We're a PovertyCure Global Network Partner

We're excited to announce that we are the newest member of the PovertyCure Global Network! PovertyCure facilitates the global conversation on poverty and equips its participants with resources that promote lasting, enterprise-based solutions that affirm the role of individuals and families in turning around their situations.

The PovertyCure Conversation emerges from a shared belief among its partners in 3 core values:

  1. Every human bears the image of God and should be treated with dignity.  They are their own best answer to whatever poverty they are facing – we’re just here to help remove obstacles to the release of their own ideas and potential.
  2. The solutions to poverty exists in the assets a community already has, the chiefs of which are human ingenuity and strong families.  Aid may bring necessary short term relief, but only unleashed human potential can sustain a region’s prosperity.
  3. Humans flourish most in environments where private property, free association and the free exchange of ideas and goods are sponsored by a culture of trust and protected by the rule of law.

We're pleased to join other well-known PovertyCure partners like Blood:Water, Hope International and Children's Hope Chest.

 

Our First ICOM

We had a wonderful time at the International Conference on Missions (ICOM) that was held in Lexington, KY over the weekend. Thousands of people from the Christian Churches (Church of Christ/Disciples of Christ) attended the conference. In addition to the booths in the exhibit hall, the conference was packed with activities, including ongoing workshops and speakers. 

This was our first ICOM appearance, and we were excited to be in a booth next to our mission partner, Waves of Mercy

We estimate well over a hundred people stopped by the booth to learn about our vocational training programs. People were so impressed to see what our students have made. Diana Ladd of Indianapolis won our apron giveaway.

Here's a few pictures of the booth and our mission partners, Larry and Diana Owen.

 

Fall 2016 Newsletter

“My life has changed because now I have a skill so I can earn money.” 

This is what Johnson, a student in our Waves of Mercy sewing program, told me when I visited his class in September. When Johnson joined the sewing program in June 2015, he had no idea how to use a sewing machine. Today, he’s making school uniforms for children in the community.  

That is the power of opportunity!

Opportunity is not universal, but we’re changing that. Thanks to our supporters, students like Johnson have opportunities to learn valuable trades that can lead to more promising, brighter futures.

I am excited to share these ministry updates with you. I pray that you will be encouraged when you see the remarkable strides our students are making in learning to sew. The Lord is doing incredible things through this ministry. Thank you for being a part of it.