June 4, 2018
At this point, I didn't know that Olya was teaching Bible classes to children who still resided in the orphanage or that she was sneaking children out to go to church with her on Sundays, but I was confident that she had become a woman of peace, an ambassador of mercy.
May 7, 2018
Caring for orphans teaches us about parts of God’s heart and character we may not be able to learn any other way.
April 2, 2018
It’s in the valley that we are able to sit with orphans and share God’s love with them…and tell them we understand their questions and are hurting with them. In that valley we are together and not alone. In that valley we understand being in God’s family. In the valley God invites us to come and see his heart.
November 6, 2017
Only after the woman had left the children’s home did they discover that she was actually a member of an extreme religious group that has sparked a lot of persecution against Christians.
July 5, 2017
What would my to do list look like if God wrote it? We actually don’t have to wonder. He did.
June 15, 2017
What was the first prayer you ever prayed? This article is the first in a series walking through The Lord’s Prayer from an orphan’s perspective.
April 5, 2017
I was exhausted from vomiting and wiped out from the 100 degree heat. I tried to rest my head on the window in the backseat, but […]
March 3, 2017
God has a plan for reaching orphans, and it includes you and me. The question is: will we obey?
February 22, 2017
Last week, My husband, Jim, called to me from his office, “The eight richest people in the world hold as much wealth as the poorer half […]
January 4, 2017
When we pair our faith with deeds others can see, we demonstrate a living faith, one that is effective, inviting and life-giving.
December 1, 2016
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families,” Psalm 68:5-6a I always marvel this time […]
September 30, 2016
Have you ever watched a tiny octopus climb off your plate? Have you ever bathed in pig poop? Have you ever had your hair permed using chicken bones as curler rods? Believe it or not, I have.
September 1, 2016
Money. Most of us have a love-hate relationship with it.
