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Trusting God Day by Day

By a worker in Spain

We have been going through the Old Testament in our children’s clubs. Through many of these lessons God has taught me lessons in my own life as well. A lesson we taught recently was the Bible story of Elijah and the widow. Elijah didn’t provide the widow with 100 more bowls of flour and 100 more jars of oil, he provided one bowl and one jar that never ran out―for three years. God miraculously provided for each daily need. As the widow needed to learn to depend on God, day by day, for her daily sustenance, God has been teaching me to trust in His provision, day by day. Continue reading

Suffering for the Sake of Fashion

By Laura Phillips

La Bella Figura, which loosely translates as “Italians really care about how they look”, really exists. Before I left on my road trip to visit the other team members, I went to buy a warmer coat. The prices for most everything in Florence are really high, so I found a used down jacket at the outdoor market, took it home and washed it. After it dried, I noticed that some of the feathers tended to come out at the seams, but I didn’t think much about it as it was warm. Continue reading