Tough places to be these days: Mission co-worker Nadia Ayoub is working with Roma children in the Ukraine. Steve and Cinda Gorman are helping Christians live out their faith in difficult times in Egypt and Iran. Kate Taber tells of riots and clashes near her home in Israel/Palestine. She reports, “It is difficult to imagine the extent of the disruption and chaos caused by the invasion.” Dangerous areas – the Presbyterian mission is there. … [Read more...]

Doug Dalglish, new president of Presbyterian Pan American School in Kingsville, Texas, reports that they just graduated largest group of seniors ever. Many of their students are from Mexico. The rest mostly come from Rwanda, Korea and China. They find academic excellence and spiritual depth at Pan Am. … [Read more...]

Darren and Elizabeth Kennedy wrote from Egypt about a seminary student named Joseph who fell from a moving train and suffered the amputation of one leg. He had four extensive surgeries in three weeks. A friend in Texas purchased a prosthetic leg from eBay and carried it from Houston to Cairo packed among his clothes. Joseph wears it with great pride to continue his studies. … [Read more...]

Presbyterians at the United Presbyterian Church in Randolph, New York, have an unusual project. They take old wool sweaters for babies and turn them into warm mittens for children. And this last winter in New York state, this was a wonderful project. They intend to continue with it each winter. … [Read more...]

The Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship points out, “Our Lord Jesus, a Jew, spoke Aramaic. So did his twelve disciples, but the first New Testament writings about Jesus were in Greek. Did you ever stop to think that translation has always been part of how the Gospel spreads?” They recently raised funds to print 30,000 copies of the first Arsi Oromo dialect New Testament. It is being distributed in Ethiopia. The gospel is on the move! … [Read more...]

Presbyterian Church in Siuslaw located in Florence, Oregon, is building homes for families in their community. They point out that $10 equals a box of nails, $35 provides shingles for a roof, $50 will help provide a low flow toilet, $75 helps provide a window and $100 helps provide a kitchen sink.  Greater gifts provide foundations, sidings, wallboard or flooring. —Send your congregation’s “action” story to Marj Carpenter, 1425 E. 6th St., #105, Big Spring, Texas 79720. … [Read more...]