Doug Truax graduated from Liberty University with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business. At age 23, he and his wife moved to Ivory Coast, West Africa, to work with Baptist International Mission Inc. During their 10 years in Africa, they worked themselves out of a job by training Africans in the Word of […]
Born in the spring of 1931, Sylvia Pollard grew up as one of 12 children on a farm in Kentucky. She attended a one-room schoolhouse, milked cows, fed farm animals, and at 16, heard the Gospel and received Christ. The news was not well received at home. Forbidden by her father to attend Sunday school, […]
By Ron Barnes Meditating over the Word in my favorite vacation spot early one morning, I began to think through how this modest home in south Florida became more than a place for vacation; it was a place of refuge. Memories of spending time as a family recovering from one of the hardest times we […]
By Kimberly Rae Thigpen Simran’s father is an alcoholic. Her mother abandoned her. The education for children like her, in the slums, is inferior. Our culture would describe her in words like “financially and educationally disadvantaged.” Disadvantaged. What a sterile word, nearly apathetic in its vagueness. When its dimensions expand to flesh and blood, the […]
By Gwenda Trapp What can bring peace to the heart of an orphan? The children at the Joseph Project, an orphanage run by Source of Light Togo, are putting their hope in the Word of God. Repeatedly, when questioned about what has brought hope to their lives, the children emphasize the teaching of God’s Word. […]
By Danielle Dare Extreme poverty, domestic violence, witchcraft. These are not descriptions of a lifestyle most of us care to intermingle with. Graciela, an SLM missionary serving in Argentina and Mexico, is no stranger to these challenges facing those in her community, nor does she allow what may make most people uncomfortable to stop her […]
By Ron Barnes A few days into the war, I sat on the floor with my grandson playing in my lap. Like many of you, I once again watched the news of the conflict in Ukraine, and perhaps like you felt somewhat helpless. My grandson, vying for my attention grabbed both my index fingers, his […]
By Bruce Dare Having just celebrated our 70th year as a ministry at Source of Light, we have been thinking often about foundations. As we do so, we are thinking not just about the past on its own, but rather how it relates to our future, how the legacy of SLM prepares us for and […]
By Ronnie Barnes Source of Light has come a long way in the last decade. In missions, there is often the mindset of finding the most economical way of doing things. But the Bible actually speaks to that: “If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to […]
By T. & C.N. The N. family has been very connected with East Asia for many years, T. has led a dozen or so short-term ministry teams there, while C. and the rest of the family joined in when possible. Most recently, C. had the privilege of working in East Asia as a first-grade TESL […]
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