With their car bottomed out on a sand bank after a deluge on Sunday, it was now Tuesday night. The Havenga family was certain they would be rescued on Wednesday. As they readied themselves to sleep in their car, it started to pour. Again!

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Today’s story is told by Jo-anne Havenga and comes from our AFM South Africa office and Abundant Life Ministry. 

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We drove into a torrential rainstorm, trying to maintain momentum to avoid getting stuck in the muddy sand. Hitting a deep pool of water, our car slipped onto an embankment. Now we were stuck! 

“We may as well make ourselves comfortable, spend the night in the car and investigate in the morning,” we decided.

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Today’s story is told by Jo-anne Havenga and comes from our AFM South Africa office and Abundant Life Ministry. 

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Our conversation remained void of anything religious throughout our entire visit, leaving me a little confused.

“I thought we were coming here to witness and minister.”

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Today’s story is told by Elisha Joy of the Sinim Project in Southeast Asia. 

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For three days, we took turns manually ventilating Maman’s wife so she could breathe. It was an agonizing time when life and death crossed paths.

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Today’s story is told by Andre Rodrigues, a former student missionary at the Palawano Project of the Philippines. 

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Thorns and leeches made the journey more painful. Knees and ankles begged for mercy. We were tired. It had been more than 20 hours since we left Kamantian. Fatigue discouraged us, but the urgency restored our determination as a life was at risk. 

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Today’s story is told by Andre Rodrigues, a former student missionary at the Palawano Project of the Philippines. 

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“As a teenager, I saw a movie about somebody who healed people and loved people and was so kind. And at the end of the movie, he ended up dying, nailed to a cross, with a whole bunch of people who he had helped and loved watching him, and he forgave them,” Dena said.

“Wow! That’s Jesus,” Elisha replied.

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Today’s story is told by Elisha Joy of the Sinim Project in Southeast Asia. 

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Usually, when I share the gospel with people, I don’t yell at them. But in that car, as I was being yelled at, I don’t know what happened. I got emotional, and I started yelling back.

“Remember this day! Not only your son, but YOU will be running to our church before your son.”

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Today’s story is told by Sergo Namoradze, a member of AFM's International Field Operations department.

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He tore down his room in searching for his Bible, pretending he was making some renovations in his room so that his parents wouldn’t suspect anything.

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Today’s story, coming from the Georgian project, is told by Sergo Namoradze, a member of AFM's International Field Operations department.

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“By blocking the wheels of a foreigner’s car, it is more than just an aggressive move. It is a symbolic accusation of being a thief. In our West African culture, that is a serious insult to a guest. You are not only making yourself look bad, you are dishonoring your country.” 

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Today’s story is told by Michée Badé, AFM missionary formerly to the Otamarri and Dendi Projects in Benin, West Africa. 

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Once upon a time, in a far-away village up in the mountains of Palawan, lived a polite but eccentric old witch doctor. . . .

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Today’s story is told by Leonda George of the Palawano Project in the Philippines. 

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