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Features & News Archive

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  1. Nov 8, 2024 - A Daughter Reads Healing Words

    Like many GFA missionaries, Pastor Rahn experiences challenges in his ministry. Although more than 20 people attend weekly worship services at the church he pastors, the town he serves in is very opposed to his work. People in the town hold fast to a traditional religion and typically reject any other teaching.

  2. Oct 26, 2024 - Administering Mercy, Prescribing Love

    “I felt grieved that I came to know such Great Love so belatedly,” GFA woman missionary Alina shared. She had spent her entire life practicing her family’s traditional religion, seeking favor and peace through its rituals. But when her father died unexpectedly, the shock threw Alina and her family into depression. There was no peace.

  3. Sep 5, 2024 - Refusing to Throw in the Towel

    “Ministry doesn’t exist without people,” shares Mike, GFA staff member of 15 years. Mike is just one of the dedicated people who makes the ministry of GFA World possible. Serving as behind-the-scenes missionaries, Mike and other members of GFA’s Mission Support Team (MST) link partners here and national missionaries on the field so that more people can hear Jesus’s name for the first time.

  4. Jul 25, 2024 - Life’s Last Chance at a Bus Stand

    Radko wandered through his house, looking for anything he could sell. The table, chairs, stove and electric kettle were already gone, sold for a couple of dollars to buy alcohol. Maybe the pictures on the wall were worth something. Supporting a family of six was difficult under the best circumstances, and he was usually too hungover to go to work. Half the time, he couldn’t even remember who he was. And his wife … what was her name? Margret? Maija? Maude? No—Magali. Her name was Magali. Since his nervous breakdown, he had trouble recognizing his wife and kids.

  5. Jun 19, 2024 - Words of Life for Less Than a Penny

    This was not the future his parents had imagined for him. The scenery, all too familiar, rolled by as Jonathan rode the bus home from work. If he was honest, this probably wasn’t the future he’d dreamed of for himself, either. The 19-year-old had received medals and awards for athletics, he’d played in the school band, and when the time had come to take his final exams for 12th grade, he had passed with flying colors. He’d done so well, in fact, that he had received the coveted invitation to continue with higher studies.

  6. May 8, 2024 - Finding Someone Who Wouldn’t Abandon Her

    Loneliness. Abandonment. Rejection. These had been frequent milestones on the trail of Pima’s life, even though she was only 29 years old. Now, she had a daughter to raise with little support from her husband. How could Pima help her daughter navigate life when she herself felt alone and abandoned?

  7. Apr 19, 2024 - Escaping a World of Ignorance

    It’s been said that only those who escape the limitations of tea estate schools have any chance of succeeding in the sphere of education, and Nadette was fighting to escape.

  8. Mar 21, 2024 - Compassion That Doesn't Run Dry

    Ariana perceived a reluctant look on her neighbor’s face. Had she pushed their generosity too far? But she needed clean water for herself and her children to drink. For Ariana, asking neighbors for drinking water was uncomfortable, especially during the dry season when she knew they also struggled to attain pure water. As a single mother, though, she didn’t have another option. Would she forever have to depend on others’ kindness? Was there Someone whose compassion could never be overextended?

  9. Feb 29, 2024 - Financially Unable to Meet His Daughter’s Special Needs

  10. Feb 13, 2024 - Flow of Love Turns Tide in Remote Village

    When Pastor Talon first stepped foot in a distant village nearly 15 years ago, he hauled film equipment on his head. He and the other members of his GFA film ministry team had trekked across a river and into a remote, mountainous region to share Jesus with people who had not yet heard of His love.

  11. Dec 28, 2023 - Mystery Illness Leads Woman to Wholeness in Christ

    Sadzi sobbed. What had happened to her? She had once worked hard to help provide for her family. Now, she couldn’t even get out of bed. She had chronic fever, leg pain and little appetite.

  12. Dec 7, 2023 - A New Family for a Mother and Her Son

    “Life is all about suffering,” Bulah once said. At least, it seemed that way for her and her son, Emil.

  13. Nov 11, 2023 - Bringing Hope and Help for Dark, Cold Nights

    As frigid winds sliced through the cracks and holes of Mael and Ulla’s stone-and-wood cottage, the sound of their daughters’ voices alerted the GFA pastor and his wife. The girls couldn’t sleep because they were cold.

  14. Nov 10, 2023 - She Wanted More

    The Rwandan sun shone outside the open door of Idalene’s home as she watched her little grandson and her three youngest children. They eagerly devoured the beans, veggies and rice she’d finally managed to scrape together, after a day and a night of nothing.

  15. Sep 8, 2023 - A Couple's Tragic Trail to Truth

    Radu knew he must return home. His wife, Sadia, was severely ill. Perhaps it brought back memories of another time when the threat of death loomed over a loved one while he was far away, spurring him to rush home. That trip had ended in tragedy. Would this one the same outcome? If it did, it would be yet another entry in a long timeline of hardship for Radu.

  16. Aug 23, 2023 - Laying Her Brick in the Wall

    Few people know the details, processes and inner workings of GFA World’s U.S. office better than Shareen. Except for three departments or so, the 38-year-old has worked in every sphere of the office.

  17. Jul 26, 2023 - Gift Helps Lonely Widow Survive, Thrive

    Once again, Gunda pleaded with her son to let her live with him, but once again, he turned her down. Once again, the widow saw a lonely life of toil ahead, a life with little support from others. It seemed that sorrow, disappointment and rejection stretched before her. Would she always be alone, struggling to survive?

