Loving the Unloved in Vietnam
God help you if you’re a person with disabilities in Vietnam, never mind if you have leprosy.
With little or no social programs to support you and - especially in the case of leprosy - a major social stigma to overcome, you’re pretty much on your own.
But thanks to people like retired dairy farmer Tony Vanderwal of Abbotsford, BC, God... >Read More
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Want to See God Work? Then Take a Few Risks!
Many people who are considering short-term missions for the first time do so with no small degree of trepidation. After all, it’s never easy to leave your comfortable, predictable life and step into a strange, new place where life is anything but predictable. People will talk differently there. They’ll think differently. They’ll drive differently....... >Read More
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A Different Type of JESUS Film Experience
When Ken and Eileen Priebe agreed to host a Canadian JESUS film team in Cameroon in 1989, little did they realize how that decision would affect their lives.
Over the previous ten years, the Priebes had served as Baptist missionaries in Western Cameroon, preaching and teaching at a number of small churches. But when the JESUS film team came,...... >Read More
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My Experience as a Food Bank Volunteer
Tiding people over in a time of need
After serving as receptionist at the Aldergrove Food Bank in Aldergrove, British Columbia for the past seven years, Pamela Hanon has seen all sorts of people walk through the door, anyone and everyone who has fallen on hard times.
The experience has taught her some valuable lessons about life, most notably...... >Read More
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“Wind of the Spirit” Brings Volunteer to SOOP
Verena Hoffman of Rose Bay, Nova Scotia keeps a lot of "stuff" in her car because she doesn't always know where the Holy Spirit will lead. And for the past fifteen years, the Spirit kept her pretty busy.
Since her immigration to Canada from Switzerland in 1985 and retirement from teaching in 1992, Hoffman has been the caretaker of a... >Read More
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Meeting Russian Teachers and Sharing Our Gifts
In the former Soviet Union, school teachers were at the heart of the state’s indoctrination program. Teachers were ideally suited to this role, because they were highly educated, well respected and they had daily access to their students’ lives.
Whether teachers actually believed in Communism or not, they were forced to teach it enthusiastically...... >Read More
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Feeding the Hungry - One Soup Bowl at a Time
Looking for a meaningful volunteer opportunity that will allow you to make new friends while earning a great return on your time? Then check out the Fraser Valley Gleaners Society (FVG), an Abbotsford-based, non-profit organization dedicated to sharing God’s compassion for the poor by addressing their need for food.
The logic behind FVG
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They Called Him “Billy"
During the 1980s and 1990s, Len Neufeld, who has been with Campus... >more
Our World Gets Bigger all the Time
By their own admission, John and Lydia Thiessen of Lethbridge, Alberta, are... >more
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