mid-morning. I have never been out of the country in my nineteen years of life, but here I find myself in the suburbs of Panama City, serving with global missionaries and other students from my college.
Read MoreI threw my dusty suitcase in the pickup truck bed, and jumped into the back seat. I was in Idaho. A sweet couple serving as YWAM base missionaries had picked me up. We struck up a conversation about life and disappointments.
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