GrindTV reports that Jodie Nelson had a surprise visitor on a nine-hour paddle from Catalina Island to Dana Point, which the California surfer made in support of breast cancer research. A 30-foot minke whale rode alongside her for two hours.
An answer to prayer, perhaps? At the start of the journey, Nelson and her crew [...]

Hope Happens

Laurie Hayes, Director of Development for International Justice Mission, sent out this update about a rescue in Chennai, India.
“Last Friday, IJM’s Chennai team rescued 13 children, women and men from slavery in a large rice mill. Forced to live in tiny shacks within the compound, the slaves were desperate for release. One of the [...]

Speechless

As computers and satellites and television shrink the world, language is becoming more homogenous. There are 473 nearly extinct languages in the world, according to Summer Institute of Linguistics, a faith-based language development organization. Why should we care? Because language, SIL says, is one of the elements that makes us who we are. Reed more [...]

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William Kamkwamba created electricity for his village in Malawi using some bits of old junk, brain power and one of the nations few resources: the wind. You can read more about his journey bring hope to his village in his upcoming book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

“He just gave up all of the material things that we think we have to have. You know, I don’t know how we gauge happiness. What’s happy for you might not be happy for me. I never heard him complain.” – Nurse Rita Belle, speaking about Richard Walters, a homeless man who left $4 million [...]