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From Milwaukee
Smokey has the unique gift of bringing people together to do God’s work. Herman Orr is Smokey’s owner and a member of Christ Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “We begin each day with a walk in the park,” explains Orr. Smokey’s magnetic personality attracted dogs and drew their owners into conversation about how to help youth in Milwaukee. As friendships developed, this group became a source of prayer and support.

Orr shared his vision of creating a safe house for neighborhood youth. Through this group and church, Orr suddenly had an architect and the base funding to get construction underway. As the old saying goes, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” That is, except for Smokey, who is busy connecting passionate people to do God’s work in the Milwaukee community.

From India
Sheela is in her second year studying business at the Church of South India’s Ewart Women’s Christian College. Her goal in life makes others sit up and take notice:“Preaching the name of Jesus Christ all over the world.”

Sheela is one of the 75 residential students at Ewart College with whom missionary Anne Dayanandan works. Sheela is a bold and gifted person, but without the opportunity to study at Ewart College on
scholarship, she might have been working in the fields and never have had the chance to pursue her deep calling to be a pastor.

The Madras Diocese of the Church of South India founded Ewart College to give women access to Christian higher education. After decades of denial of access to education beyond the lower grades, rural Christian young women in Madras Diocese now have the opportunity to earn a precious college degree.

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