African rain does not usually fall gently, caressing the earth and nurturing the tender shoots. No, like everything else in this stark land, rain pounds the hard earth, pushing anything weak before its driving fury. Dry river beds are suddenly raging torrents. Tentative shoots are harshly crushed. Even knee high stalks bow to the ground
‘Since God in his mercy has given us this ministry we never lose heart.’ 2 Cor.4 It all hangs on mercy. In his mercy, God saves us. We are called because of his mercy, and it is by his mercy that we do anything good or right. God’s mercy is an eternal quality, a measure
Children’s Homes: Our two Children’s Homes are full. There is one bed left in the girls’ home that is reserved for the little sister of two of our girls. Our dream is to see the children healed of all that has hurt them, and set free to worship God with all their lives. The day
It’s sunrise and people begin their journey from all over the Bangula region to the Iris Ministries food distribution centre. Some walk for hours with empty stomachs and bare feet. They are hopeful that at the end of their journey under the intense sun, they will receive food. Those who come are desperate. Hundreds and
People come on foot, loaded on flat bed trucks, squeezed into various un-roadworthy vehicles…..they stream in from near and far. Why? What draws them? They come for food, for Good News, for fellowship, and for healing. Some come because they are curious, some just follow the crowds hoping for some free food. As I work