Foundation of Faith

I Will Be With You

In 1940, my son Heinrich and his family moved to Rio das Antas to serve the congregation there. Having left behind some of their household goods with us in Nova Esperanca and having extremely limited […]

Foundation of Faith

Natural and Spiritual Gifts

All of us have natural gifts. Some of us are good with our hands. Some of us have good memories. Some enjoy working outside, others prefer office jobs. We are born with certain aptitudes. Some […]

Foundation of Faith

Gifts of the Spirit

God has fulfilled the promise of the Son of God: “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18) and has sent the Holy Spirit as God’s administrator (John 14:16). Through the Holy Spirit, people are born […]

Foundation of Faith

The Last Tract

Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at their church, the pastor and his eleven-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out gospel tracts. On this particular Sunday afternoon, it was very […]

Foundation of Faith

The Lost Child

Where was Ingeborg Machel? Inge was only three years old when she went missing, and she could never fully remember the events of that terrible night in 1945. But one thing she knew: her name […]

Foundation of Faith

Unreliable

Unreliable. That is the best way I can describe the digital clock I have on the wall in my home office. I cannot trust this clock anymore as there have been too many times when […]