by Nicole Leeper | Jan 10, 2013 | Christian Living
By Kathy Davis | Director of Holistic CareThe Christmas tree is down, extended family has returned home, the house is quiet, and the New Year has officially begun. For me, a new year is always connected to new beginnings and fresh starts. The closing...
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 21, 2012 | Christian Living, Journey Trips
By Nate Livesay | Director of AdvocacyAlmost exactly one year ago, I started a journey that would change the course of my life. I traveled to Ethiopia on a Journey 117 trip, and God revealed a life-altering truth to me: I need to stop wasting my life making mud...
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 12, 2012 | Holiday
By Kate Borders | Sr. Project Director“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” – Isaiah 7:14‘All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the...
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Belynish stands proudly in the doorway of her house and outdoor kitchen that God has provided. Not long ago she was homeless with her two boys, Dawite (10) and Benyam (8). But now she and the boys have shelter, and a place to sleep, cook, and eat, including...
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Christmas season is upon us – a season when we reflect and celebrate the birth of our Savior. We reflect on what it meant for God to become man, to come and dwell with his people, to enter this world as a child. We reflect on what it meant for us then, and what it...
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 4, 2012 | Cambodia
By Jesse Blaine | Project Director – Cambodia Whether it’s a mixed up genius from south Boston, a green ogre with a Scottish accent (that’ll do donkey, that’ll do), or a girl who wants to become a vampire, we’re all drawn to stories about finding...
by Nicole Leeper | Nov 27, 2012 | Holiday
By Jeremy Resmer | Sr. Projects DirectorIt’s that time of the year again. Time for putting up decorations and lights, overindulging in food, giving gifts, year-end bonuses, secret Santas, ugly sweater parties, opening presents, and, best of all, getting together...
by Nicole Leeper | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Journey117, a ministry of World Orphans, exists to encourage, educate, and empower individuals to be lifelong orphan advocates in response to God’s command in Isaiah 1:17 to defend the oppressed and to take up the cause of the fatherless. Here’s some news about...
by Nicole Leeper | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Kathy Davis On October 25-30, World Orphans was blessed to partner with Together for Adoption and Global Health Training to bring two separate Holistic Care conferences to 13 of our church-to-church partners in Haiti. You’ll see from our highlights that this was a...
by Nicole Leeper | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Priscah’s father was a police officer in Uganda, and her mother was a stay-at-home mom. Serving in the armed forces means moving around the country a lot, and it is common for men to have polygamous relationships. Of course, HIV/Aids is sadly common as well....
