by Nicole Leeper | Oct 27, 2023 | Blog, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Guatemala, Magazine Stories, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Randy Phillips | Sr. Director of Church Partnerships A noisy restaurant, a meal, laughter. This seemed an ordinary moment, yet it was drenched with the extraordinary. A meek and humble couple from the “red zone”—a poor area with exceptionally high crime rate in...
by Nicole Leeper | Feb 23, 2023 | Blog, Ethiopia, Home Based Care, Magazine Stories, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Kathy Davis | Sr. Director of Wholistic Care Walto was born in the city of Arba Minch in southern Ethiopia in 1974. His mother died when he was very young and, though many long years would pass, his grief did not diminish with time. Each day when Walto returned...
by Nicole Leeper | Oct 19, 2022 | Blog, Magazine Stories, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Nicole Leeper | Sr. Director of Communications Looking down at his dusty feet, Bemnet considers many things. His hunger, the look of worn clothes on his body, and his mom. He remembers that when she was alive, he never felt hunger pangs like this. Even more...
by Nicole Leeper | Jul 8, 2022 | Blog, Haiti, Magazine Stories, Wholistic Care
by: Kathy Davis | Senior Director of Wholistic Care It was in October of 2018 that I was last awakened to roosters crowing and the aroma of a hot cup of coffee at our guesthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I arrived ready to train our new social worker, Natalie Vilson,...
by Nicole Leeper | Jul 13, 2016 | Adoption, Christian Living, Orphan Care, Wholistic Care
“I never loved you and everything is your fault. Don’t expect anyone to love you if your own mother can’t.” Those were the last words out of his mother’s mouth before David* was launched into the foster care system. It was a couple days...
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...
