New Beginnings: Supporting Venezuelan Refugees in Lima
In 2016, I was zipping across Lima, Peru in brightly-colored mototaxis, visiting various savings groups as part of a microfinance project I was serving with. Under the same gray skies, thousands of Venezuelan refugees were seeking new beginnings in their new home country. Soon, there was a visible difference. They stood on street corners selling […]
Ending Poverty Together: Appreciating the Beauty of the Present Moment
A Rushed Life Our newest Ending Poverty Together story highlights a practice we should all lean into during this unprecedented and uncertain time — appreciating the beauty of the present moment. Before many of us began social distancing and quarantine measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, our lives were jam-packed and busy with to-do […]
God’s Story: Jesus at the Center
This post is the tenth 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. You can read the next post in this series here. Trinidad had four small children when she separated from their father, who had physically and verbally […]
Going Abroad? 5 Tips to Make the Most of Your International Travel
Do you have a medical mission to Uganda coming up? Are you visiting your sponsored child in the Dominican Republic? Does your church partner with Food for the Hungry (FH) to sponsor an entire community in a place like Indonesia as they rise up out of poverty? Regardless of where you’re going or what draws you […]
Taste The World: Causa [Peru]
Food is pretty great, am I right? Food is one area I’ve always loved to be adventurous, because what could go wrong? (Mind you, I’ve never had food poisoning so “knock on wood”) It’s cool because you can learn so much about a person by simply looking at what they eat. If you saw what […]
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 […]
