Ruth Mooney

August 2010

Dear friends,

In Children’s Church, I was playing a game with the 9-12 year olds. Three groups had each been given a handful of (play) money with which to purchase the “canasta básica”, the basic needs of their family for the month. One group received ¢100,000 co » read more

Dear friends,

When the class began to sing praises to God in Quechua, I knew this would be an unforgettable experience. I looked into the faces of this group that I would be teaching all week, many of whom had traveled 6-8 hours from remote jungle towns to attend » read more

Dear friends,

Last week I traveled to Guatemala, heart of the Mayan empire, for my first experience of teaching in a “recinto,” one of the 15 theological centers in Latin America contracting with the Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana.  CEDEPCA (Centro » read more

Dear friends,

The beautiful campus of the Latin American Biblical University was built with “A Million Women Campaign”:  the dream was that if a million women around the world would give $1, the seminary would have a million dollar building fund. The result » read more

March 2010

Dear friends,

The family stood before the judge, terrified and humiliated: father, 12-year old son, and 7-year old daughter. Their mother had abandoned them a year before. The son was accused of physically  abusing his sister, repeatedly, while the father was at work, » read more