Staff Blog

Another day in the books! In the morning we did some home visits while a couple of the team members drove to another community to visit some of their sponsor children. In the afternoon the sky let loose and down poured, so we weren’t able to go to the school for sponsor visits like...

Today was our first full day in El Mirador, and wow what an incredible day! We started off the morning with home visits and construction. The construction project for the week is a home renovation. The home belongs to relatives of the Travers families sponsor child, so they enjoyed having that...

The team has arrived safely! Everyone’s doing great; healthy and hopeful for the week ahead. We met our translators for the week, and we are in good hands! Today will mostly be about meeting the community and settling in. Stay tuned for more updates, and keep the team in prayer throughout...

Follow the journey of our global team in El Mirador, Dominican Republic.    Day 1 What started at 4AM in the airport in Worcester ended with us finally arriving in El Mirador to a swarm of kids just before 7:30PM. It was a surprisingly exciting drive as a large chunk of the drive is...

Everyone has a starting point.  We'd like to think we started in the middle of things, but we didn't. We had small beginnings. We became who we are step by step, putting things together: information, experiences, love, growth. It's a process, and it can be tough and confusing and weird and...

Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. (Ephesians 2:20) Hello Harbor! It’s hard to believe it, but here it is: 2017 is already coming to a close and 2018 is already on the horizon. It’s hard...

“Any man can be a father, it takes someone special to be a dad!” I have a small wooden block in my office with this quote on it. It was Father’s Day gift from one of my children a few years back. I often glance at it when going through one challenge or another, as a small...

Racism is alive and well in the United States. There’s no denying it. In case you’re tempted to say it’s “gone,” that the civil rights movement changed all that, that we are all equal, that race-based discrimination and white privilege don’t exist, all you...

There’s a children’s book called “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” that leads a family through woods, grass, a river, a snowstorm, and a cave on their way to find the ever elusive bear. As they come upon each obstacle, they realize that they can’t go over it, they...

Holy week began this past Sunday with Palm Sunday. But I went through that day without really thinking about that. Sure, I knew it on the back of my mind, but it was sitting nestled between my usual, daily obligations (getting to work on time, getting the baby fed and dressed, meetings, etc.)...