Blog
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
Students step-up in church-to-church partnership
By Mike Krick | Regional Director, MidwestI have had the opportunity to work with a friend of mine who is in full time student ministry at Blythfield Hills Baptist Church in Rockford, Mich.I shared with him the countless ways to get involved with World Orphans.It...
WO Update From Southern California
By Jeremy HandysidesI’m excited to say that God has opened some really cool doors recently. I stopped by a surf shop to talk to the owner who I’ve had the honor of knowing and showed him a flyer about World Orphans.He immediately got excited and said he had been...
Chinese pastor cares for 76 orphans in Beijing
By age 7, Jacob* was an expert at scouring the streets for food. With both of his parents imprisoned and his grandparents under house arrest, Jacob lived like an orphan, abandoned and alone. But Jacob said he continued to hope in the possibility of his parents’...
WO Team Travels to Ethiopia, Worships With Church Partners
By Mark GummA World Orphans team is currently in Ethiopia visiting our partner churches and children's homes there. For updates and trip reflections, stay tuned to the WO blog. Yesterday I had the joy of attending the International Evangelical Church in Addis...
Partnering With Local Haitian Churches
Last week World Orphans was honored to be part of a webinar hosted by the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO). The focus of the webinar was on how we can partner with the local church in Haiti to care for orphans - something World Orphans is already doing. If you...
New Church Partnership in Haiti Brings Hope to Orphans
Two California churches, Daybreak Church and Generations Church, recently partnered with a World Orphans project in Haiti. Through the partnership, Pastor Pierre of the indigenous church will be able help 20 orphaned and abandoned children in his community. He will...
A True Family-Care Model for Orphaned & Abandoned Children in China
Go to video on Vimeo. China has one of the largest orphan populations in the world. Many of these children are abandoned due to physical disabilities, because of China's one-child policy, or simply because they are girls. Although the Christian church is not able to...
Trip to Ethiopia & Kenya Changes Lives
After traveling to Africa with World Orphans this summer, Alisha Bowker said she will be changed forever. "There are a number of stories I could share, each that had an impact on our team and myself, but a specific day will easily stay with me for the rest of my...
Despite Loss, 8-Year-Old Eunice Is Not Orphaned
In March 2007 our team was in Nairobi, Kenya visiting several projects. During that trip our leaders went out into the Mathare slums with Fountain of Life, one of our church partners, on their home visits. It was there that we first met Mary. Last week our in country...
‘Night of Hope’ in Tenn. Benefits WO Home in Kenya
We kicked off our new C2C partnership with Fountain of Hope last week by providing a coffee house at River Oaks Community Church in Maryville, Tenn. It was a delightful and special evening!As people entered into our time together, they came through and experienced a...
WO Staffer to be Featured at Together for Adoption Blogger Meetup
By Julie GummThe Together for Adoption conference announced the Featured Blogger Meetups that are happening Friday and Saturday during lunch.On Friday the meetup will feature Jamie Ivey, Amy Bottomly, Amy Block, Zach Nielsen, Courtney Girwood, and Jody...
WO Helps Orphans, Empowers Churches
If you saw a big water tower leaking, how would you respond? Get 1000 buckets, and keep filling them up endlessly? Or would you work on figuring out how to plug that hole? Most of the areas in the world where we work present this type of situation. Building orphan...