Pastor Mangal lives in a small village in northern Nepal near the border of China with his wife and children. Four years ago he was able to attend the ServLife …
Hearts First
In 2009, Chris traveled to India and Nepal for the first time with ServLife International. The Assistant Director at the time had been his pastor and invited him to see …
Celebrating 10 Years
In 2006 I traveled to India and Nepal for the first time, and my heart has never been the same. Playing with the children in the ServLife orphanage, I dreaded …
Hope and Strength
At the end of Psalm 27, David writes, “Hope in the Lord! Be strong! Let your heart take courage! Hope in the Lord!” But he doesn’t write this from a mountaintop …
Equitable Compassion
In Philippians 4:5 Paul encourages his friends and us to “let your gentleness show in your treatment of all people.” The Greek word for gentleness here is “epieikēs,” which means …
Seasons and Rhythms of Life
In Ecclesiastes 3 Solomon speaks to the rhythms of life. “There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for giving birth and …
Do Your Best
In Ezra 2, three priestly families “looked for their entries in the genealogical records, but they were not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.” (Ezra …