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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
How Can One Week Change Your Life?
By Emily Hilburn | Mobilization Coordinator, Journey 117Tonight I can’t seem to get our Haiti team out of my mind. True, I hadn’t met most of our team in person until we met up in Miami to fly into Haiti (and half of them I didn’t meet until I got to Haiti)....
Team Work
By Phyllis Labranche | Ethiopia Project DirectorDriving along the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, one can see many amazing things. This image of a group of strangers pushing a bus was one that resonated within me. There are lessons to be learned as I...
One Safe Delivery at a Time
It has been just three months since World Orphans partnered with Global Health Training to equip 65 women from our Haiti OVC program with Safe Birth Delivery Training. The glorious outcome of the church’s ministry to the community resulted in their first safe delivery...
The Refuge: Center of Hope
by Billy Ray, Middle East Regional Director When we arrived in Northern Iraq in the summer of 2008, we came with many questions. After meeting with a local pastor and sharing our hearts to care for orphaned children, he suggested we consider a different city, one we...
Our Twentieth Year
Two decades - that’s how long World Orphans has been helping local churches rescue and care for orphans and vulnerable children. We have seen much growth and change over the years, and yet, the vision of our founders remains today. In 1993, Bob Roosen, Troy & Tina...
In the Days to Come
By Alan Hunt | Vice-President “‘He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”” — Psalm 46:10 This simple command and promise gives me comfort as I start 2013 and my sixth...
New Years Resolutions
By Kathy Davis | Director of Holistic CareThe Christmas tree is down, extended family has returned home, the house is quiet, and the New Year has officially begun. For me, a new year is always connected to new beginnings and fresh starts. The closing...
Stop Playing in the Mud
By Nate Livesay | Director of AdvocacyAlmost exactly one year ago, I started a journey that would change the course of my life. I traveled to Ethiopia on a Journey 117 trip, and God revealed a life-altering truth to me: I need to stop wasting my life making mud...
Preparing to Celebrate the Light of the World
By Kate Borders | Sr. Project Director“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” - Isaiah 7:14‘All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the...
Hope for the Future
Belynish stands proudly in the doorway of her house and outdoor kitchen that God has provided. Not long ago she was homeless with her two boys, Dawite (10) and Benyam (8). But now she and the boys have shelter, and a place to sleep, cook, and eat, including...
So That He May Be Known
The Christmas season is upon us – a season when we reflect and celebrate the birth of our Savior. We reflect on what it meant for God to become man, to come and dwell with his people, to enter this world as a child. We reflect on what it meant for us then, and what it...
Identity Crisis
By Jesse Blaine | Project Director - Cambodia Whether it’s a mixed up genius from south Boston, a green ogre with a Scottish accent (that’ll do donkey, that’ll do), or a girl who wants to become a vampire, we’re all drawn to stories about finding...