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The International Church and Ministry to the Rohingya: Part Eight
April 29, 2022 | 4 minute readbob.and.karin
In April 2018, a C&MA couple came for a site visit; they wanted to talk and pray together about the possibility of joining us. We were excited when they were…
The International Church and Ministry to the Rohingya: Part Seven
April 22, 2022 | 4 minute readbob.and.karin
In early 2017, I formally requested our supervisors with The Alliance Canada to consider having another family come to join us in our work here. This would become the first…
The International Church and Ministry to the Rohingya: Part Six
April 15, 2022 | 4 minute readbob.and.karin
In March of 2016, we entered into a time of prayer and discernment. Seeking God’s direction, a new core team explored how the Learning Centre could expand its reach. The…
The International Church and Ministry to the Rohingya: Part Five
April 8, 2022 | 4 minute readbob.and.karin
A few days before Tarek and his wife were reunited, I was invited to a meeting with some NGOs and the UNHCR (The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). They…
The International Church and Ministry to the Rohingya: Part Four
April 1, 2022 | 4 minute readbob.and.karin
In the summer of 2014, the couple who had helped us start the Learning Centre returned to the US for a six-month home assignment. We had to see how things…
The International Church and Ministry to the Rohingya: Part One
February 24, 2022 | 4 minute readbob.and.karin
On January 6, 2009 Karin and I and 2 of our 3 children boarded a plane in Calgary bound for SE Asia which would become our new home. The day…
Citizens of Nowhere
December 21, 2020 | 4 minute readPaul.chantelle
Persecuted people are easy to ignore until you see their faces and hear their stories. Once you do, everything changes. I sat in my refugee friend’s living room as she…