CUBA: WIDE HORIZONS IN THE PEARL OF THE CARRIBBEAN
By: Marion Odicio Cuba (BCM World) —Cuba has been lovingly termed the “Pearl of the Caribbean”. Now I know why! I’d never been to this often forgotten—and certainly surprising—country in the northwestern part of the Caribbean. But Latin America has always had a...MULTIPLYING “BREAD AND FISHES” FOR BOLIVIA’S FLOOD VICTIMS
By: Jeanette Windle with Freddy Camacho Cochabamba, Bolivia (BCM World)—It was raining again as it had been—not for days, but months. Already flooding rivers had devastated the potato crop that was a mainstay against starvation for this high mountain community in the...FOOTSTEPS OF FAITH BECOMES A “FISHING POLE” FOR ROMANIA’S CHRISTIANS
By: Lisa Biegert “We have learned more from you through the years than from any other group. We are so thankful that you gave us a ‘fishing pole.’ Others gave us many things, but they didn’t encourage us to prepare and to do things ourselves.” “Many...
Unexpected Travelers: When a Short-Term Missions Team Unraveled, God Made a Way
By: Erika A. Bruckner Recife, Brazil (BCM World)—Joe Dukes, VP of Personnel for BCM International, had traveled to Brazil six times. He had no immediate plans for a seventh trip. But God did. A full team from BCM was scheduled to go to Brazil to lead a camp ministry...
WOMEN REACHING WOMEN AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD
By: Jeanette Windle with Shila Vaidhya Kathmandu, Nepal (BCM World)—Why is Shila Vaidhya, BCM missionary in Nepal, so passionate about ministry to women who are hurting, down-trodden, widowed, abandoned in old age or left to raise children without shelter, food, basic...A ROYAL CELEBRATION FOR BCM PHILIPPINES
By: Lisa Biegert On the island of Mindanao, Philippines, just below the inactive volcano Mt. Matatum amidst tropical fruit trees and pineapple fields, lies BCM’s Camp Española. Over Easter weekend, April 22-25, 2014, multi-colored traditional Mindanao and Manobo...CANDIDATE ORIENTATION: A BLESSING FOR THE FUTURE
By: Lisa Biegert Pennsylvania, USA (BCM World)—Candidate orientation for new BCM North American missionaries was held the first week of January, 2014, at BCM’s Traber Center in Spring City, Pennsylvania. Classes were taught by Vice President Joe Dukes, International...PRAYING FOR ‘LA VICTOIRE’ IN TOULOUSE
By Elizabeth Anneville with Jeanette Windle France (BCM World) —Four year old Claire was still too young to attend BCM children’s Summer Camp in Toulouse, France. But BCM France directors Chuck and Cathy Powers yielded to her pleas to accompany her older brother....CAMPING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
By Shantal Artieda, BCM Peru Lima, Peru (BCM World)—The last day of camp season had arrived at BCM Peru’s campground in Pachacámac, a half hour away from Peru’s capital city, Lima. Even from a distance could be heard the resounding chant of an entire auditorium full...JUST TELLING STORIES
By: Lisa Biegert Nairobi, Kenya (BCM World)—Pulling out a teacher’s manual or flipping open a laptop to start up a PowerPoint presentation are common practices these days for teaching a Bible class. But what does one do in a country like Kenya where such resources are...“PLEASE COME BACK AGAIN, AND WE ARE WAITING!”
By Jeanette Windle with Dr. Djawotho Kisa and Mrs. Pat Govender Democratic Republic of Congo (BCM World) — When BCM missionaries Dr. Djawotho Kisa and Mrs. Pat Govender stepped from an MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) prop plane onto the grass airstrip of Aungba in...Rev. Dr. Vararuchi Franz Dalavai — 1940-2014:
An “Unlikely Moses”
By Chris Martin and Jeanette Windle Hyderabad, India (BCM World) — “I prayed like Moses prayed. I said ‘Lord, why did you give me all this? Leave me alone!’” When Chris Martin received word that Rev. Dr. Vararuchi Dalavai had passed into the presence of his heavenly...
An “Unlikely Moses”
