Tag - orphans

Sharon Wins the Day

It’s a little past midnight here and we’ve wrapped up our day. There’s much we could discuss. But sometimes a single story so transcends the bounds of ordinary events, that one can think of little else. […]

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The Birth of a Village: The Need and The Partner

Dear Trace, Adrien, and Joe,
As you know, I’m in Kabale at the moment. Today we visited the proposed site for the expansion of the Kabale ministry…The Bishop met with Obed and several others and they discussed many options and […]

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An abandoned woman, an orphan and a simple decision to say YES

Marsha Campbell, Uganda
Jane, from Nebbi-Town, Uganda, like thousands of women in Africa, found herself abandoned and struggling to support herself and orphaned three year old Dennis. Committed to addressing the plight of abandoned women and orphaned children in Africa, […]

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Kyotera kids

Here’s one more quick pic… Diton clowning with a bunch of the Kyotera kids. Thumbs up.

Kyotera Kids with Pastor Diton
Tomorrow, we head to a new village to be in Mbira, and then on to Kabale in SW Uganda […]

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Christ's transformational love

Pastor Diton said that God’s using the church to demonstrate Christ’s transformational love. To explain, he introduces me to Stephen. Here’s a pic of Diton with Stephen.
Steven and Pastor Diton
Stephen lost both parents to AIDS. He […]

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On the move in Africa!

Today, I’m in Uganda. I’m here with Adrien and the Long Hollow Church leadership. We arrived late last night, and drove to Masaka this morning. We spent the day at Kyotera Village, one of our children’s […]

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Welcoming More Children

Pastor Moise Vaval, Live from Haiti:
This week, we welcome 20 more children into the village. All of them missing a mother or father; only three of them have parents but are among the neediest. They are coming […]

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Connecting with Kids

Trace Thurlby, Live from Haiti
Meet Joseph Volcy. His father died when he was 10; his mother 5 years later. At 15, he lived by himself, worked, and went to school. He taught himself english by “having conversations with myself.”
He’s […]

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Hope in Haiti

Trace Thurlby, Live from Haiti
Can life change in six weeks? We know it can. Decisions become moments. Moments build into momentum, and life turns. We experience it personally. Haiti is experiencing it now.
It’s been six […]

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