Author Archives: Nola B
Soul Food
The folks at Elohim Christian School let us know how much they appreciate our help to feed their students in the very poor area of Arequipa, Peru: “The children have a nutritious cup of avena (porridge) cooked with fruit, which is served at 10.15 am. This means that those children who have come to school … Continue reading
Franklin
When Franklin’s single mom died of cancer, his grandmother took him to a neighbor’s house – and never returned. Eventually Social Services placed him at Arms of Love. A home for orphaned and vulnerable children, Arms of Love provides a family-style home (one for boys, one for girls) with house parents and a wholesome environment, … Continue reading
Great News from Guyana!
The kids I met at the Ruimsvelt Children’s Home & Care Center in Georgetown, Guyana were a happy bunch—normal, well-adjusted kids from tots to teens. You’d never know they were all either affected or infected by AIDS. I got to know a set of siblings there who I’ll call Sandy and Roger (not their real … Continue reading
Faith in Action
You’d never know it by looking at her now, but not so long ago Edah and her family were in dire straits. Her father died, leaving her mother and two older brothers with no income. Her mom did not know enough about her rights as a widow, and the family’s house and property in the … Continue reading
Remembering
When Cross International was launched more than a decade ago in South Florida, we began the majority of our overseas ministry in Haiti—only 90 minutes from Florida’s shore, yet the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Today we continue to work with many of the same partners we first sponsored in those fledgling years. Together … Continue reading
Defining Success
I’ve been pondering a bittersweet update from the director of a home-based health care project in Zambia, where the majority of “clients” (patients) suffer from AIDS. Volunteer caregivers from the community give the clients medicine to help boost their immune systems and push back the disease’s onslaught. The medicine comes free from the Zambian government; … Continue reading
Christian Light Foundation
Here’s an excerpt from a newsletter written by Kathy Brooks, a colleague of our ministry partner, Emory Wilson, founder of the Christian Light Foundation in Gonaives, Haiti, where Cross is helping build homes: This past weekend we had a gathering of people in the mountains of Haiti…The gathering helped us to step back and look … Continue reading
Got a Quarter?
If you were homeless and hungry and all you had was a quarter, what would you do with it? Well, an outreach to those who live on the streets of Manila, Philippines, offers the homeless (among other things) a way to turn chump change into a steady livelihood: Water. Kaibigan (Friend) Community Center has several … Continue reading
Reptile Surprise
Here’s a delightful excerpt from a letter we received from our ministry partner Annie Chikhwaza, who runs Kondanani Children’s Village in Malawi: Good news for Kondanani! Our laboratory is ready. The children love it but…..the other day there was a real bad smell in the school area. At first we thought the gardener had put … Continue reading
