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The home behind the old wooden fence…

The home behind the old wooden fence…   We turned onto a broken-down dirt road Passing a large warehouse filled with the ...

Discovering the Poor Outside the Majestic Colony

October 1, 1995

  Discovering the Poor Outside the Majestic Colony Discovering the Poor Outside the Majestic Colony by: CHRIS HEUERTZ From:  Power, Holiness, and Evangelism:  Rediscovering God's Purity, Power, and Passion for the Lost. Compiled by Randy Clark, Destiny Image Publishers. My apartment in India was located at the end of a dirt road in a community known as “Majestic…

Living and Responding to Heal and Transform

September 1, 1995

Living and Responding to Heal and Transform By: CHRIS HEUERTZ From:  Sexually Exploited Children:  Working to Protect and Heal. Phyllis Kilbourn and Marjorie McDermid, ed., MARC Publications.    We had decided to show our visiting friends the beautiful side of Calcutta, away from the noise, pollution and poverty that plague the city streets. Monsoon season had brought heavy…

September 1995 Prayer Letter

September 1, 1995

  Living and Responding to Heal and Transform Living and Responding to Heal and Transform By: CHRIS HEUERTZ From:  Sexually Exploited Children:  Working to Protect and Heal. Phyllis Kilbourn and Marjorie McDermid, ed., MARC Publications.    We had decided to show our visiting friends the beautiful side of Calcutta, away from the noise, pollution and poverty that plague…