In Prague, college grads form real-life networks
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (BP) -- When Evan and Lauren Parker decided to venture overseas for six months after college graduation, their friends thought they were crazy. But, as Evan put it, "We shouldn't let what the world is telling us to do get in the way of what God is calling us to do."
The Parkers are in Prague -- the Czech Republic city known as the atheist capital of Europe -- serving in the semester-long Hands On program of the International Mission Board, which gives college students and young adults an opportunity to serve Christ alongside missionary mentors.Family’s rescue at Nairobi mall: as if ‘whole world was praying’
NAIROBI, Kenya (BP) -- Katherine Walton was sitting in her backyard during the Skype interview. Her 13-month-old was toddling in and out of the camera, beautiful blond hair shining in the sunlight. Voices in the background of her sons, Blaise and Ian, sometimes interrupted -- once to report a scraped knee from the trampoline, other times just to ask a question.
An American in Nairobi writes ‘We Are One’
NAIROBI, Kenya (BP) -- Many Americans watched, horrified, as the Westgate Mall siege in Nairobi unfolded. Their own memories of flying debris and shocked disbelief from 9/11, barely below the surface, rose again in indignation and fear, fueling anger toward "them."
