Category: Faith Story

  • With God, all things are truly possible

    With God, all things are truly possible

    I am honoured and delighted to share my faith journey and to witness to the grace and love of Christ in my life. I am a proud Eritrean-Canadian who has called Canada home for eight years. I am a devoted follower of Jesus Christ, grounded in the teachings and love of my Saviour. I live…

  • Never forgotten or forsaken

    Never forgotten or forsaken

    When I was five years old, two forces shook my world to its core. Before this, I had a loving family, a good school and a beautiful country. But that year, 1960, thousands of Ethiopian troops invaded my country of Eritrea. A dark cloud of fear hung over the land and the people. People spoke…

  • Seeking God in a ‘thin place’

    Seeking God in a ‘thin place’

    I grew up attending a relatively small Mennonite church—Foothills Mennonite in Calgary—with my family. My family was fairly involved in my church, and I grew up with a typical Mennonite faith. However, as I got older my church experience began to shift. Our pastoral team underwent many changes, and because our congregation was fairly small,…