Remember when I shared about the needs at this orphanage in Haiti? Well, after much thinking and praying, I’ve made the decision to GO there and hang out with the kids some while their home is being rebuilt! Six weeks from today I’ll be spending my first full day in Port-au-Prince! While part of our...
Last night Brad and I had the opportunity to attend the This is Love Banquet hosted by Global Support Mission. It was fun to step out of my jeans and t-shirt for a night, get dressed up, and go hear about life-changing work taking place in East Africa. We hardly ever get dressed up, so...
There was once a man who lived in Port Au Prince, Haiti with his wife. Together they cared for 20 orphans. Then Tuesday, January 12, 2010 came and a catastrophic earthquake hit the poorest nation in the Americas. Among the thousands and thousands of casualties was this wife. In an instant, this man lost his...
The Ethiopian Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) has announced a proposal to decrease the number of adoptions they will process and approve—even by as much as 90%. They are planning to accomplish this decrease by limiting the number of approved cases to only 5 per working day. This change is currently set to begin on...
Look what I found in the mailbox today . . . Sometimes it’s the little gifts in life that mean so much. Not the gifts we gave him. But the gift he’s giving us. The gift of caring about someone we’ve never met face to face. The gift of learning to store up treasures in...
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I've recently become part of Compassion International's Advocate Network. I'm very excited to have the opportunity to be a voice for children in need around the world. Please email me using the Contact link to the right if you're interested in hearing about the various aspects of Compassion's ministry OR click the box below to sponsor a child!
{We sponsor Umalu in Uganda, and I refer to him as the first little boy in Africa that I ever loved!}
