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Stories of hope
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13
Ethiopia – A Trip to the Museum
As Gerji Kale Heywet Church in the sub city of Gerji, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has grown, they have made new efforts to provide education and opportunity for the children in their World Orphans Home-Based Care Program. With about 500 attendees and a growth rate of about...
Thailand – Family Reunification
The Baan Tan Pra Porn shelter (which means streams of blessing) at Prachinburi Church in Thailand is diligently working to keep children in families. They have a unique program that seeks reunification and family restoration, through the care of the church. When we...
Are We Too Busy?
By Bailey Kalvelage | Director of mobilization Too busy. Those are words we’ve all echoed at least once before in our life. Whether it’s too busy to workout or too busy to cook supper, I find myself feeling “too busy” quite often. My husband, Mathew, and I are...
Point of No Return
By Kevin Squires | Senior Director of AdvocacySetting out to correct all the church's wrongs, you most certainly will add to them. Setting out to strengthen it, you most certainly will.On my recent trip to Haiti, that thought kept crossing my mind. You...
Haiti Pastors Forum
It has been over three years since the devastating earthquake in Haiti took so many lives, left countless homeless, and created far too many orphans. As the World Orphans OVC (Orphan and Vulnerable Children) Program begins its fourth year, we have stepped back to...
The Rescue Run 2013 – NEW CITIES!
The Rescue Run 5K is back for 2013 and growing! On October 12, you'll be able to run or walk with us in one of four different events!What a great way to get out and get active (maybe something you already do) AND to advocate for the orphan. Registration is coming...
A Glimmer of Hope
By Billy Ray | Project Director in Iraqi-KurdistanThe past month has simply been momentous in our work here in Iraqi-Kurdistan. It all started about four weeks ago when we were meeting with a Kurdish lady and her sister. She had heard about our community center...
More Than Enough
By Darci Irwin | Director of Rescue TeamsThe beat of steel drums and playful children kept me awake during my first night in Haiti a few weeks ago. Yet even if the world had been quiet, the noise in my head would have alerted me as I processed all the first day...
A High School Rescuing Orphans in Haiti
by Rebecca Barlow Ted & Rebecca Barlow are full-time World Orphans missionaries and run our guesthouse in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Rebecca shares her story of hosting a recent team from Wheaton Academy. “They are one of our favorite teams to host, because they are...
A Story of Rescue and Love
It is refreshing to be reminded of how God loves children and really takes care of them, including abandoned children like 10-month-old Chalermpol ‘Ant’ Kamson in Thailand. Once lost, now found. Once sick, now healed. Once abandoned, now he’ll soon be adopted. Ant and...
JOURNEY WITH US
“Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.” Isaiah 1:17 Are you being called serve the orphan? Could it be through a short-term trip to Iraq or Ethiopia this May? Begin your journey today... You’ll...
What God Has for Me is for Him
By Nicole Leeper | Office ManagerThere is a saying that goes around a portion of the charismatic church in America: "What God has for me, is for me!"It's just one more way that people take the blessings of God, and make it all about themselves. A few years ago, I...