
Missionary Spotlights – Fall 2021
By Kimberly Thigpen
BEN DOOMY
Once upon a time (2017) at Piedmont International University, Ben Doomy and Sophie Barnes became good friends. Sophie returned to Georgia after college, where she worked with church youth. Ben served as…

Saraswati: A Testimony of God’s Grace
By S.S. in India
Saraswati Mizar lives in Nepal in Sindhupalchowk, Melamchi. She is 38 years old. She was involved in idol worship, going to temples and bringing garland made out of flowers for the idols, fasting, going on pilgrimages and…

Our “Neighbors” in Argentina
By Ron Barnes
While many people her age are looking to retire, Graciela Guerrero has asked God to make her continually useful. She came to SLM a couple of years ago from another mission agency upon the recommendation of her home church, First…

The Good “Neighbor”
By Gwenda L. Trapp
Sika Yawo was raised in the village of Sika-Kondji, near the Togo/Benin border. Sika was not a Christian when he left home. He had placed all his confidence in his father an employee of the state and a traveling journalist.…

Planned Giving with SLM
Americans are among the most generous people in the world. Charitable giving topped $400 billion last year. About 80% came from individuals like you, and much of that annual giving occurs at the end of the year.
At Source of Light we strive…

Freedom Beyond Release
By Kimberly Rae Thigpen
“Since the 1980s, incarceration rates have risen substantially in most countries, tripling in the United States and nearly doubling in many European countries.”
Prisons are a vast and diverse mission field.…

Transformed by God’s Grace
By Ron Barnes
I am Rolando Huidobro Chagray, a Peruvian from the city of Huacho, north of Lima.
I started using drugs when I was 11 years old, because I lived in a neighborhood where most people were drug users. This area was known as…

The Rapha Project
SLM’s Response to the COVID Crisis in India
By Ron Barnes
But a certain Samaritan... when he saw him, he had compassion on him... bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine... and took care of him (Luke 10:33–34 kjv).
As the crisis…

And Who is my Neighbor?
A letter from the Editor – Ron Barnes
Berti was a student in our first English outreach in Hungary. He was a grumpy old man who never prepared, never participated, and always seemed uninterested in the English lessons and the Bible devotional…

Sometimes Supporting a Missionary can be “Puzzling” in a Good Way!
By Gwenda Trapp
Brian and Gwenda Trapp served in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa for 17 years. They established a Branch of Source of Light in the capital city of Kinshasa that is currently being led by Source of Light’s…