Ministry Outcomes (video)
How do you decide which of a thousand good ministries to support? Our leadership team recently participated in an international conference that focused on ways and means of helping orphans. Between meetings one day, I walked through the exhibition hall toward our Mission to Children booth. Byron, our COO, was manning our booth at the […]
Faces of Diligence
Diligence is “willingly completing the tasks I have accepted.” So what does Diligence look like to me? Here are a few of the people whose lives touched my heart last year: A young orphan thanking God for bringing her to a place of safety and diligently memorizing Scripture to share with those around her. An […]
January Character Corner: Diligence
Diligence: “Willingly completing the tasks I have accepted.” Why should we care about Diligence? Diligence pleases God. It also leads to personal satisfaction. It helps us finish what we’ve begun, and allows us to accomplish more for God’s glory. How does a person demonstrate Diligence? With Persistence, Alertness, Cautiousness, Creativity, and Thoroughness An opposite word: […]
September News
A child’s dignity is precious. Yet if a parent’s character is compromised through risky situations, that precious gift of dignity will be attacked by the highest bidder. Mission to Children’s September newsletter highlighted this problem example through a story about a girl named Maria. You can read Maria’s character scenario here. Building character is today’s […]
Resurrection Dinners are Coming Up
As I look ahead at the lives of children and adults who we have the opportunity to influence, I see the hopelessness and eternal poverty of their future without God’s intervention. Without power from Him, there is no new life for them.
Cultivating Character, Nepal, and a Motorcycle
By cultivating character in Nepal, we are helping local believers grow into their calling as Christ’s disciples.
Character Corner: Thankfulness
The extract on thankfulness is from our Character Solutions curriculum which is being taught in schools, orphanages, and churches around the world thanks to your faithful gifts and prayers.
Liberated by Christ to Love Others
Without Christlike character, a person could say all the right words and still fail to truthfully communicate God’s love; because God is love. In other words, Cultivating Christlike character is essential to effectively share the Gospel.
Smiles That Remind Us of Why We Work
A couple of youth workers thought it would be important to participate in our character formation seminar. They hope to positively affect the youth who look up to them.