------------------------------- The Roman Catholic Church had always been sending missionaries to the ends of the earth, ever since Jesus himself sent the first disciples out to all the nations. But…
During our first year as missionaries to a newly opened primitive area of the highlands of New Guinea, we soon became aware of much tension and rivalry among…
-------------------- From The Continuing Story of Manuel, by Hugh Steven, 1987, Credo Publishing Corporation, (pages 40-44). Manuel Arenas (1932-1992) was born into the Totonac tribe of Indians in eastern Mexico.…
By Joseph Degi, Copperas Cove, Texas, in Guideposts magazine, December 1988. None of us sailors in the 119th Construction Battalion were in the mood for Christmas. No wonder!…
By Bernie May, in the Wycliffe Bible Translator’s bimonthly publication ‘In Other Words,’ March 1986, p. 8. Bernie May was Wycliffe's United States Division Director. -------------------------------- It is…
By Bernie May, in the Wycliffe Bible Translator's bimonthly publication 'In Other Words,' sometime in the the mid-1980's. Bernie May was the U. S. Division Director of Wycliffe and one of…
By Steve Saint For years I thought Timbuktu was a made-up name for “the ends of the earth.” When I found out it is a real place, I…
Mary Slessor and her family -------------------- (...continued) Life was very difficult up country— especially during the first months, as entries in her diary indicate: "In the forenoon I…
"In measuring the woman's power, you have evidently forgotten to take into account the power of the woman's God. I shall go on." --Mary Slessor (1848-1915) --------------- The…
Poster from the 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty (movies were also made on this story in 1935,with Clark Gable; and 1984, with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins) ------------------------ By…