13Jul
Ready to learn!
These children from New Hope Orphanage in Nepal are smiling because they can now go to school, thanks to gifts to Orphan’s Tear. In March, […]
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12Jul
My Buddy Alejandra [Final Mexico Blog]
The photo above is of Alejandra Aguirre Olivares, a little girl who lives with Jason and Nicole Fitzpatrick and everyone else at “The Village.” […]
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10Jul
The Fitzpatrick Fam [Mexico Trip]
Jason and Nicole Fitzpatrick with their two children, Sed and Jasmine Today will be my second-to-last blog from Mexico. Thanks for letting me share […]
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Several PIG Blessings!
Daniel and the pigs are smiling at Love and Mercy Shelter! I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the above photo. It sure does […]
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09Jul
Lourdis Carries On [Mexico Trip]
Widow Lourdis Ortega Morales with two of her four children, Joselin and Jonatan, in front of their home Today I visited widow Lourdis Ortega […]
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06Jul
Another Life Saved [Mexico Trip]
Josephina Lopez Ojeda with her husband, Roberto Morales Cruz, and 3 of their 7 children, in front of their simple house. The door on […]
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05Jul
A Visit with Irasema [Mexico Trip]
Irasema and her father today I first met Irasema when I was visiting Mexico missionaries Jason and Nicole Fitzpatrick in September of 2008. Irasema […]
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01Jul
Jonah and His Fish
Sonny Cung Luai handed in his resignation at the orphanage where he'd served for five years. The job had turned out to be much more difficult than he'd originally imagined, and he and his wife, Biak, had had enough. They moved out, and found a tiny bamboo house to rent where they could think of what to do next. Whatever it would be, it wouldn't be taking care of orphans. "Jonah" was on the run.
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01Jul
Seconds from Eternity
"I love you." With those words, Ashok ended the most difficult letter he'd ever written. His wife, Lakshi, would read it soon after his suicide. Ashok's poignant farewell was no pretense. He loved Lakshi deeply and would do anything for her. Several years earlier she had developed chronic bleeding—like the biblical woman healed when she touched Jesus' robe. Desperate to find a cure for the love of his life, Ashok spent all he had on doctors, medicines, and Hindu idols. None helped. Lakshi grew steadily weaker.
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01Jul
The Bachelorette
She's 22 years old. She's beautiful. She's a hard worker. She's an excellent cook. She comes from a great family. She's single. What young man in Karnal, India wouldn't want her to be his wife? The answer: not one. Polio, a crippling disease that has been eradicated from most of the world, claimed Monica when she was a baby, making her legs useless. She has never walked.
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