Doug Landro, who works with several churches among the Roma gypsies in western Ukraine, tells a story of how the elderly in the Roma community don’t have enough food, and sometimes even have their homes taken away from them because they don’t have legal land rights. A few members of the church among the Roma came to Doug, “We want to develop a feeding program that buys food for the elderly Roma.” One elderly lady, who never came to church, learned about the once-a-month feeding program at the church. Eventually she invited her daughter in law, then her son, and they heard about Jesus, and both became followers of Jesus. Doug says, “When we meet people’s needs, when we show the love of Jesus, not in words but in action, that’s the best way to share Jesus.” Ladies come up to Doug when he visits the church, give him a hug and say, “I wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for you.”
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Could this happen for me?
Bob Moffitt interviews Stephanie Midthun of Courage Worldwide, who provides safe houses for women and girls who have been affected by human trafficking. Stephanie shares many stories of girls who learn to hope, trust and begin to dream about the future because of the love they experience in the safe houses. Stephanie shares about one young lady who went on to be an entrepreneur and won a latte art contest, and later married. Girls in Courage House attended her Christian
