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Marti Ensign
Marti Ensign
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3:30
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1. Welcome: An Evening with Madamo
Richard Foster welcomes us to enjoy an evening with “Madamo” -- Renovaré Ministry Team member Marti Ensign.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
9:16
Audio
12. Binyoni: God Building the Church
The gates of hell will not prevail against Jesus’ church. Marti shares the sorrowful, tragic, and redemptive story of Binyoni.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
12:36
11. Stephen Rutuna: Healing & Deliverance
Marti recounts two miraculous stories in the life of Rwandan preacher, Stephen Rutuna. (Audio file coming soon.)
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
5:19
Audio
10. Grandpa Kirk: Transforming Forgiveness
A mischievous boy ruins a neighbor’s day’s worth of washing and is consumed with guilt. What happens years later? Marti tells the story.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
6:40
Audio
9. Jimmy’s Teddy Bear: The Value of Giving
Marti relates a sweet story about a blind boy, his teddy bear, a pioneering surgeon, and what it means to give.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
2:21
Audio
8. The Girdle: Fashion Humor
Cross-cultural hilarity ensues when a missionary woman’s girdle is put out in an African rummage sale. Marti explains.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
6:15
Audio
7. Sussanah’s Blanket: Learning Grace Through Humility
Can we miss seeing needs right under our noses? Marti tells the tale of ardently facilitating a student’s dreams, but missing her more mundane needs.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
4:51
Audio
6. Missionary Mess: Realizing God is in Charge
Marti gives a lively account of how a slip in the mud inspired order in the missionary medical clinic.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
4:53
Audio
5. The Miracle Baby: God’s Lifesaving Provision
Marti recounts how an unplanned, surprise baby saves her missionary family in this miracle tale.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
5:02
Audio
4. Sally’s Pearls: Rewards of Surrender
Marti shares a story about a young girl, her father, and a string of dime store pearls.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
8:09
Audio
3. After the Sinner’s War: Hutu and Tutsi Come Together
Marti shares personal recollections from the genocide in Rwanda.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
7:03
Audio
2. Only Jesus: Korean & Japanese Reconciled
Marti shares a World War II story that is both heart-rending and heart-mending.
Marti Ensign
December 22, 2024
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