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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
Meet The Team – David Martin
Name and position with World Orphans.David Martin, Communications (Website & Graphic Design)What attracted you to your current position?The salary. JK. I love what I do, and when I was offered the opportunity to do it for an organization like World Orphans, I...
Vision Under Construction
By Jacques Sadie | Nicaragua Country DirectorIn February, my wife and I led a team from two churches in Missouri to visit their church partner, Verbo Bluefields, in the town of Bluefields on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast. This partnership started taking shape...
Meet The Team – Alan Hunt
Name and position with World Orphans.Alan Hunt, Vice President, Church 2 Church PartnershipsWhat attracted you to your current position?God opened my eyes to global missions 12 years ago on my first trip to Cuba. After several years of preparation and prayer for God’s...
Knock, knock.
By Kevin Squires | Sr. Director of AdvocacyBeing the father of two young boys, I hear my fair share of knock-knock jokes.“Knock, knock,” says my three year old.“Who’s there?” I reluctantly say.“BOO!” loud enough for the neighbors to hear.“BOO who?” I say for the...
Meet The Team – Jacques & Amanda Sadie
Name and position with World Orphans.Jacque & Amanda Sadie, Nicaragua Country DirectorsWhat attracted you to your current position?Amanda - I visited Nicaragua for the first time in 2001 and lived there from 2004-2006. Nicaragua and its people have always been on...
Meet The Team – Mike Krick
Name and position with World Orphans.Mike Krick, Senior AdvocateWhat attracted you to your current position?This position blends my passion for orphan care and my gift of networking and communication, as well as my love for international travel. After nearly 3 years,...
Teenage World Changer – Marshall Anderson
With the continual rise of technology and innovation, most American teenagers find themselves with an unlimited array of things to add to their birthday wish list. iPads, iPods, iPhones, iCan'tBelieveWeEvenHaveThisStuff - you name it! So, when you hear of someone...
Our Promise to You
Effective communication is a difficult balance. In the world we live in today, information is readily available, with the tools to access it and receive it seemingly endless. Our access to and desire for information has never been greater, and yet, as individuals, the...
World Orphans – Serve in Iraq this Summer!
“Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.” Isaiah 1:17 This verse, penned in Hebrew Scripture as early as 740 BC, speaks to God’s heart for the orphan and commands us as believers to...
Wrap your arms around a child today by Emily Hilburn – Mobilization Coordinator, J117/World Orphans
Eddie is a small boy in a government orphanage in Uganda. Eddie isn’t his real name. I haven’t changed his name for protection reasons, I’ve given him a name because no one knew his name. Eddie walked up to me the moment I walked through the gates...
Today is a new day
Today is a new day. Yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the tragic earthquake that rocked Port au Prince, Haiti, changing the lives of many forever, including countless children left orphaned and homeless. Yesterday included remembrance of the many lost,...
Reaching out to Earthquake Refugees
In the early afternoon of October 23, 2011, a severe earthquake struck Eastern Turkey turning buildings to piles of rubble within seconds and leaving, some estimate, up to 60,000 Kurds instantly homeless, not to mention over 600 dead. Aid agencies along with the...