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Kishor: a rocky road

Posted On June 29, 2020

The first time I met Kishor, I was struck by his remarkable outlook on life. A month and a half ago, he broke his spine… Read More →


Servants Switzerland Newsletter

Posted On June 18, 2020

Servants Switzerland has just released its latest German-language newsletter. Read More →


Praying the News

Posted On May 28, 2020

Manila food relief

how privileged I am to have such friends, and hear such stories, to help me keep life in perspective, and keep living and praying for God’s kingdom coming Read More →


Normalcy, freedom and choice

Posted On March 23, 2020

Reflections on Servants and travel choices. On a surface level, we live lives of greater freedom and choice than our ancestors could ever have imagined…. Read More →


TASTE of a simple life of connection and love

Posted On March 2, 2020

through here and upstairs

Contributed by Shannon Mawdsley, Servants NZ coordinator, who recently led the TASTE trip to India We were here. On the edge of the slum, wandering… Read More →


Yusuf*

Posted On February 26, 2020

Recently we published a story about Yusuf written back in 2018. Here’s a recent update. Over the eight years we have lived in this neighborhood,… Read More →


Meet the Sheep: Yusuf*

Posted On February 14, 2020

Here’s a story from October, 2018 by Servants’ Indonesian team Today we went to Lapangan Satu (“Field One”) after lessons were over. We all rode… Read More →


Talking Trash

Posted On February 3, 2020

Piles of rubbish, new every morning, emitting plumes of smoke: the nonstop by-product of modern consumption. Yesterday the grove of banana trees in front of our house was felled to make room for a furniture workshop, the latest casualty in the steady advance of urbanisation. Read More →


Following Jesus – first step

Posted On December 25, 2019

women washing clothes

As I pondered what Christmas is really about, it suddenly occurred to me that it’s our starting place in how to follow Jesus. Read More →


A Surprising Visit

Posted On December 4, 2019

Slowly we walk down the narrow and steep path that leads to our house. Carefully we placed our feet, so as not to step into… Read More →


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