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Healing Lives Online 2020

Summer 2020:
Over the Years

Summer 2019:
Sustainability

Winter 2018:
Families

Summer 2017:
Prepare & Prevent

Recent Articles

FROM THE EDITOR: Who Owns It?

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Editorial
Madelle Payne, Editor When God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, He gave them stewardship of His masterpiece. He put them in ... Read more

“It is Ours!”

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Testimony
Dr. Ravi I. Jayakaran, President/CEO Ownership is imperative in the work of community development. Ownership is part of the DNA of a community’s survival strategy—a ... Read more

Who Owns Water?

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Stories, Testimony
John Payne, MD, Advancement Facilitator Ownership of water supplies is a very tricky issue in rural Africa and in much of the rest of the ... Read more

Book Review: A Long Walk to Water

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Book Review
Reviewed by April Brown, Graphic Designer A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is a story of two young Africans. One boy. One ... Read more

You CAN Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

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Testimony
Stephen Belton, MD Chairman, Board of Directors for MAI There is a saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” that I was able ... Read more

Multiplying Senior Leadership

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Testimony
Bibiana Mac Leod, Resource Facilitator (formerly Regional Coordinator for South America and Caribbean) Editor’s note: What happens when experienced and expert senior leaders face transition? ... Read more

Field Notes

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Uncategorized
Uplifting news from MAI’s workers around the world. Creative Access CountryGC, Regional Coordinator It was written… Last November I was riding in a taxi from ... Read more

It’s a Process: Transition to Local Leadership

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Testimony
Bill & Sharon Bieber, Regional Coordinators, SE Asia & West Pacific We first noticed Emma Wakpi because she seemed to be smiling all the time. ... Read more

The People of Stone

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Testimony
Editor’s Note: Emma Wakpi is MAI’s Area Coordinator in Papua New Guinea. She explains how the Minimbi people group had to see themselves through God’s ... Read more

Learning from Nehemiah

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Stories
Dr. Victor Chen, Global Coordinator The book of Nehemiah is often read as a wonderful example of leadership. A catalyst can mobilize a struggling community ... Read more

CHE Failure – When Local Ownership Did Not Happen

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Stories
John Payne, MD, Advancement Facilitator A group of Kenyans went out as missionaries supported by Kenyan churches to a part of Kenya that had experienced ... Read more

Donor Story: Frana Hamilton

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Testimony
Frana is a member of the MAI team…she’s a donor and a faithful pray-er. Her connection with MAI goes back to the days of Founder ... Read more

“Now we have love, love, love.”

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Testimony
Madelle Payne, Advancement Facilitator In our home there hangs a batik art piece that describes the essence of family, applicable around the world. Surrounding a picture of ... Read more

“It Should Come from Within Us”

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Testimony
Eva Jeffers, guest contributor and daughter of Board member, Dr. Wayne Jeffers filled an internship with MAI in India with the goal to work with the ... Read more

A Vision of the Kingdom of God

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Testimony
This article is a reprint of one written 12 years ago by Dr. James F. Engel in the 2006 Healing Lives Summer edition. MAI’s mission ... Read more

God’s Concern for Families

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Testimony
Dr. Ravi I. Jayakaran, President/CEO: In Acts 16:31 when the desperate jailor cried out and asked what he must do to be saved, Paul replied, ... Read more

Field Notes

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Stories
Uplifting news from MAI’s workers around the world. Country: Kenya, East Africa Tirus and Winnie Githaka, Regional Coordinators Flooding in Tana River North Coast Lucy ... Read more

Conflicting Information Leads to Change

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Interview, Testimony
During the International Wholistic Mission’s Conference in Phoenix, AZ, in 2017, Dr. Bibiana Mac Leod, MAI’s South American and Caribbean Regional Coordinator, hosted a discussion ... Read more

Interview with Women’s Cycle of Life Founder

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Interview
Charleen McWilliam Hearl, RN,  and her husband John McWilliam (now deceased), joined the MAI team after living ten years in Mexico City ministering with Overseas Crusade. ... Read more

Book Review: Joy in the Journey

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Book Review
Joy in the Journey: Finding Abundance in the Shadow of Death by Steve and Sharol Hayner, reviewed by Madelle Payne: From the book cover: “Steve Hayner ... Read more

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