Category Archives: Harlan County, KY

“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone, to each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. To one is given through theContinue reading “Tongues of fire: a Holy Spirit encounter”

“Finally, draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of thisContinue reading “Fighting a culture of drug abuse: Gemma’s story”

Our next home visit in Harlan County, KY, was to a family of six children in Harlan. Harlan is much bigger than Loyall, the County seat, but still full of scattered hills and various types of home. There is still little economy here. When we arrived, a little boy about three years old answered theContinue reading “A lesson in love: a grandmother’s sacrifice for her family”

One of the key parts of Mission Trips to Harlan County, Kentucky, are home visits. After picking up some bags of food and toys for various families, the group splits up into cars to deliver the goods to the immobile and those who cannot make it to the big giveaway. The home visits in HarlanContinue reading “From ashes to renewal: meeting Kelly and Junior”

Harlan County, Kentucky, is unlike where I live. Just five hours north of this unique area where I call home, neighborhoods and apartment complexes fill nearly any open land, and restaurants and businesses consume the rest. Interstates are filled with cars as people make their morning commute to jobs that range from manufacturing to finance,Continue reading “A trip to Appalachia: Serving in Harlan County, Kentucky”