Where Hope Takes Root: A Partnership Forged in Vulnerability

by Trey Dunham | Dec 17, 2025 | Guatemala, Magazine Stories, Mobilization, Orphan Care, Prayer, Trip Stories

Kate BordersSr. Director of Operations  At World Orphans, it is one of our deepest joys to see how God uses partnership to cultivate hope, even across cultures and great distances. Authentic friendship becomes the vessel for this hope, as beautifully demonstrated by...

The Kingdom Impact of Short-Term Trips

by Nicole Leeper | Jul 20, 2023 | Blog, Christian Living, Magazine Stories, Mobilization, Trip Stories

by: Kate Borders | Sr. Director of Mobilization Is it wise to go on a short-term trip? Would the money be better invested elsewhere? Are outside visitors harmful? Short-term trips sent cross-culturally from the United States have been and remain a hot topic of...

He Became and I Become

by Nicole Leeper | Aug 29, 2014 | Haiti, Orphan Care, Trip Stories, Wholistic Care

By Kathy Davis | Director of Wholistic CareThe question is often asked of children, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I remember my well-meaning grandfather asking me this question, hoping I would dream big, work hard, and achieve everything I ever desired. I...

Facing the Scandal of Giving

by Nicole Leeper | Jul 25, 2014 | Christian Living, Church Partnership, Haiti, Trip Stories

By Kevin Squires | Senior Director of Church Partnerships Scandal – a circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage Americans love scandals. Newspapers, magazines, cable television – they all profit off scandalous behavior. When they can’t find a...

The Whole Picture: Wholistic Care on Short-Term Mission Trips

by Nicole Leeper | Jul 3, 2014 | Trip Stories, Wholistic Care

By Kathy Davis | Director of Wholistic Care  Summer is an exciting and busy time of year for the ministry of World Orphans. Short-term trips are being mobilized, itineraries are being planned, hearts are being prepared, and global church partners are anticipating...

What I Saw (And Learned) in Haiti

by Nicole Leeper | May 30, 2014 | Church Partnership, Haiti, Home Based Care, Trip Stories

By Nate Livesay | Church Partnership Director Written on August 6, 2013, after Nate’s first trip to Haiti.  Since then he’s been back three times, taking groups of people for their first eye-opening trip. This is the third time I have started to write this post.  I...