Times Read: 1313Pastor Timothy, I need your advice." Nathaniel's furrowed brow revealed his concern. "The nurses from the Seventh-day Adventist hospital in Atoifi are holding a clinic here in Kwaibaita. You've often warned us ...
Times Read: 1339I rarely minded doing jobs around the house, even if some of the guys called them girl stuff. That wasn't why I was banging the dishes, pulling the vacuum cord with a jerk, and stomping around picking up things...
Times Read: 1351Katie flopped onto the beanbag chair and stared in dismay at her bankbook. For months, after giving her tithe and offerings, she'd saved her baby-sitting and dog-walking money so she'd have enough to go to summ...
Times Read: 771It was winter in Boston, Massachusetts. Years ago 12-year-old Danny lived on the outskirts of this large city. Every day he took the bus to and from school.
This particular Tuesday Danny felt as if he were fre...
Times Read: 574Raccoons are cute, funny, and smart, so everyone loves them, right? Wrong!
Some city dwellers consider these little ring-tailed mammals nothing but trouble.
In Foster City, California, people and raccoons do...
Times Read: 1088I was feeding Tuttle when my brother walked into my bedroom. He didn't knock or anything; he just marched in and flopped down on my bed. Then he stared at Tuttle's glass bowl and said, "Ricky feed . . . Ricky f...
Times Read: 1113Aunt Jessica's tense whisper penetrated through the darkness as I slept on the narrow top bunk. "I think one of them has a gun!"
Instantly I was wide awake. I quickly sat up under my mosquito netting.
The sof...
Times Read: 1536Mrs. Robison, there's a phone call for you." The receptionist's announcement to my mother barely registered in my mind. I had other things to worry about.
As my mother rose and made her way to the phone, I gra...
Times Read: 917The monsoon rains had stopped, and the path up the side of the mountain was dry and dusty. Mulyono's bare feet were well accustomed to the rocks along the trail toward home. He scrambled deftly through the fern...
Times Read: 855To 16-year-old Leon, Monday morning meant a new week of ringing doorbells or knocking on doorposts. Selling Christian books door to door was a challenging job, but Leon loved the opportunity to help his custome...
Times Read: 1137It was another hot Sabbath afternoon in Cuba. My mother was practicing with the church choir while I waited in the foyer.
"Giovanni, look what the pastor made," my friend Ana said. She held up some small cards...
Times Read: 669The story so far: Hank Reese and his friend Bill Todd follow Tobe Turner into Sand Cave, hoping to catch him chipping off mineral specimens to sell. But Tobe blocks the entrance to a narrow passageway behind th...
Times Read: 742Hank Reese was so mad that he could hardly see straight. What was Tobe Turner doing sneaking into Sand Cave that way? He knew Tobe had been ordered to stay out of the cave, so Tobe must be up to mischief.
Hank...
Times Read: 723I'm hiding in my tent. Some church campout this has turned out to be.
It all started when the girls trashed my tent while I was roasting marshmallows. Josh, Ben, and I had set up our Scout tent–which the gir...
Times Read: 859Hiss! Snap! Crack! The sound of the whip was quickly followed by a hideous scream as sharp fragments of metal tied to the whip's leather thongs dug into tender flesh.
"Get up, you lazy dog!" The guard's cruel ...
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