While waiting to enter the university twenty-year-old Shin Yi decided to commit three months of her break to serving in a youth mission organization It seemed like an odd time to do this given the Covid- restrictions that prevented face-to-face meetings But Shin Yi soon found a way ldquo We couldn rsquo t meet up with students on the streets in shopping malls or fast-food centers like we usually did rdquo she shared ldquo But we continued to keep in touch with the Christian students via Zoom to pray for one another and with the non-believers via phone calls rdquo [... more]

Youthfulness shouldn rsquo t stop anyone from achievement It certainly didn rsquo t stop eleven-year-old Mikaila Instead of putting up a lemonade stand Mikaila opened a lemonade business Me amp the Bees Lemonade started with her grandmother rsquo s recipe and eventually earned a investment from investors on the television show Shark Tank She also signed a contract with a major grocer to sell her lemonade at fifty-five of the chain rsquo s stores Mikaila rsquo s drive and dreams point us back to Paul rsquo s words to Timothy ldquo Don rsquo t let anyone look down on you [... more]

As Emma shared how God helped her embrace her identity as His beloved child she weaved Scripture into our conversation I could barely figure out where the high school student stopped speaking her words and began quoting the words of God When I commended her for being like a walking Bible her brow furrowed She hadn rsquo t been intentionally reciting Scripture verses Through daily reading of the Bible the wisdom found in it had become a part of Emma rsquo s everyday vocabulary She rejoiced in God rsquo s constant presence and enjoyed every opportunity He provided to share [... more]

A mom felt she rsquo d been overspending on family Christmas gifts so one year she decided to try something different For a couple months before the holiday she scrounged through yard sales for inexpensive used items She bought more than usual but for far less money Christmas Eve her children excitedly opened gift after gift after gift The next day there were more Mom had felt guilty about not getting new gifts so she had bought even more for Christmas morning The kids began opening them but quickly complained ldquo We rsquo re too tired to open anymore You [... more]