One morning, I woke up to a screaming child because her 2 year old brother hit her, another child yelling for me to wipe her on the potty, and the other spilling milk all over the table in an effort to make her own breakfast. A feeling of dread swept […]
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In January, our first grandchild was due soon, and we travelled to the UK to support our daughter and son-in-law there. Back then, there was not much talk of Covid-19 there yet, but things were progressing in Singapore and we were watching what was happening. My husband was planning to […]
My husband (who’s Thai) and I, together with our sons, have been planning to return to Singapore this year, after serving God in Thailand for the past 5 years. However, a week before we were supposed to fly, we found out that our flights were suspended. Soon after that, new […]
I have been trying to help my (almost) 80-year-old mom. She is stuck in the Philippines (PH). Her original return flight back to Canada was affected & subsequently cancelled due to the sudden lock-down that was declared on March 15th. I registered her with the Canadian Embassy and all the […]
Families affected by COVID-19 PERHAPS NOW IS A TIME TO SEE OUR BELIEF IN A CARING GOD, TRANSLATED INTO REALITY Our family got the news that Singapore’s borders were closing: no more flights in and out. We had been praying and waiting on God for His direction on whether to […]
This post first appeared on our Facebook page and Instagram on 28 January 2018 Meet Bryan! Currently serving as a staff on the Discipleship Training School (DTS) team! He did a School of Biblical Studies in 2016 and he has since been staffing on various DTS schools. He enjoys working […]
I come from a dysfunctional family with an abusive father who often hit my mother and created much violence in our home. As a child, I would wake up to smashed furniture and broken glass strewn all over the living room, and hear terrifying threats of violence and suicide as […]
I was raised in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where my dad was a high school headmaster and my mother was a housewife who looked after me and my two younger brothers. Growing up, I remember that my parents fought and argued a lot, and my coping mechanism was to retreat […]
I was born premature, with no connection between my brain, throat and the rest of my body. Technically, I should have died as a baby, since I couldn’t swallow. However in the first 3 months, my mother decided to bring me home despite knowing if I died, she could be […]
I was born into a missional family, as my grandparents and parents are missionaries. When I was 7, my parents committed to full-time missions in China. It was a big change for my family as we had to pack up and move. My sister and I were sent to Australia […]