You Are My Portion: A Persecuted African’s Testimony (PART 1)
“Lord don’t let me fail. You are my portion.” An unimposing woman exits the mud hut to greet us. Hiwot is a petite woman, modestly dressed. She wears a long skirt and uses one scarf to cover her shoulders, and another for her head. Hiwot kindly welcomes us into her...
The Biting Cobra: How God Saved My Wedding Business Through a Dream
This article was previously published on Sept 9, 2019, under One Voice Magazine’s thematic series on DREAMS. We re-publish it today because it aligns with our TRUST series this trimester. Enjoy reading! MY WEDDING BUSINESS I love weddings. As a young girl, I...
Beauty from Ashes: A Story from the Refiner’s Fire Experiencing Amazing Grace PART 2
I didn’t really know Roce outside of our group conference calls. She worked as a specialist in arts and culture, and she was a fellow-leader with the International Orality Network. Her background certainly gave us common ground for our work and a friendship, but I was...
Beauty from Ashes: A Story from the Refiner’s Fire; Experiencing Amazing Grace PART 1
Losing My Wife I was in the house as it burned. Sometime around 3:00 A.M., I escaped the thick smoke and flames through a second floor window. Because the fire started below the room where my wife for 41 years, Barcy, slept, she passed away. This mental tape of events...


