Category: People

One Man’s Escape From Communist Vietnam

There’s a different story for every “boat person” who escaped communist Vietnam. For one man, Binh Tran, his journey involved a boat he built with some friends. As the last Americans pulled out of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975, the communist North Vietnamese Army and the south’s communist Viet Cong forces captured Saigon, the…


Mom-to-Be Was Told to Have an Abortion but Pins Hopes on ‘Miracle’ Instead–and Her ‘Miracle’ Is Now 11

While pregnant with her daughter, Nataliia Martyniuki was shattered when doctors recommended she have an abortion. Amidst complications, her baby was not expected to survive, but Nataliia chose to place her faith in a miracle instead, and declined. Eleven years later, that miracle became a beautiful, thriving artist named Anna. “I have learned to believe in…


Congress Hopeful Kathy Barnette Shares About Being Born After Her Mom Was Raped at Age 11

Kathy was clearly old enough to do the math. She just never really thought about how young her mother was, until as an adult, she came face to face with her own birth certificate, and read between the lines. The ink on the page told the story of how Kathy Barnette was conceived. The now-Republican…


Baby Stricken With 100 Seizures a Day Overcomes, Now He’s a Teen Learning a Third Language

A baby born with a life-threatening seizure disorder has beaten the odds. He was not expected to live to see his first birthday, yet he’s seen 18, and his diagnosis has even been changed. The teen, James Laberee, is now thriving and is learning a third language. James’s parents Rosemary and Peter had three children…


Principal Fixes 8th-Grade Student’s Haircut After He Refused to Take off His Hat at School

When an 8th-grade student from Indianapolis refused to take off his hat at school, he was sent to the principal’s office. However, instead of punishing him, the principal went above and beyond his role to help him. Jason Smith, the principal at Stonybrook Intermediate School in Warren Township, first took a moment to find out…


265-Pound Mom Who Gorged on Family Blocks of Chocolate Daily Drops 100 Pounds Thanks to Healthy $40 Meal Prep

A 265-pound chocoholic who polished off a family block every night looks unrecognizable after dropping over 100 pounds and six dress sizes thanks to her budget $40 MEAL PREP. After reaching her heaviest weight of 265 pounds (120 kg), Victoria Bowen’s self-esteem reached an all-time low—while her wardrobe was full of frumpy size-24 clothes. The…


Pastor Greg Laurie’s Message for Tough Times: ‘Turn Your Panic into Prayer’

Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship has long ministered to the faithful. He has been holding his well-known evangelical events, called Harvest Crusades, for more than 30 years on campuses in California and Hawaii, and he has a strong online presence as well. Today, especially, when so many Americans are suffering through extremely challenging…


Luck or Miracle? Samoset and the Pilgrims, 400 Years Later

Today marks an historic milestone. Its story is a real-life adventure marked by what some regard as pure luck while others label as miraculous. Four hundred years ago—on March 16, 1621—an English-speaking Indian from the Abenaki tribe strode into the new settlement of Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. He greeted the astonished Pilgrims and requested a…


Tiny Robin Meets Health Worker for Lunch Every Single Day for Over a Year: ‘It’s Crackers!’

A health worker has been getting moral support from a feathered friend who comes to visit him for lunch every day outside the hospital where he works. The bright-colored robin first appeared in December 2019, joining him daily on his chosen park bench ever since. Richard Coates, 25, works for Royal Victoria Infirmary’s critical care…


Changing Nations by Strengthening Families Through Faith: Rev. David Guffey

Encouraging families to pray together connects them, strengthens the bond between their members through faith and this can have a ripple effect throughout society, changing the whole nation, Rev. David Guffey told The Epoch Times. Through peaceful prayer gatherings people in the Philippines were able to overcome political turmoil in 1986, Guffey, executive producer of…