The U.S. and Russia are experiencing the most difficult relationships between our countries in almost 30 years. I’m continually asked how this tension is impacting the ministry of Orphan’s Tree or what I think about the Ukraine/Russia situation.
Read More“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:37–39 Have you ever been blessed with the gift of good neighbors?
Read More“What are you afraid of?”
This is a question I don't feel I ask myself often enough, a question we all face nearly every day. Or at least we should.
Read More“What are we going to do?” It was the first question I asked Doug Patterson when I met with him a little over a year ago to discuss joining the Orphan’s Tree team he was leading to Ivanovo in May 2013.I thought it was a perfectly natural question. After all, weren’t “mission trips” all about doing something? Weren’t we supposed to build things, fix things, provide things to help the people we were going to see?
Read MorePure and faultless religion is defined as looking out for widows and orphans in their time of distress. The orphans we meet in Russia need to see human love modeled for them, in personal and practical ways, to comprehend the vast love God has for them.
Read MoreIf there was one overriding thing I took out of the experience, it was a deeper appreciation for the idea that people are people, no matter where they are.
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