by Courtney Kraus | Apr 14, 2023 | Ministry, Prayer, Ukraine, Ways to Help Orphans
From the day Russia invaded Ukraine, the Boaz family began asking how we could help the victims. As stories of children newly orphaned by the war made their ways onto our TV screens, we knew we had to help. When we learned that orphanages could not evacuate their...
by Courtney Kraus | Apr 14, 2023 | Kenya, Ministry, Prayer
Our team had such a wonderful time visiting our partners and their children in Kenya last month! We always walk away so encouraged and honored to minister alongside such dedicated, Christ-focused people. While in Kenya, we had the blessing of attending a church...
by Courtney Kraus | Mar 27, 2023 | Kenya, Ministry, Prayer
I sat down in the grass with Eddah, the house mother at El Shaddai Children’s Center in Kenya, and a full mug of sweet, warm chai, grateful simply to be in her presence. Eddah is mostly a behind-the-scenes woman, preferring the quiet of a small kitchen and the...
by April Jurgensen | Feb 10, 2020 | Ministry
Gal. 6:9- “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” I’ve always found Galations 6:9 encouraging because, let’s face it, sometimes it’s easy to grow “weary in doing good.” We don’t see results as quickly...
by April Jurgensen | Apr 29, 2019 | Ministry, Orphan Care Issues, Updates
“Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them;...
by April Jurgensen | Jan 7, 2019 | Ministry, Prayer, Russia, Short-Term Missions, Updates
Grey. Gloomy. Quiet. These are some of the ways that I envisioned Russia. Coming off of Soviet ruling in the 1990s, Russia was far from a place of boisterous joy and modern amenities and I assumed that not much had changed in 28 years. I heard stories that made...
