June 11, 2018
We’ve seen children who once lived on the streets become happy and secure in loving homes. We’ve seen house parents shed tears of gratitude when a bill is paid. We’ve seen institutionalized infants come to life as they experience healing touch. And you, though your prayers, make it all possible.
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.
February 26, 2018
Let’s reach more orphans for Christ in 2018 than ever before
December 4, 2017
But you know what? I enjoyed it so thoroughly that I’ve decided to ditch the rule forever.
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 31, 2017
I can’t fix the world. But I can show my neighbors that God’s kingdom looks very different from the one we live in.
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.
August 3, 2016
For years, my desire to evangelize was very people-driven. I felt sorry for those who didn’t have peace about eternity as well as those who faced the trials of this life without the comfort of knowing that Someone loving, Someone all-powerful, Someone wise was in control.
August 7, 2015
Dear friend of orphans: My husband and daughter are preparing to hike a stretch of the Appalachian Trail. As they gather equipment and portable snacks, we […]
September 9, 2014
An update from Megan:
August 1, 2014
- An update from Megan on the field in India:
