by April Jurgensen | Nov 26, 2018 | India, Orphan Care Issues, Updates
Abigail held her textbook in her slender hands, stroking the spine. She smiled broadly as she turned it toward me, revealing a cover that looked much like every other textbook I’d seen. Unlike most students, Abigail didn’t view the text as dry or boring. She didn’t... 
by April Jurgensen | Feb 19, 2018 | Orphan Care Issues, Short-Term Missions
Words by Karyl Boring, a Boaz trip veteran I was nearly 50 years old before God captured my heart by showing me the plight of orphans around the world. I knew the verse in James1:27 “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit... 
by April Jurgensen | Dec 23, 2017 | Orphan Care Issues
I just got a letter from one of our house parents, Pastor Tonglen, and I want to share it with you. Dear Boaz family, We mention you all in our prayers every day and give thanks for you. One of the things we’re most grateful for is how you help with our... 
by April Jurgensen | Dec 11, 2017 | India, Orphan Care Issues
For the most part, I’d say we’d all agree that education is of great value. I mean, I realize that some of us would poke holes through “standardized education,” and many of us think schools could be improved. But when it comes to breaking a generational... 
by David Mercier | Nov 20, 2017 | Orphan Care Issues, Ways to Help Orphans
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” —Benjamin Franklin I wish I could introduce you to Peter. His life started with such promise! He was born to two parents who loved one another and, though they were poor, were motivated to care for their only... 
by April Jurgensen | Oct 23, 2017 | Orphan Care Issues, Russia, Short-Term Missions
One of my favorite parts of my job is taking teams to meet the children I’ve grown to love in children’s homes around the world. Each team is unique in its composition, as God blends personalities, backgrounds and gifts to accomplish His purposes. I relish hearing... 
by April Jurgensen | Sep 18, 2017 | Orphan Care Issues, Prayer
As I prepared for our second VBS in a Russian orphanage, selecting a curriculum was a bigger challenge than I expected. I knew it would have to work cross-culturally, avoiding the references many of our themed curricula have to things like newspaper carriers or... 
by April Jurgensen | Sep 11, 2017 | Orphan Care Issues, Prayer
** If you’re looking for “Your Measure of Forgiveness, please click here** Give us today our daily bread- Matt. 6:11 (NIV) I haven’t always appreciated this line in The Lord’s Prayer the way I do today. I mean, I’ve understood since childhood that to ask... 
by April Jurgensen | Jul 31, 2017 | Orphan Care Issues, Prayer
For me, there’s no more difficult concept to discuss with an orphan than that of God’s will. Imagine sitting with Nikita. He remembers vividly the night his family’s apartment caught fire. The smell of smoke was already thick when his father scooped him up into his... 
by April Jurgensen | Jul 5, 2017 | Orphan Care Issues, Prayer
Are you a list maker? I am. I’m one of those weirdos who gets a charge out of making a to-do list for the day and triumphantly striking items off as they’re completed. Sometimes, mid-morning, I’ll even write “shower” on the list and cross it out as something I’ve... 