by Nicole Leeper | Apr 24, 2012 | Church Partnership
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....
by Nicole Leeper | Apr 3, 2012 | Church Partnership
By Kate Borders | Senior Project DirectorWe slowly walked along the road and as we talked about her life and ministry, she quietly shared that she was tired, it was all a bit overwhelming. As a pastor’s wife, a mother of three, an overseer of the church-based...
by Nicole Leeper | Mar 27, 2012 | Church Partnership, Haiti
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...
by Nicole Leeper | Mar 13, 2012 | Church Partnership, Ethiopia
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...
by Trey Dunham | Nov 8, 2011 | Church Partnership
November 6th was Orphan Sunday, a day when hundreds of churches around the world gathered to pray and advocate for the orphan. To give a voice to those who so often, are not heard. We loved seeing what some of our World Orphans partner churches did. First Baptist...
by Trey Dunham | Nov 1, 2011 | Church Partnership, Haiti, Projects
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...