Home Improvement in Africa

By Alan Hunt & Amy WingfieldMeseret and her son, Milon, live in a rental home made of sticks and mud in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Their home is falling apart, listing to one side, slowly beginning to crumble beneath torrential rains and threatening to collapse....

Do Churches Really Want Partners?

By David Van Winkle | Director of AdvocacyIn January I was able to lead a team of 45 students and teachers from Wheaton Academy (a local high school from West Chicago) to meet and serve their church partner in Haiti. Let me be clear, I have always had fantastic...

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...

Rebuilding With Faith

By Jesse BlaineIn a country still recovering from the earthquake, our staff and U.S. church partners are constantly amazed by the faith and resilience of our Haitian church partners.For some time, one of our Haitian church partners has been worshipping in a makeshift...