by Nicole Leeper | Sep 25, 2012 | Christian Living
By Mike Krick | Sr. Advocacy Director I remember as a student at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, MI, hearing a speaker share this quote: “There is one thing in life I fear more than failure, and that is being successful in something that...
by Nicole Leeper | Sep 18, 2012 | Ethiopia
By Phyllis M. LaBranche | Country Director in EthiopiaThe capital city in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, is experiencing an incredible economic boom and changing daily. Development, new businesses, and construction can be seen everywhere. Many good things are...
by Nicole Leeper | Sep 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Alan Hunt | Vice President of AdvocacyAs the most senior member of the World Orphans staff, I am extended special grace and a certain amount of leeway regarding my musings about my coworkers…at least that is my expectation. So assuming that anyone cares what I...
by Nicole Leeper | Sep 7, 2012 | Conferences
Recently Together for Adoption posted the following blog post about their upcoming conference later this month in Atlanta (click the image below to check it out). World Orphans will be attending, participating, and leading a few sessions at the upcoming Together for...
by Nicole Leeper | Sep 5, 2012 | Meet The Team
By Mike Krick | Sr. Director of AdvocacyI had the opportunity to meet Greg Gentry and his wife, Amy, at our World Orphans staff retreat earlier in the year. They were prayerfully considering what Greg might do post-retirement from the military. Orphan care had...
by Nicole Leeper | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rick and Phyllis LaBranche and their daughter, Kami, from Durham Evangelical Church, left for Ethiopia on Sunday, becoming the sixth World Orphans missionaries to sacrifice much to move to a different country, a different culture, away from their family and friends,...
by Nicole Leeper | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
When four-year old Dajanaira first came to the Child Development Center at Verbo Sur in Managua, Nicaragua, she was rebellious. She wouldn’t follow instructions, she would run off, she was destructive and quite a fighter. But, this is not so today. There has been...
by Nicole Leeper | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Naomi was one of the thousands of children who were victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Like so many, she lost loved ones; her sister and her father were both killed. Her mother, Philomen, was left without a job or a home, and they survived by...
by Nicole Leeper | Aug 28, 2012 | Meet The Team
By Alan Hunt | Vice President of Advocacy It is my pleasure to introduce you to Matthew Hanks. Matthew is in the process of joining our World Orphans staff as a Director of Advocacy. I first met Matthew and his wife, Amelia, in Ethiopia, where he and his...
by Nicole Leeper | Aug 25, 2012 | Haiti
Will you join us in prayer for our friends in Haiti? As many of you may know, Tropical Storm Isaac moved across the Atlantic and over Haiti. The storm has passed. Our missionary family, the Barlow’s, are okay. We are in the process of contacting our 12 church...
