On Saturday morning I'm leaving for South Africa. This country is #1 in the number of AIDS orphans in the world with over 1.4 million. The total number of orphans is 3.4 million, a massive amount of children trying to survive without one or both parents. This is a partnership formed between Children's Hopechest and Focus on the…

Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. We'll pause and give more thought to the phenomenon of modern day slavery, but there's still a child forced into sex slavery every 2 minutes.  Explore the issue more with our friends at iEmpathize. Many of the children in the sex trade are orphans with no one to protect…

Thank you for helping to protect, defend, and care for orphans with HopeChest. Together, our supporters have helped us exceed our giving and ministry goals for our work in Russia, Swaziland, Uganda, and Ethiopia. As a quick snapshot, our year end campaign raised over $200,000 for orphan ministry in 2010…. $31,000 to stop sex trafficking…

Tomorrow I will be posting the most important thing I've ever done to help me realize my dreams and passions for a new year. There's a call on your life to make a difference only you can make. Stay tuned!  We've now received over $4,000 toward the $20,000 challenge to help orphans in Russia. We're counting…

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