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Arling is a farmer in Nicaragua living in Teocintal, a community where many farmers like him produce no more than 20 quintals of beans. At 20 quintals, or approximately 2,000 pounds of beans and corn, Arling made just enough to survive and pay rent on the… Read More

“I used to cry a lot and could see my mother crying, too. I was very scared.” 12-year old Diane used to suffer from stomach aches with intense nausea and diarrhea. She was always tired. She couldn’t play with her friends or help with any of the housework like fetching… Read More

This post is the fourteenth in a series on God’s Story, the Foundation for FH’s Work in Relief and Development. Follow the series, starting with the first post. “I hear it a lot from my family members. They say, ‘Why are you helping… Read More

When Marcella began sponsoring a child in Toro Toro, Bolivia, she was thrilled at the prospect of being able to cultivate a relationship with him through letter writing. She excitedly began writing regularly to 6-year-old Raul. Little did she know the powerful impact her words… Read More

Fetch water or eat breakfast? Use the water to bathe or wash clothes? These were the decisions Tigist and her children had to make on a daily basis because their community lacked clean water. The Past Before Clean Water Tigist and her four children live in a small… Read More

In 2019, a lot happened. We celebrated with communities that pronounced their graduation from poverty. We looked on, teary-eyed, as children met their sponsors and other children were sponsored after waiting for months. We prayed for the work that God is still doing in bringing… Read More

Not far from the magnificent Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the world’s largest religious monument in the world, there is an area where landmines of a dark past remain hidden underground. Located along the northwest border with Thailand, this corner of the country surrounded by rice paddies and forest-covered mountains… Read More

Setting New Year’s resolutions is a great tradition that helps spark positive change as we head into the new year. As many know, sometimes just one resolution can significantly impact your life. We think this impact can go even further. As we approach a new year… Read More

Prayer is one of the most powerful tools that the Holy Spirit gives us to lift up our desires, needs, and petitions to the Lord. It’s the way we learn to rely on God and say “your will, not mine, be done.” He is always faithful, and we see this… Read More

There’s more than one kind of waiting in this world. And one of my favorites is what I’ll call advent waiting. There’s the kind of irksome waiting that feels like a waste of time: Standing in line at the driver’s license office. Stuck behind a dozen… Read More