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Does God keep His promises?
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Help for children in hospitals
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Hope comes to Pennsylvania
EN COU R AGIN G STORIES & N E W S
“The gospel was brand new to me even though I’d grown up hearing it all my life. It was like this is the greatest news! This isn’t the end!” NICOL SPONBERG
A WALK IN THE STORM
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PHOTO: BRADEY, CINEVITA FILMS
ICOL SPONBERG’S LIFE cannot be classified as ordinary. She spent part of her growing-up years as a missionary kid in the bushland of Congo, Africa. She was one-third of the award-winning Christian group Selah, whose songs still permeate the hearts of listeners. She experienced a whirlwind courtship at age thirty-two, marrying her husband just over two months after they met. And she’s known loss, as her second child died of SIDS only ten weeks after he was born. The threads of her life are woven into a beautiful tapestry that makes Nicol who she is today. Her family experienced great hardship—including troubling bouts with malaria—and great spiritual reward—such as witnessing the power of prayer through miraculous healings. Nicol said, “Growing up in Africa was like one of those expe(continued on page 4)