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This week, I flew to Philadelphia to meet with Thomas Tapeh, the starting fullback with the Philadelphia Eagles. What an amazing guy! He’s from Liberia, Africa and has an incredible heart for orphans and poor children. In 2008, Children’s HopeChest will partner with Thomas to do a shoe drive for orphans in Liberia and Uganda.…

We just took gift boxes of Saints Coffee to all the kids teachers at school. A mug, the Christmas blend, and the new Cinnamon Sticky Bun. They loved getting this kind of a Christmas gift because of the card inside that says, "You’ve just helped to feed 3 orphans for a month by receiving this…

We just got this report from our team in Swaziland about Christmas Celebrations in Swaziland…we’ll post more information as they send it to us. This short report is from Kriek Gerber: Total chaos! About 400 – 450 children showed up [for the Christmas celebrations]. We tried to count them; there were about 400, but then…

Of course we are all saddened by the events of this weekend. Many of our close friends were at the church when this occurred. Around 1:00 pm on Sunday, a lone shooter fired shots in the New Life Church parking lot. He then proceeded into the foyer where he was gunned down by a female…

This past month, Children’s HopeChest sent Samantha Kerr on a 3-week trip to Uganda, Swaziland, and South Africa. She was able to attend a Christmas celebration with Pastor Frank Harawa and the orphans of the Luganda Community in Durban. We only met Frank about a month ago, and 5 for 50 is proud to partner…

Are you looking for a gift that ‘gives back’ this Christmas? Saint’s Coffee, has gift packs for the holidays with new, double lined stainless steel tumblers. Not only are your friends getting great coffee, they’re also feeding orphans in Africa! Also, check out the two new blends St. Nicholas Blend and Cinnamon Sticky Bun. The…

The twelve days of Christmas is here. Our first stop is Ethiopia, one of the oldest countries on the planet. It is unique in that it has never been colonized by outside powers (except a short attempt by the Italians). Ethiopians trace their heritage back to Menelik–the son of the Queen of Sheba and King…

This October, a container of 243,000 meals arrived in Swaziland received by our staff. They loaded up the truck with boxes of fortified rice and soy protein and headed out to the carepoints.   The photos here are just a small taste of the huge impact that 5 for 50 is having. Every time we…

This is sick, sick, sick. World AIDS day is on December 1st, and if the story does anything, it should spur you to action. Do something! Pray, join 5 for 50, buy Saint’s coffee – Coffee that fights poverty. If this doesn’t wake us up, what will? An 11-month-old baby girl has died in eastern…

I was interviewed today on, "Along the Way ," a radio program out of Minneapolis hosted by Kim Jeffries. If you would like to listen to or download the podcast, click here and look for Tom Davis, author of Red Letters. For those of you who don’t know, World AIDS Day, is coming up on…
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