As a traveling executive Shawn Seipler wrestled with an odd question What happens to leftover soap in hotel rooms Thrown out as trash for landfills millions of soap bars could instead find new life Seipler believed So he launched Clean the World a recycling venture that has helped more than eight thousand hotels cruise lines and resorts turn millions of pounds of discarded soap into sterilized newly molded soap bars Sent to people in need in more than one hundred countries the recycled soap helps prevent countless hygiene-related illnesses and deaths As Seipler said ldquo I know it sounds funny [... more]

Over several years a British couple living in West Africa developed a strong friendship with a man in their town and many times shared the love of Jesus and the story of salvation with him Their friend however was reluctant to relinquish the lifetime of allegiance he had to another religion even though he came to recognize that faith in Christ was ldquo the greater truth rdquo His concern was partly financial since he was a leader in his faith and depended on the compensation he received He also feared losing his reputation among the people in his community With [... more]