After years of dealing with the old managers, trust me, I’m cynical “Nursing moms and newborns are the people I do battle for. So when I showed up at the apartment Thursday morning, Kelsi and I were pretty upset. There were workers out there getting stuff done, but a note in each resident’s door said [...]
The Man Who Walked into the Hornet’s Nest: a story of love found in the most unlikely place
Colorado retirees return to India to help victimized girls
Giving up comfort, retirement to give girls in India a Second Chance Don and Janice Hughes of Breckenridge, Colo., were looking forward to retirement. After doing investigative work in South Asia helping identify girls caught up in the sex trade industry, they were ready for a change of pace. But life back in the States [...]
A Bridge to Renewed Faith
Running Away from the Fear and Pain “Whoa!” my nine-year-old son, Collin, said, staring up at the Mile-High Swinging Bridge, which connected the twin peaks of Grandfather Mountain. “Will we feel it move when we walk on it?” He was wide-eyed with excitement. I wished I was the same. The shiver I felt wasn’t from [...]
What a Hard-Working Person Can Do
“It’s 5 a.m., in the midst of complete darkness, and members of the Pentecostal Church of God in Batey Magdalena are gathered in one of the dusty streets of this sugarcane-cutting community. Worshiping the Lord, they pray for spiritual healing for their people. Claudio, now a civil engineering graduate through our Leadership Development Program, is [...]
Girls Who Risk Their Lives for Education-NY Times
“Almost unnoticed, one of the great civil rights struggles of our times is being fought out in our midst. Across the Indian subcontinent, in Afghanistan and in Africa, supporters of universal girls’ education are being threatened, assaulted, bombed and murdered. Within the past two weeks alone, a 41-year-old teacher was gunned down 200 meters from her all-girls [...]
How to react in the aftermath of Boston: no room for fear
The following post is from Ken Davis, one of the country’s most sought after inspirational speakers. Are you unsure of how to react in the face of terrorist attacks? Has Boston changed the way you live? Well maybe you should reconsider your response. In this blog post, Ken shows that when you’ve encountered the love [...]
Shout Out! Home of Hope, Bangalore, India
Last week, we had a few stories from Raja’s Home of Hope in Bangalore, India. The stories from the home were absolutely incredible and we wanted to give the home a little more publicity. Serving the poorest of the poor, the outcast of India, is Raja’s calling, and he lives everyday providing a home and [...]
Unlikely Heroes
WWII Couple Saves Children with LOVE>FEAR “A Jewish couple sat in their elegant dining room and charted a daring mission that, nearly 75 years later, sounds like a far-fetched movie plot. Gilbert Kraus was a handsome business lawyer who favored pinstriped suits and wingtip shoes. His beautiful wife, Eleanor, loved to shop for fancy hats [...]
India’s untouchables find a touch of hope
Raja’s Home of Hope “A child died during the night. The next morning Auto T. Raja lays a clean white sheet on the floor of an empty room in the Children’s Hostel and places the frail, spent body on it. He cleans dried spittle from her mouth, straightens her clothing and then cradles the body while [...]
North Carolina businessman takes risks for the Gospel in Central Asia
‘No foreigners beyond this point’ “‘No foreigners beyond this point,’ reads the sign in a remote area of a Central Asian country. Paul Hart* notices it just as the motorcycle he is riding blows past. ‘They knew I was a foreigner,’ the 48-year-old entrepreneur recalls. ‘Foreigners are the only ones who wear helmets.’ Fortunately for [...]