As visitors here at Iris Ministries we are allowed to go on an outreach into the African bush. Our group was split in half and five of us headed to the African bush together. The mode of transport was essentially African: a flat-bed truck. No seats, no cushions, no comfort. “Shock
Alemu is a brave evangelist and felt called into a remote village to share the gospel. He rented a simple home and started to share about Jesus every day to whomever would listen. However, the Muslim people who lived in the area decided they needed to get rid of Alemu, but didn’t wa
Abera is an amazing man with an amazing wife. I met them here in Ethiopia. They are national evangelists and missionaries. Abera is hard to miss. He has only one eye but has big smile. As I was teaching I talked about persecution and his wife signaled to me that Abera had been be
One of our students here in Kompong Thom, Cambodia shared how he is a simple man. He is very poor, but God allowed him to own a bicycle. In his testimony he talked about how transport is very difficult. If he had “better transport” he could share the gospel more. When
Even though a person may understand the words you are using, they are substituting the meaning of those words in relation to their own cultural understanding. To be an effective communicator, you have to know and understand both your own culture and receptor culture so that you can a
It is highly likely that wherever you live there are dozens of other ethnic groups from around the world living right next door to you. Communication is crucial. Just because they live near you doesn’t mean they think like you, or you like them. It takes effort to learn to be a goo
In Cambodia everyone knows the name Duch. He was the warden of the Khmer Rouge prison called S-21. From 1975 to 1979 Toul Sleng held 20,000 prisoners. All of them, except 7, were tortured to death. As a believer in Jesus, he is using his final days to share the message of forgivene