  18. Jul 19, 2023 - Woman Searches Anxiously for Relief

    Petrina didn’t know which was worse, the constant itching that covered her body or the pain in her stomach. Both plagued her as she struggled to complete her everyday tasks. When her stomach pains became severe, she was forced to immediately leave her work and lay down.

  19. Jul 7, 2023 - A Father’s Faith Leads Family to God

    Donatus had many children and a wife to provide for, so he did his best to lead them. An old man, he had been faithful to his traditional religion all his life. His wife and eldest son, Jedrek, were also very devout. One of his other sons, Byurak, chose to follow Christ, became a national missionary and spoke often with his father about his faith, but Donatus stood firm.

  20. Apr 26, 2023 - New Believer Becomes Ministry Catalyst

    Before Pastor Pesach stood Sima, a young man with swollen eyes. Sima’s mother, who attended Pesach’s church, wanted Pesach to pray for him. It probably wasn’t the first time someone would ask Pesach to pray for their family member, and it wouldn’t be the last. Regardless, Pesach couldn’t have known that praying for this one man would be one more link in a chain reaction, a chain reaction that had started many years earlier when Pesach was a young man himself.

  21. Jan 5, 2023 - Wrapping Love Around a Lonely Widow

    Once again, Saadet measured out her single ration of rice. Once again, she placed it in an isolated vessel. Once again, she cooked alone. In perpetual mourning and separation, Saadet was one widow among 258 million worldwide, and she was helpless and alone. Would her plight ever change? Or was she destined to live out the rest of her days trapped in loneliness and want?

  22. Oct 4, 2022 - Man Raised from Deathbed to Change Lives

    Nantai’s mother looked on, her heart heavy, as her son lay comatose in the hospital. He had suffered from severe dizzy spells for some time, but now his life hung in the balance, as did his soul. His parents had come to know Jesus when Nantai was a child and had taken Nantai to church regularly, but as a teenager, he had stopped going to church, preferring to hang out with his friends. He had ignored their advice and lived recklessly. What would become of him now?

  23. Jul 12, 2022 - Finding Water Amidst the Rocks

    GFA World pastor Oisin and the volunteers kept digging. Other members of the village, however, had their doubts about the project the pastor and the believers had undertaken. It wasn’t possible, they said. But Pastor Oisin and his team kept digging. They shoveled and excavated, going deeper and deeper. It seemed an impossible project—but Pastor Oisin and the believers didn’t give up; they had faith.

  24. Jun 7, 2022 - Mountain Trails No Deterrent for GFA Medical Camp

    Remote. Rugged. These two words perfectly described the village GFA pastor Birkley visited. Two years prior, there had been no roads leading into the village. Nestled among a mountain range, the only way to reach the village had been by foot, traveling along paths that snaked up the mountainside. Now, there was a simple dirt road—but the trek was still difficult. So, why would Pastor Birkley lead a dozen men and women to this particular village, so out of the way and removed from everything?

  25. Jan 7, 2022 - A Burden Slides Off Preteen Girl's Back

    Against an angular backdrop of steep hillsides and spacious valleys, Sahlma waged an uphill battle. A load bore down on her small frame as the girl pressed onward. The preteen shouldn’t have been working as a porter, a physically demanding job that required transporting groceries, sand and firewood up and down the mountainside to people. She didn’t like being a porter. But how else could she provide for her siblings? Sahlma’s life, like her work, was a struggle.

  26. Nov 4, 2021 - A Solid Foundation

    Kaila and Sabinna, two teenagers, live in a region where angular mountain slopes give way to vast valleys. Houses and buildings perch against steep hillsides.

  1. 2024

    1. Nov
      1. 8th - A Daughter Reads Healing Words
    2. Oct
      1. 26th - Administering Mercy, Prescribing Love
    3. Sep
      1. 5th - Refusing to Throw in the Towel
    4. Jul
      1. 25th - Life’s Last Chance at a Bus Stand
    5. Jun
      1. 19th - Words of Life for Less Than a Penny
    6. May
      1. 8th - Finding Someone Who Wouldn’t Abandon Her
    7. Apr
      1. 19th - Escaping a World of Ignorance
    8. Mar
      1. 21st - Compassion That Doesn't Run Dry
    9. Feb
      1. 29th - Financially Unable to Meet His Daughter’s Special Needs
      2. 13th - Flow of Love Turns Tide in Remote Village
  2. 2023

    1. Dec
      1. 28th - Mystery Illness Leads Woman to Wholeness in Christ
      2. 7th - A New Family for a Mother and Her Son
    2. Nov
      1. 11th - Bringing Hope and Help for Dark, Cold Nights
      2. 10th - She Wanted More
    3. Sep
      1. 8th - A Couple's Tragic Trail to Truth
    4. Aug
      1. 23rd - Laying Her Brick in the Wall
    5. Jul
      1. 26th - Gift Helps Lonely Widow Survive, Thrive
      2. 19th - Woman Searches Anxiously for Relief
      3. 7th - A Father’s Faith Leads Family to God
    6. Apr
      1. 26th - New Believer Becomes Ministry Catalyst
    7. Jan
      1. 5th - Wrapping Love Around a Lonely Widow
  3. 2022

    1. Oct
      1. 4th - Man Raised from Deathbed to Change Lives
    2. Jul
      1. 12th - Finding Water Amidst the Rocks
    3. Jun
      1. 7th - Mountain Trails No Deterrent for GFA Medical Camp
    4. Jan
      1. 7th - A Burden Slides Off Preteen Girl's Back
  4. 2021

    1. Nov
      1. 4th - A Solid Foundation