Nigeria has recorded more than 65,000 suspected cholera cases across 35 states and about 195 Local Government Areas (LGAs) since the start of the year, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). Borno State remains the epicenter, with Maiduguri, Monguno, and Jere be
poverty
Autumn is a season of changes. At our home, as the leaves yellowed and the days shortened, my youngest child started middle school. That means picture books have me feeling a little nostalgia for the past these days, right alongside a lot of excitement for new things to come. Man...
missions
A couple of years ago, two college students challenged me—a woman in her 50s—to memorize the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7). Inwardly, I balked, but now I know that few things in my 35 years of following Jesus have been more transformative than committing Jesus’s most famous ser...
persecution
In early October, a 20-year-old Coptic Christian was kidnapped and killed at the hands of the Islamic State group. Milad Malak lived in Sebarbay, Egypt, and served as a church deacon at a local Coptic church. However, because of the country’s economic decline, he traveled to Liby...
disaster
Countries: Haiti, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Ecuador, Peru . KEY FIGURES 1.5M people now internally displaced across Haiti 114K families affected by drought in Bolivia between June and October 56K people affected by El Niño-related rains in Ecuador HAITI: VIOLENCE ...
disaster
. HIGHLIGHTS 47,800 gallons of water reached 257 displaced people in Lotin (Fermathe): 45,000 gallons of water for domestic use and 2,800 gallons of drinking water. 38 children and pregnant women received vaccines against vaccine-preventable diseases. 390 children received nutrit...
