Missions
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#selfies with jerry
One of the many highlights of the #AfricaWH blogger trip for me was meeting Jerry. He's an orphan living at Destiny Villages of Hope in Uganda, thanks to Operation Baby Rescue (a World Help initiative). After watching this video about his story, I think meeting...
i didn’t make myself an orphan (reflections from #AfricaWH day four)
Today was a one of the most difficult and most anticipated days for me on this trip. It was difficult because I knew I'd be visiting the Kigali Genocide Museum. It's a memorial built to help Rwanda (and the world) never forget the tragic history that resulted in...
what it means to leave a legacy (reflections from #AfricaWH day three)
I've thought a lot today about legacy. We went to a service this morning in Kampala at a church plant started by some pretty special people. These young men and women were all former Children of the World choir members. Each of them participated in the World Help...
if we don’t, then who will? (reflections from #AfricaWH day one)
I think I came in to our agenda for today expecting a huge God-moment. You know the kind I'm talking about. That moment when it feels like the entire revelation of God's will for the whole world just pours out on you. It's that moment you end up pointing back to...
6 ways to ruin a mission trip
[serialposts]The above picture captures how you feel. Excited, excited, excited! People, you are going on a mission trip. You prayed. You planned. You raised support money. You researched all possible facts about your destination. You met with your mission group....
bless the mamas
[serialposts]They mother the motherless, the mamas in this orphan village. The team that traveled to Jeremie, Haiti, the month before us went specifically to love on them. The photo of women washing the feet of women who wash feet nearly undid me. These mamas carry...
may = month of missions
[serialposts]Summer is only one flip of the calendar page away, and you know what that means: beach days, icy lemonade, water fun, and mission trips. Churches everywhere are preparing to send teams of people out on summer mission trips, and for the month of May,...
the whisper that changed my life
I woke up feeling the cool breeze of the Guatemalan morning. It was refreshing as my heart had been wrecked beyond what I could imagine the days previous. Walking around the Guatemala City Dump community the previous day had left me feeling overwhelmed. My mind...
is it enough?
Sophonie, she scratches words on peach-colored concrete with a sliver of yellow chalk. She points to them and then to herself. "God. Me. Father. Mother." I brim and pull her close. "Yes. God. He's your father and your mother." And He's enough. Jeffrey's fifteen, he...
christmas and the heart of giving
[serialposts]I've thought a lot about Christmas gift giving lately. It's something that weighs heavy on my mind now. Maybe it's because I know it'll be a pretty light year here in the King household. Between losing my job of 13 years just a few months ago, and...
ready or not
I've had months to get ready. But I'm not ready. I google "animals in Haiti," "birds in Haiti," "snakes in Haiti." and "Haitian culture." I immerse myself in Flickr'ed blue and red and green and pink gingerbread architecture and cough from dust rising in YouTube...
the @helponenow bloggers guide to empowering haiti’s future
[serialposts] "No education, no future. With education, dreams come true!" I discovered these words scribbled in chalk on a door while visiting a very poor community during a recent mission trip. It's a statement that's stuck with me as I've visited other...
together, our stories change things: #powerofwe
[serialposts]I've really been having a tough time holding it together over the past week. Even as I sit here a few days after my return home, drinking my Rebo (Haitian Coffee), my eyes fill with tears as I think about the work I've done. I saw first-hand how...