James & Carolanne

Great Recent Stories

God has been doing some amazing things in our ministry recently. I have posted a number of them on our facebook page, but I thought I would share a few of them with you here as well. One of the places where we connect with people on a more personal level is in our chat rooms. One of the chatters recently said that "if it wasn't for the people in the room that she would...

New Believer in Pakistan

One of the reasons that I love working in this ministry is that we are able to reach out to people around the world, even in some of the most closed countries.  One of the ways that we connect with people quite directly is through our chat rooms and regularly scheduled topical chats.  While I am not directly involved with the chats, it is my job to make sure those chat rooms continue to function...

Our Road-trip

Well, we made it safely back from our mini vacation.  On Thursday Aug. 16, we packed our camping stuff into the truck and headed up to Lac le Jeune which is near Merritt.  We were intending to camp there over the weekend with a number of other families who attend our church.  We had just passed the first snow shed (tunnel) and begun the first serious climb out of Hope when the temp on the...

Mentoring Makes a Difference!

If you don't think that the websites or mentoring really makes a difference, here is a story from someone who's life was transformed... First of all thank you for that wonderful message. I think this is an awesome ministry. It was a life saver for me, and now I hope I can help it be for others. When I came to this site over a year ago, it helped change my life forever. I felt...

A Reminder of God's Faithfulness

I received this story recently from our director and thought you would find it encouraging. -------------- This week we got a comment on the site from someone I’ll call Bill.  Bill was very upset. His fiancé had cheated on him, stole from him and called off the wedding. Bill was angry that everything he loved had fallen apart. He felt that he had been a good Christian, served God faithfully and God had not held...

A mentor is used by God to stop a destructive affair

The following is a really encouraging email that Karen (the director of TruthMedia) recently sent out. I thought you might find it encouraging and inspiring: This past week, a staff member at Power to Change received a very troubling and difficult email from a married woman who was about to leave her husband for another man. This man is a pastor and he was also planning on leaving his wife to engage in this relationship....

August 2011 Newsletter

Dear Family and Friends, Thank you all very much for your ongoing prayer and support of us over these past few months.  It's hard to believe we're already a good way through summer.  (probably because we've had so little sunshine)  :)  I wanted to say an especially big thank you to all of you who have responded recently to our fund raising requests by joining our team, increasing your giving and giving additional special gifts. ...

Evangelism to 150,000 people

I recently received this update from our director and thought you also might benefit from reading it. This month, TruthMedia will give 150,000 people from over 200 countries the chance to know Jesus and grow deeper in their faith. Each of those people can then talk to someone personally. That is an incredible opportunity! In a culture where many Christians say they don’t know how to share their faith, we are seeing volunteers join our...

Suicide and Mentoring

The following exchange took place a few days ago on one of our articles related to suicide.  I am posting it here because I thought it was a really meaningful example of our ministry in action combined with the positive influence of mentoring on the site.  If you like, you can read the full article with comments here. Vandana Mittal: hi.. I love a guy who says he we cant be together because of commitments...

Ministry to Real People

I've often been amazed at some of the stories and comments we receive off the websites.  I have to admit, sometimes the stories seem so personal or heart breaking that my amazement turns to a little bit of scepticism.  I wonder if the situation is really legitimate or just another person trying make waves or get a reaction.  So how do we know that these people are telling the truth? One clue to this is...

Surgery Cancelled ... Due to Healing

On Wednesday June 16'th, I received a call I'd been anticipating for quite a while.  The call was from the specialist Dr's office, informing me that they had time to do my surgery if I could come on short notice. The background to all this is that back in March, after waiting for months to see him, the specialist informed me that I would need another corrective surgery in order to attempt once more to...

San Diego

As some of you may already know, we recently took a family trip with our parents (Loren and Becky) down to San Diego to visit supporters and relatives and reconnect with the friends at Mission Valley Community Chapel. This was our first time travelling any sort of long distance with the kids. We were not quite sure what to expect but as it turns out they travel VERY well.  Julia was an angel for most...

Atheist Disappointed in God

We have often talked about how there are so many people who come to our websites for help or with serious questions about life and faith, but hearing numbers just isn't as effective as hearing the actual stories of people we interact with. I received this note recently from our director and though it might be something you would be interested in hearing as well. Earlier today “AwesomeAtheist” came into our chat room and began...

From Sweden

Thank you so much for this article. It was very moving and thank you for helping people come closer to Christ.

From the United States

I have been struggling with an eating disorder for a few years now and I attend therapy regularly, but I know that one of the most important resources for my recovery will come from God. I have started going to a new church and I really like it. I am also struggling to find my place in this world as a recent college graduate who is not sure just what direction I want to go...