by Nicole Leeper | Oct 31, 2013 | Child Stories, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Haiti, Home Based Care, Kenya, Orphan Care, Prayer
By Kevin Squires | Senior Director of Church PartnershipsAmerica was taken aback in recent weeks by the sound of an orphan’s cry. Davion Only, a 15-year old boy in Florida’s foster care system, put on his finest clothes, went to church, stood on stage, and...
by Nicole Leeper | May 22, 2013 | Child Stories, Home Based Care, Orphan Care, Projects, Sustainability, Wholistic Care
By Jeremy Resmer | Sr. Director-ProjectsJames 1:27 reveals God’s heart and desire for his people to look after orphans and widows. Throughout scripture, the church is called to respond with compassion to all sorts of needs. These include and are not limited to...
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 6, 2011 | Child Stories
You can see the sadness in his eyes. It bears down deep into his soul.During our time at one of our church-based children’s homes in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast (province) of Ukraine, Roman had his head downcast and didn’t interact with the other children around him....
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 5, 2011 | Child Stories
By Paul Myhill (July 2007)Dressed in a small pink shirt, he had his head buried into the arm that was holding his weight against the corner of a bleak concrete wall. No older than three years old, he was sobbing incessantly, his chest heaving in utter anguish. He...
by Nicole Leeper | Nov 30, 2011 | Child Stories
Originally written in April 2008Jonathon’s parents, David and Sarah, are dying of AIDS in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. A local church has been visiting them for months, providing antiretroviral drugs (ARV’s), other medications and meals, as well as school fees and...
by Nicole Leeper | Nov 22, 2011 | Child Stories, Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a beautiful land of beautiful people. It is also a land of orphans. It is not uncommon to find families consisting only of children. This is one such family – five siblings all orphaned by HIV/AIDS. The four girls and one boy had seen their parents...
