by Annie Clark | Jul 3, 2026 | Testimonies
“Here comes the church-boy with his shiny new shoes.” chuckled one of the bullies. Chucho could feel the heat rushing to his face as the rest of the boys laughed. The ringleader bent down to examine the boots more closely. Chucho stood motionless, trying to look...
by Annie Clark | Jan 12, 2026 | Testimonies
As Chava made his way down the narrow street, dimly lit by a bent light post, he felt a strange apprehension. ‘Everything is fine.’ he assured himself. He regularly arrived home from school around 9:00 p.m. But tonight something just didn’t seem right. His mother...
by Annie Clark | Nov 7, 2025 | Testimonies
Mari’s hand trembled as she reached for the lamp sitting on the bedside table. Would she dare to turn it off? She tried to compose herself. ‘I’m thirteen!’ she reasoned. ‘Too old to believe in superstitions.’ However, as Mari’s hand came to rest on the knob of the...
by Isabel Tuohy | Sep 12, 2024 | Testimonies
Life is too boring! Susana thought as she walked home from school one sunny afternoon in Puruándiro. My parents never let me do anything.She began to think wistfully of her friends and all the things they had that she didn’t. If I only had a phone, a boyfriend, and...
by Annie Clark | Sep 12, 2024 | Testimonies
Lupita’s small bare feet ran swiftly toward the sound of a church bell ringing loudly in the little village of Los Fresnos. The bell called the children to their catechism classes and she, for one, was not going to get to church late as other naughty boys...
by Annie Clark | Sep 12, 2024 | Testimonies
Seven-year-old Salomón looked suspiciously at the cardboard box sitting on the table. Those boxes were capable of containing such wonderful surprises, or such awful ones. He warily looked around to make sure his mother wasn’t watching before tiptoeing over to the...
