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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
Precious in His Sight
by: Scott Vair | President/CEO We matter to God. Each one of us - you, me, your neighbors, our friends, those we know well and those we will never meet. God sees, loves, and adores us. Each one. In Luke 12:7, Jesus tells us, “Indeed, the very hairs on your head are...
A Grain of Hope
by: Loyda Sandoval | Guatemala Family Empowerment Facilitator It was a Saturday afternoon, coming back in the car from a session with her son’s occupational therapist. Suddenly, Flor, with her voice choked with emotion, said to me, “Loyda, I dream of having my own...
Blooming Bougainvilleas in Guatemala
by: Marlana Smith | Guatemala Communications Director The World Orphans Guatemala team started our first devotional of 2024 discussing pruning/simplicity and what John meant when he wrote about abiding in Christ as our vine in John 15:5. We actually spent time...
FRUIT TAKES TIME
by: Randy Phillips | Sr Director of Church Partnership As I walked up the concrete church stairs covered with dust from construction all around me, I heard the sounds of hammers and construction workers talking and the voices of another group of people. I turned the...
Committed to True Partnership
by: Kate Borders | Sr Director of Operations Can you imagine the surprise, when a member of one of our international churches is talking with a US-based team member (whose church has been partnering for many years but he was visiting for the first time) and they find...
Growing into Greatness
by: Kevin Squires | Sr Director of International Programs His face lit up the stage, extracting beaming smiles from everyone in the audience. It was a smile that had been waiting to explode, waiting to just burst out from years of captivity, pain, and struggle. The...
Their Children Now Dream
by: Scott Vair | President/CEO Our Home Based Care program is designed to invest in the lives of vulnerable parents and their children, in part through economic training and opportunities that honor their dignity, improve quality of life, and help strengthen and...
Weaving Hopeful Futures in Guatemala
by: Chris and Lauren Turpaud | Church Partnership Directors (originally published in 2014) The community of La Verbena in Guatemala City is an infamous haven of darkness and danger, characterized by frequent acts of violence, high rates of drug and alcohol abuse...
A Church Alive
by: Mike Krick | Sr. Director of Strategic Partnerships (originally published in 2014) World Orphans partners with two churches in South Africa. It has been a joy to watch these churches provide wholistic care for the children they serve. They are truly bringing hope...
The Refuge
by: Scott Vair | President/CEO (originally published in 2013) When World Orphans work began in Iraq in 2008, we envisioned residential care for orphaned and abandoned children through the indigenous church. It quickly became clear that this was not the best solution...
My Friend Muli
by: Kathy Davis | Senior Director of Mobilization (originally published in 2013) Nicolas Muli Mulu was born in 2001 in Kitui County of Nairobi, Kenya. He was fatherless and his mother was mentally ill, unable to care for him. He lived with his 70-year-old grandmother...
Pranitha
by: Emily Hilburn (originally published in 2013) Hyderabad is a large city in India made up of 6.8 million people. You can imagine how easy it would be to get lost in the crowd. But in the midst of blaring horns and yelling drivers, a young girl’s story leaps from the...