One evening, baby Issac Jack, just 11 months old, was carried into Sangapi Health Centre by his worried parents. He had been coughing for a week, but now he was having trouble breathing, and they knew he needed help. Our nurse on call saw him right away. His oxygen level was dangerously low at just […]
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As the canoe touched the water, years of trauma came flooding back. Joseph began weeping, sobs that seemed to come from the depth of his soul. He was re-living that terrified 16-year-old boy, watching canoes sink, not knowing if his family was alive or dead. “Why am I crying?” he asked himself. Then he realized
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While in Guinea, Joseph lived with a kind, widowed woman who opened her home to him as a desperate refugee. God’s providence began to reveal itself during this time. He found employment with missionaries doing humanitarian work in the region which would become the foundation of his future calling. Through all his traveling, education, and
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The canoe rocked gently on the Makona River as Joseph Kebbie sat in the stern, his hands trembling as he gripped the wooden sides. At forty-eight years old, this was the first time he had returned to these waters since he was sixteen – thirty-two years since he had fled across this same river as
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How can the gospel advance in difficult places like Colombia, where many people live in remote areas and face danger from armed drug traffickers? How can the church grow in a context where many believers face persecution for their faith and where training for rural pastors is scarce? These were questions on the heart of
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In the Maasai culture, being a woman often means navigating a life of limited opportunities. Women typically don’t own property or have independent means of generating income. The complexities increase in polygamous households, where some Maasai men have multiple wives. For widows – especially those who were second wives – the challenges intensify. Those without
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When I first applied for an internship at SonSet Solutions, I was like most college students, looking for experience and college credit. What I did not expect was to encounter a place where professional development and spiritual formation go hand in hand. Working here has been like biting into a rich chocolate cake, you think
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Christmas 2023 saw a door of opportunity open for SonSet Solutions. Kudjip Nazarene Hospital, located in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, asked if we could help them with a solar-powered oxygen concentrator for one of their rural health clinics. Their need was simple. In rural Papua New Guinea, pneumonia is one of the leading
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“I saw my grandfather step into the fire and suddenly he began to swirl around and around and go up in the air and then looked down and started yelling at us for not believing him.” These were Bishop Grivas’ words as he described a horrific experience that he had as a ten-year-old boy. His
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“I want to be the radio tower!” A little girl yelled excitedly, holding her hand up high. Coming up front when she was selected, she raised her hands above her head and pressed them together into a point, playing the role of a broadcast tower. The other volunteers played the parts of missionary radio broadcaster,
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