Lubbock teen, 69-year-old woman connected through service

VADO, N.M.—Antonia Ocón’s living room has a foot-wide hole in it. Spider webs cling to the room’s corners. The floor would break if anyone jumped. And the windows are peep holes covered by plastic.

“I spent my life picking chile, planting onions and gathering herbs for a living,” she said, stretching out sand-paper-rough hands as proof. “It was enough to help feed 10 children, but the sun gave me cancer.”

04/02/2008 - By admin

Buckner makes history in Peru

Buckner International made history in Peru when eight Peruvian children were placed with the country’s first foster families. (Photo/ANDINA/Carlos Lezama)

04/01/2008 - By admin

Ministering at the “Mardis Gras of the North”

A missions team from the BSM at Texas A&M University debarks from a plane in Alaska, where they worked at the Iditarod.

03/27/2008 - By admin