Doing dental work in a plastic lawn chair in poor light in a dusty village isn't as fun as it sounds -- but love for people keeps Don and Peggy Orth doing it year after year.
The people of El Rejón, a mountain village in south-central Guatemala, have a lot of odds stacked against them -- poverty, discrimination and unemployment. That makes Mission Impact's Hector Flores all the more determined to introduce them to the same God who gave him hope many years ago.
What began as a simple gift to a woman trying to stay out of prostitution has turned into a nonprofit business supporting 50 impoverished families in the Philippines.
Much like Mother Teresa did with the outcasts of India, one ministry in Bogota, Colombia, fights against the stigma of AIDS by caring for the disease's victims in their dark last days.
Students participating in the City Lights program in St. Louis got a lot more than they bargained for with the workload at their ministry sites and the fresh perspectives they gained.
As Sierra Leone struggles to recover from 11 years of civil war, pastors like Emmanuel Conteh struggle to brighten the darkness that war left in its wake.
Many missions researchers are predicting a spiritual reawakening in France as people there struggle to deal with the stark societal changes rising around them since 9-11.
Redemption Ranch gets kids with all kinds of stories from all over the Philippines. They have one thing in common -- they all needed a new place to call home.
Pacific Mission Aviation's air ambulance outreach can land it in some pretty grim situations -- just the kind of situation to show Christ's love the most.
Rolando and Teresa Atienza went to their new mission field with no support, no local friends and no church. What God has done with their ministry since validates their faith.
Living Stones Orphanage grew out of a missionary's near-death experience. If new financial supporters aren't found soon, things don't look so good for the ministry, either.
Eduardo's turnaround from killer to Christ-follower tells the story of God's power to change a life -- a story he hopes will transform many other lives, too.
Eduardo and his wife didn't have to forgive the boys who attacked their daughter. But for the sake of peace and their testimony to their people, they did.
Village Handcrafters creates more than high-end paper and soap--it creates hope for the 15 families who have employees there and for the churches it supports through its revenues.
A muddy trail between a nameless squatter villlage near Batangas, Philippines, and a ministry center tells the tale of Christ meeting the deepest of needs.
As unrest in the Middle East rages, Musalaha works to forge relationships between Messianic Jews and Palestinian Christians that can lay the groundwork for the reconciliation the region needs so badly.
Reconciliation in the Middle East might seem like an unattainable goal, but believers in the Messiah are coming together under the Cross in some life-changing situations.
A Good Samaritan pulled baby Moses out of a drainage ditch in January. Today he's one of 25 children at New Faith Family Children's Home whose lives are being transformed.
Young people from tough backgrounds don't want handouts, they just want the little push they need to get ahead, Thomas Grant Jr. says. And he's living proof.
The Asia Compassion project is passionately committed to spreading the Gospel through medical clinics -- also literature, summer camps and a retreat center.