A Father’s Journey

by Nicole Leeper | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Home Based Care, Magazine Stories, Wholistic Care

by: Billy Ray | Sr. Director, Middle East My name is Haider Omar Qawas, and I am from Kobane, Syria. I am blessed to be the father of 23 children, twelve sons and eleven daughters. Two of my sons are still living with me and are not married yet. Among my younger sons,...

The Language of Love

by Nicole Leeper | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Home Based Care, Magazine Stories, Wholistic Care

by: Jennifer Holcomb | Mobilization Director In the vibrant, contrast-filled heart of Guatemala City, two church partners meet for the first time amidst a mosaic of Mayan and Spanish cultural influences. The city, divided into zones, presents a striking dichotomy: the...

In Loving Memory of Bishop Julius

by Nicole Leeper | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Home Based Care, Magazine Stories, Wholistic Care

Letters and Tributes What is the Measure of a Man?  A Tribute to Bishop Julius | Pastor Chris Kawa Answers to this question abound, but thinking clearly about the issue is a worthy exercise. If we fail to do so, we forfeit the opportunity to mine the untold...

From Herdsman to Fisher of Men: This is Negusse

by Nicole Leeper | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Home Based Care, Magazine Stories, Wholistic Care

by: Kevin Squires | Sr. Director of International Programs Reminiscing about his childhood, Negusse remembers the silence, the loneliness, and the constant pacing across the fields of common ground as he herded his family’s cattle. His eyes would often be fixated on...

Precious in His Sight

by Nicole Leeper | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Home Based Care, Magazine Stories, Wholistic Care

by: Scott Vair | President/CEO We matter to God. Each one of us – you, me, your neighbors, our friends, those we know well and those we will never meet. God sees, loves, and adores us. Each one. In Luke 12:7, Jesus tells us, “Indeed, the very hairs on your head...

A Grain of Hope

by Nicole Leeper | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Home Based Care, Magazine Stories, Wholistic Care

by: Loyda Sandoval | Guatemala Family Empowerment Facilitator It was a Saturday afternoon, coming back in the car from a session with her son’s occupational therapist. Suddenly, Flor, with her voice choked with emotion, said to me, “Loyda, I dream of having my own...