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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

Faith to Overcome Fear

Faith to Overcome Fear

by: Kathy Davis | Senior Director of Wholistic Care It was in October of 2018 that I was last awakened to roosters crowing and the aroma of a hot cup of coffee at our guesthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I arrived ready to train our new social worker, Natalie Vilson,...

A Current of Light

by: Mary Priscilla | India Country Director & Becky Knott | Church Partnership Director Driving around the hectic streets in one of the most populous cities in India, one can feel a heaviness in the air. Smog hangs overhead. Trash fills the streets. Beggars...

Throwing Off Cloaks

by: Kevin Squires | Sr. Director of International Programs It is easy to help people. If someone is starving, give them something to eat. If someone is dehydrated, give them a drink. If someone is in rags, offer them some clothes. For the most part, it is not just the...

Lesly: From Ashes to Beauty

Lesly: From Ashes to Beauty

by: Darline Maldonado | Family Empowerment Coordinator | Zone 18 Guatemala Lesly married her husband at age seventeen. She was full of hopes and dreams, which grew even stronger when her oldest daughter was born. After some time, she began struggling because her...

Hope, a Multiplying Force

This article was originally published in the World Orphans Insight Magazine Spring 2021. By: Randy Phillips | Senior Director of Church Partnership One became 99. Interesting how partnering, one with another, has a multiplier effect. With a face wrinkled, not with...

Esperanza

This article was originally published in the World Orphans Insight Magazine Spring 2021. By: Chad Smith | Guatemala Country Director 143 million orphans globally. Over 5,000 children living in institutional care in Guatemala. Eighty-five percent of children in...

Our Journey in Kurdistan

This article was originally published in the World Orphans Insight Magazine Spring 2021. By: Billy Ray | Senior Director, Middle East Back in the summer of 2007, World Orphans representatives stepped off a plane in northern Iraq to see if God was leading them to work...

All Things New

This article was originally published in the World Orphans Insight Magazine Spring 2021. By: Kevin Squires | Senior Director of International Programs The room was dark and damp, with the only light coming from an ajar metal door and a small, glassless window with...

Bringing About the Kingdom

This article was originally published in the World Orphans Insight Magazine Spring 2021. By: Scott Vair | President/CEO If ever there was a time when it would be easy to focus our attention on ourselves, on the challenges we face, the troubles we have, whether they be...

Iglesia Sendero de la Cruz

Iglesia Sendero de la Cruz

Beke Berhane Wongel Baptist church was founded in 1984 in the City of Beke, outside of Addis Ababa, where most of the community earn their living from farming.

The church was planted by people who come from the orthodox Christian group at that time. Pastor Getamesay has served as the church’s main pastor for the last eight years. He is married and has two children.