Gay Lynn first visited West Africa when she completed her seminary degree. She was seeking medical and children's ministry opportunities, and a missionary friend invited her to visit a West African nation with them. “The doors were just blown wide…
“I never thought I’d be able to give an injection!” Khushboo laughs, writing down the information of a child she’s just vaccinated. Khushboo’s unlike most of the young women in her village in India. She looks people in the eye…
Bhai’s pregnant daughter-in-law needed medical care. Since the nearest hospital was hours away, he had no choice but to take her on his motorcycle via crowded, unpaved roads. Tragically, there was an accident and Bhai’s daughter-in-law was thrown from the motorcycle.…
“I felt a dog was better than me,” says Mamane Abdou. “I was hopeless; I thought it was the end for me.” At just seven years of age, no one knew what was wrong with him. He was not functioning…
In immense pain, James entered the Ebola survivor clinic at SIM’s ELWA Hospital in Liberia. The Ebola virus had left James’ body months before, but he couldn’t ignore the side effects any longer. His right eye was entirely clouded and…
Reverend Sung Lee sits under a leafy mango tree with the village leaders, escaping from the blistering Nigerian sun. They make up a strange picture: Muslim leaders on one side, Christian leaders on the other and a Korean man seated…
When hunger became her household’s everyday norm, Jemma didn’t think life could be lived any other way. It was “just reality” for her, her husband and their seven children. Their youngest, at seven months old, weighed only six pounds. Little…
“Faida, Mama [Goodbye, Mom],” 11-year-old Kaweria Otieno says as she kisses her mother’s cheek. It’s time to leave for school. Walking nearly two and a half miles to reach the school grounds in Kenya is nothing new to Kaweria. She…