Advent Church Partnerships: A Missions Focus
We at Food for the Hungry (FH) love this time of year, because we have so many opportunities to engage in Advent church partnerships. For missions-minded pastors, parents, grandparents, and students alike, there’s extra Advent joy in helping others. No doubt about it, this year will be different due to the global pandemic. Everyone’s looking […]
Amalia’s Story Update: New Mother Reflects on the Impact of Child Sponsorship
The Impact of Child Sponsorship: From Sponsored Child to Staff to New Mother When FH staff member Amalia was a little girl living with her family in Guatemala, she remembers how “friends” would visit her class at school, bringing stickers, playing games, and singing songs of hope and joy. Her teachers would instruct the class: […]
Guatemala Response: Love in the Time of…Coronavirus?
Paola Cardona is the Communications Coordinator for FH Guatemala, based in Guatemala City. On March 6, the government of Guatemala declared a state of public calamity because of COVID-19. All companies, except those dedicated to food supply and health, had to close their doors to avoid massive infections. Churches, shopping malls, businesses, and organizations including […]
Once Living in Fear: Guatemalan Mother Leader Transforms Community
“There Was Only Sadness” Marta, a volunteer mother leader from Chio, Guatemala, is a fighter. Not with her fists, but with prayer and brightly-colored booklets that she carries from house to house in her community. As a 64-year-old mother of nine, she is also a survivor of a violent marriage. Her alcoholic husband died 14 […]
Celebrate Fall with These Global Hot Drink Recipes
Hello, fall! It’s October now, and in North America, that means cooler weather! One of Food for the Hungry’s (FH) U.S. offices is located in Phoenix, Arizona. Even here in the desert, the temperatures are finally dropping. It feels like the whole city is breathing a collective sigh of relief as we venture outside of […]
How Intergenerational Learning Led Me to K-Drama
I’ve spent 20 years in school, all the way up to an MBA, and did well in classroom settings. But right now, I’m really loving learning through intergenerational learning — where my peers of all ages are my teachers, and the laptop and TV my textbooks. A recent news article caught my eye about Asian girls getting […]
God’s Story: How Clean Water Reveals the Kingdom of God
This post is the second in a series on God’s Story, the Foundation for FH’s Work in Relief and Development. You’re invited to follow the series, starting with the first post. You can read the next post in this series here. For as long as Maria could remember, her community had lacked clean water. She […]
