Almost There
After more than 26 hours of travel, Joe Knittig and Adrien Lewis should be touching down in Uganda right now. They left yesterday for two weeks in Africa. Our Nashville friends from Longhollow Baptist Church are with […]
Growing Hope for Haiti
Earlier this year, after the earthquake struck Haiti, students of Arundel Elementary and Middle School in Baltimore, MD expressed interest in helping with the disaster relief. Soon after, the school introduced the ‘Growing Hope for Haiti’ campaign. The students […]
What does it take to leave a group of worldly doctors awe-struck?
Jimmy Dodd recently forwarded this 8-minute NPR interview which features a team US medical professionals serving in post-quake Haiti. Like many American perceptions of the Third World, it opens with darkness. Widespread pain and poverty threaten to […]
It Only Takes 10
Brothers John and Bill Snyder found The Global Orphan Project by accident and soon after made an earthquake relief trip to Haiti. When they returned to the states, John’s shared his experience with friends. […]
No Chance Meetings. No wasted days.
Earlier this summer, Alan Dietrich had a medical meeting in Haiti, which we hoped would help orphaned children receive more care. During the day, a brief comment was made about a prosthetics facility for amputees. “That’s a […]
You will know the truth and the truth will set you free, John 832
Around the 4th of July, we tend to think about freedom, and rightly so. Our Founding Fathers understood freedom. They knew freedom costs something. They knew that freedom is not doing whatever we want, whenever we […]
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves
“Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8-9
Neva Bartelt is nine years old. She lives in Lenexa with her parents and two little brothers, Lincoln and Rowan. A year ago […]
"Encouraging" Doesn't Do Justice
Last year, despite a weak economy, American businesses gave more to charities than they did in 2008. That’s encouraging, but the word “encouraging” simply doesn’t do justice to what is going on at one St. Louis-based insurance company.
In […]
House of Hope Goes to Haiti
The House of Hope, a residential facility for troubled girls in Kansas City, helps heal the hearts of teens in need. But recently, the House of Hope girls turned the tables by helping heal the hearts of GO Project […]
As it should be
Six weeks ago, I was visiting with my friend, Pastor Joseph Kesnel. Joseph is Haitian. He grew up poor in a large family raised by a single mom. As a young man, he found a way […]