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Thursday morning, our first meeting was with a young woman about my age who, for safety reasons, I’ll identify as L. We met her outside in the middle of the city, where she hopped in our van. I immediately liked her. She was intelligent and witty, and when we asked her where we should go for our meeting, she directed us toward a cafe in a nice part of town

Being in a country where 30,000 women have literally disappeared is hard to describe. There are over 250 brothels in the capital city of Chisinau and one of the greatest targets for sex-trafficking are girls who leave the orphanages. Yet, this is a country filled with secrecy. You don’t see hundreds of young women walking on [...]

The Christian church owes an apology to the 25 million individuals in our world currently infected with HIV/AIDS. Those of us who claim to follow Christ’s teachings should be ashamed for what little we’ve done to help the countless millions of women, children and orphans who have died or are dying. Entire nations are going up [...]

Today I’m pleased to welcome back my friend Jedd Medefind, president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) who is guest blogging today. On April 29-30, 2010, CAFO will hold Summit VI, the premier gathering of orphan care advocates and organizations. If you have not registered to attend, you can still do that. When you [...]

Meet the speakers of Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Summit VI, which will be held at Minneapolis, MN on April 29-30. Summit has become the national focal point for Christians committed to adoption, foster care and global orphan care ministry.

HopeChest’s First Sponsored Orphanage in Haiti. The staff at Children’s HopeChest has been praying to find the right role that the organization will play in response to the earthquake in Haiti. Doors have opened and HopeChest is thankful for Telecom Decision Makers, Inc., for being the organization’s first sponsor in Haiti.  HopeChest’s goal is to start [...]

Award winning author Lisa Samson has a new book out called Love Mercy: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey from the American Dream to the Kingdom of God - and you have to read it! Lisa and her daughter, Ty, came with me on a trip to Swaziland, Africa two years ago. This book is about [...]

This just kills me. This means there are a lot more cases unreported. Please, please pray with us and send this to your friends to pray too. There’s still so much work to do in Swaziland. This comes from our Country Director’s blog - Jumbo and Kriek. We have seen great progress in Ministry here in [...]

According to data provided by UNAIDS, the longer a girl in Swaziland stays in school, the less likely she is to have sex before age 18. How likely? Girls who make it to university or "tertiary" education have less than 20% likelihood of having their first sexual encounter before age 18. For girls with no education: over 80%. 4 in 5 girls with no education are exposed to sex before age 18.

Registration is now open for the Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Summit VI in Minneapolis, MN! Summit has become the national focal point for Christians committed to adoption, foster care and global orphan care ministry.  Join organizational leaders, grassroots advocates, pastors, and ministry entrepreneurs that share your passion.  Encounter the unparalleled hub of orphan ministry partnership, networking [...]