While people around the world celebrated Christmas this week, catastrophic flooding sliced through the island nation of Sri Lanka, leaving thousands homeless and more than 300,000 impacted—many without the basic needs to…
Aadita cried out loudly. Someone was trying to kill her, she screamed. Would anyone save her? Although the pleas broke her heart, Aadita’s mother, Sachika, was hardly moved to action. If she…
“Why can’t the god that my father worships change him?” Sai often asked her mother. Sai’s father, a proud and angry drunkard, made her childhood a nightmare. Sai watched him pray to…
The 65-year-old woman lay still in the small bed. Nabanipa had been confined there for three days and still no one had come. Sickness robbed her of strength, and the elderly widow…
“My husband comes home fully drunk every night,” Bhadra said. “He sleeps anywhere, not bothered by the climate—whether cold or hot. He doesn’t use blankets or bed sheets and will not provide…
World AIDS Day was recognized on December 1 through a rally put on by Gospel for Asia staff, Bible college students and Women's Fellowship members. Because many people do not know how…
Songs of praise and worship to the King filled the air as the Christmas program got underway. God’s presence was in this place. In one of the unlikeliest of spots, joy abounded.…
Reshmi’s nights were filled with the drunken ranting of her father. Employed as a daily laborer, Vachan worked hard for his money, but he spent it on alcohol. Instead of providing for…
The hum of the motor stopped suddenly but Laranya wasn’t surprised. The old sewing machine often broke down, causing the seamstress to lose precious hours of work. Stitching clothes for others was…
Aadi pedaled his rented rickshaw quickly through the streets, hoping to return it in time. The shop closed at 5 P.M. and if he was late in getting it back, the owner…
