MEET Tamara!

Imagine what it would be like to leave the faith of your family and community, perhaps knowing that you would become estranged from them forever. And with the possibility of being persecuted, ex-communicated, and threatened with your life. It happens. It has been a...

AGAINST THE ODDS

Kashi is exceptional. She comes from a city of approximately 10,000
 people on an island where more than 36% (1) of adults cannot read or
 write. She lives in a country where fewer than 23% (2) of the population
 has the privilege of continuing their education in...

Making a Difference for Jesus

Meet Siela, one of our heroes in the front lines. She is a 19-year-old second year student in our “TransformNation” leadership training program and is ready to go back to her home village upon graduation and make a difference for Jesus in the lives of lots of kids. I...

Ten More Aspiring Youth on Board

  10 more beds √ sheets, quilts, pillows 10 more place settings √ dishes, cups, cutlery 10 more desks √ chairs, workbooks, pens, pencils   Ten high school graduates have recently arrived at our TransformNation teachers’ training program as first year...

Loving Jojo

Jojo is a first grade student at the MSI-sponsored school in Central Java.  For the last three nights he has been sick with typhus and is being treated at a local hospital. Typhus is an illness that includes symptoms of chills, delirium, high fever, pain in the...

News from the Field: Sub-Par to Superb

Meeting the young men warmed my heart and then seeing where they lived broke it. I was on the island of Kalimantan visiting a MSI-sponsored children’s home in a small town near the coast.  The simple grouping of structures was home to 25 children and led well by a man...