As wildfires raged through New Mexico, devastating more than 300,000 acres and displacing thousands of people, God has been answering our prayers here at the Prayer Wall. When the Calf Canyon/Hermit Peak Fire ripped through the evacuated town of Rociada, many people lost their homes, including several members of Rociada Baptist Church. Twice the flamesContinue reading “Love through the Fire”
Author Archives: Mikaela Vincent, Author, More Than A Conqueror Books, www.MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com
Angel Fire
“I don’t know what God you pray to, but keep going. He’s listening,” said a firefighter in New Mexico whose fire chief is a Christian. Chief Mickey Richardson’s wife, along with other members of Angel Fire Baptist church had been holding special prayer services for firefighters, asking God for their protection, wisdom, strength and endurance.Continue reading “Angel Fire”
Fires in Spain, Portugal, France
Dozens of fires have ripped across areas of Portugal, Spain and France, and thousands of people have evacuated, with about 26,000 acres already destroyed. Some of the hardest hit areas include about 7,000 acres each in Leiria, Portugal, and Gironde, France, as well as more than 12,000 acres in western Spain between Extremadura and Salamanca.Continue reading “Fires in Spain, Portugal, France”
100 Homes Washed Away in Virginia Flash Flood
Whole houses floated down the street, uplifted from their foundations by flash floods after heavy rainfall Tuesday in Buchanan County, a mountainous region of southwest Virginia. As of yesterday morning, at least 44 people were still unaccounted for, but by midday all had been found alive, praise God, although one suffered a snake bite. AtContinue reading “100 Homes Washed Away in Virginia Flash Flood”
Haitians Starving, Trapped by Violence
Gang violence in Port au Prince has left hundreds of innocent civilians dead, many more wounded, nearly 300 kidnapped for ransom, and about 17,000 displaced from their homes over the past few months. Since an intense war over the neighborhood of Cité Soleil began last week, thousands of Haitians are now trapped without help. ManyContinue reading “Haitians Starving, Trapped by Violence”
NM Church Shares with Immigrant Children
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 19:14 ESV For the past four years, a small Hispanic church in Anthony, New Mexico, has been ministering to immigrant children awaiting relocation. With three immigration centers nearby, each housing 70 childrenContinue reading “NM Church Shares with Immigrant Children”
Bar Deaths in South Africa
At least 19 have died and numerous others are injured after two mass shootings Saturday night in South Africa. The first occurred in a tavern in a semi-rural area of Pietermaritzburg, where four died. Then four hours later, in a bar about 500 km north in Soweto, 15 were fatally shot. All this occurred justContinue reading “Bar Deaths in South Africa”
Whose Tune Are You Playing?
Do not listen to what the world is saying today. Do not join in their song. For you are set apart, My beloved. You are Mine. If you sing the wrong tune, when the day of evil comes you will fall. Stand strong, My beloved, in what you know is right and true. Not becauseContinue reading “Whose Tune Are You Playing?”
Moldovan Children’s Home Helps Refugees
When refugees from Ukraine flooded across the border into the small European country of Moldova (about 188 km from Ukraine’s hard-hit Odesa), Christians scrambled to help. Despite high gas prices, they drove vans to the border to carry refugees to churches, Christian camps, and other safe shelters, and then donated mattresses, sheets and other neededContinue reading “Moldovan Children’s Home Helps Refugees”
Teen Helps Save Four Lives
When three teen girls mistakenly drove off a boat ramp into the Pascagoula River in Mississippi last weekend, 16-year-old Corion Evans saw them and dove in to save their lives. A police officer also showed up to help, but soon needed saving himself. “Four times he went in that water fighting to save those individuals,”Continue reading “Teen Helps Save Four Lives”
