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Articles with tag Women Missionaries
Sevita pressed the back of her hand to her daughter’s damp, burning forehead. The anxious mother hesitated for a moment before she moved to get help. Sevita, still grieving from her husband’s death nine months …
November 2020
Rupak opened his front door wide to let in the three brightly dressed women. Wanting to honor his guests, Rupak quickly retrieved three chairs for the visitors. Rupak stationed himself close to …
January 2020
Four Feet Planted Firmly on the Rock
Myia Win, a GFA-supported worker, grew up in a Christian home, attended Bible college, and made the bold step to share Christ’s love in a village having only a few believers. In her younger years, …
November 2019
The One Who Knew a Widow’s Pain
Saci’s life was not easy. As a girl, she forwent an education in order to work alongside her parents as a laborer in the tea gardens. With the little money she earned, …
August 2018
Hansini looked incredulously at her husband. How could he want to kill their infant son? She refused to support his decision, which only caused more tension in the house and in their marriage. Hansini married …
August 2018
Following are a couple of stories highlighting various tools given to GFA-supported workers, which equip them for ministry where God has called them to serve. Tools like winter clothing and film equipment are crucial for …
June 2018
Fulmala’s young hands swept floors, laundered clothes and washed dishes. Young hands of a child that should have been playing. Young hands that should have been learning. Young hands that carried home meager wages day …
June 2017
Saneh had endured her stepmother’s scoldings and her father’s punishment every day for many years. The harsh treatment at home made it difficult for her to function at school and around others. She had no …
April 2017
Short Stories About Women Missionaries
In many Asian cultures, it is considered shameful for a woman to talk to a man whom she is not related to, but a woman can visit with another woman in her home without anyone …
January 2017
God Answers Prayers for a Slum
Sisters of Compassion in Asia stretch out loving hands to the helpless and downtrodden, ministering to their everyday needs. Most of 12-year-old Mareechi’s neighbors were poor and uneducated, like him. Many adults …
September 2016
Short Stories about National Missionaries
Every day, our brothers and sisters in Asia are crying out to God on behalf of needy people around them. Interceding for those who have various physical ailments is just one of their prayers. We …
September 2016
When a Doctor Becomes Helpless
Missionaries care deeply for the sick and suffering around them, ministering to them through prayer and encouragement. One evening as Gospel for Asia-supported women missionaries Pakhi, Heerkani and Sabeena stood on …
August 2016
A Miracle Quenched His Fiery Tongue
The man’s gruff words stung the hearts of Tulya and her two companions. “Why are you wasting your time in unnecessary things?” Madhuk scolded the women. “Don’t you have any [other] business?” Little did he …
February 2016
For 15 years, a goitre had been swelling on Preeti’s neck. Her family took her to doctors and local religious establishments and spent large amounts of money on treatments, but her ailment only became worse. …
August 2015
Why Her Daughter Won’t Get Married at Age 12
Ridhima couldn’t escape the pain of losing her child. Her in-laws blamed her for the baby’s death, pouring salt on Ridhima’s wounds. Ridhima married at age 12. A few months later, she became pregnant. Ridhima’s …
August 2015
Light, Confidence in the Shadow of Death
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” The words of Psalm 23 …
June 2015
A Widow’s Journey from Dirtiness to Dignity
With her usual messy hair and dirty clothes, Tulasi approached her neighbour’s home to ask a favour. The widow’s poor hygiene and unkempt appearance repulsed most of her fellow villagers, but Tulasi was in for …
June 2015
Ever since Reshika saw a film about Jesus in 2012, she wanted to know more about Him. Who was this man who bore so much pain for other people’s sins? When two women handed her …
April 2015
‘Chance’ Meeting Fulfills TwoWomen’s Longings
Smita immediately recognized the booklet two women handed her. Did these ladies have answers to her questions?
February 2015
Infection, Rejection Overtake Man’s Life
The flesh in his legs began to decay, and although doctors said his leprosy was curable, he couldn’t afford the necessary treatment. Manpreet thought it was just a sting from a caterpillar, but the small, …
June 2014
From Rags to Restoration: Women’s Health Project
The four girls, ages 6, 10, 12 and 14, looked dirty and malnourished as they accompanied their mother to the women’s health seminar. With 12 children, Ranjana and her husband struggled to provide adequate nutrition …
May 2014
Single Mother No Longer ‘a Burden’
Ria and her two friends had been walking for more than six miles when Ria noticed a woman sitting beneath a tree. “She looked frail, as if she had been ill for a long time,” …
February 2014
“Right after my mother’s death, I will choose to follow Christ as my Saviour,” Amol once told his wife, Mithi. Amol wasn’t ready to change, yet his alcoholism made life horrible for Mithi and their …
September 2013
Opening Up to a Whole New World
Marya, 40, wanted to help her five school-aged children in their studies, but she had one problem: She was illiterate She used to watch her husband, Ravi, read the newspaper and wished she could read …
August 2013
Each time he entered the jungle, Hashmat didn’t know if it would be his last trip there. Then one day his fears became reality when a tiger pounced on him. Like many men before him, …
June 2013
Off the Streets and Out of Bed
Usually Nabanipa, 65, spent her days begging. But when she didn’t leave her small hut for three days, her neighbours didn’t bother to find out why. After the death of Nabanipa’s husband, her children stopped …
June 2013
Pavani Chopra, another missionary who was familiar with the area’s religion, spoke clearly to people’s hearts as he presented the Gospel and answered the many questions. By the end of the meeting, nearly half the …
February 2013
Mother of Nine at the Brink of Death
When Sneha asked Rajeshri about her past life, Rajeshri’s face darkened. Sneha, a Gospel for Asia woman missionary, had reached out to Rajeshri at her lowest point, near death, but Rajeshri had faced many other …
February 2013
Young Woman Has Plans for Slum
Grishma had seen the slum where men earned their wages by collecting trash, where children had to beg instead of attend school, where women lived in agony as they watched their children starve. When it …
August 2012