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Laura Martinez’s letter to her supporters in Mexico is reminiscent of New Testament letters. Recently, she wrote about adapting quickly to the culture, climate, geography, and gastronomy of Colombia. She enumerated the differences in seasons and interpretations of certain Spanish words, and she was pleasantly surprised the quality of water in Colombia is higher than where she’s from in Mexico.
A team of Arkansas Baptists recently embarked on a Brazil vision tour. Arkansas Baptist State Convention Missions Team Leader Dr. Sam Roberts led the group of six pastors – four of whom brought their wives – on the missions trip. They traveled to Assu, Brazil, where they were able to meet, help train, encourage, and build relationships with church planters as well as International Mission Board missionaries in the area.
In a mountainous South Asian state, many people lack access to safe drinking water. The Living Water Well Project focuses on 43 communities across nine districts in this South Asian country that are in great need of clean drinking water. Local Send Relief partners worked together to identify and assess the communities to confirm locations with the greatest need.
The pictures were terrifying. A few weeks ago, half of a tractor trailer dangled over the side of the Clark Memorial Bridge which connects Kentucky to southern Indiana at Louisville. Far below was the Ohio River. Reporters flocked and spectators stared in horror as emergency workers rushed to the scene.
I hate death. I despise it more than anything else. In the brief time it takes you to read these few words, it is estimated that more than 500 people will have passed away around the world. The certainty of death causes many to become anxious or worrisome, and the heavy burden of grief that accompanies losing a loved one can seem unbearable.
Jacob had a dream in which he saw a stairway to heaven with angels going up and down on it. The imagery of a stairway to heaven has been picked up in our culture in examples such as a song by the rock band Led Zeppelin, a name for cottages in the Smoky Mountains, and an iconic structure in Seaside, Florida.