Pearl is five-years old and lives in Malaysia. Her early years were surrounded by family, love and laughter. Pearl’s father, Ben, is quite old in their culture - he was over 35 when Pearl was …
Recent Stories
The Power of Translation
Translation has had a huge impact on Admed's life. First it was the Jesus film translated into his own language that grabbed Admed's attention and arrested his heart. He and his wife …
Guidance for Governments
Early this month a government official came to visit our clinic in camp. It was a cursory visit, really, just something for him to check off his to-do list. He asked our project manager, …
A heart for his own people
Ali was a man of few words when we first met him. He seldom talks but he is observant, he analyses situations. He is a father who wants the best for his children and knows that education is the only …
A Prayer for Justice
An 18-year-old girl came in for a pregnancy check-up. She was 8 months along, and this was her first visit. She was covered in bruises. They were from her husband. She curled …
From the little she has
Sat in her home in Arizona, my Rohingya friend tells me how she tries very hard to send money to her family back in Myanmar and Bangladesh every month. It's sometimes difficult to give because she and …