Jul 1 2011
Single Mom struggles to feed her 4 children
Andrea Campos and children. Among the various families Missionary Partners Foundation seeks to assist is this mother and her children.
Jul 1 2011
Forgive My Continual Begging!
Tell her to get going,” they said, “for she is bothering us with all her
begging.(Matthew 15:23)The Living Bible
Jesus and the disciples walked some fifty miles over to the area of Tyre and Sidon on the Phoenician coast.
This determined gentile woman approached the famous Jewish healer dogging His steps probably for several blocks crying out to Jesus to use His miracle power to rid her daughter of a troubling demon. More
Jun 30 2011
A Mother and Son struggle just to Buy Food!
Maria de los Angeles Ellis Solano and her son, Joshua, were presented in our April missionary letter, but nothing has been received so far for them.
I hardly know what to add when repeating cases like this, but I know that persistence can bring a kind response, just as it did in Jesus’ story of the fellow who went at midnight to a friend’s house to ask for bread to feed others (Luke 11:5-8).
Maria is a 46-year-old mom in very poor health. Recently she had to be hospitalized again with hemorrhaging stomach ulcers.
When she can, she works cleaning houses. She and the boy live in a small rented cottage with practically nothing but a few articles of clothing. We bought them a bunk bed and provided them with a table and a couple of chairs from our office (which last year we moved out of to cut foundation expenses).
Every now and again when Maria has to be admitted to the hospital Joshua is left to fend for himself and go to school. Meals for them are often one item events.
Joshua worries greatly for his mother’s life. More