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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

This post is the eleventh 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.   Joseph and Evelyn discovered that they could have clean water using natural materials that could be… Read More

When I was a child, my dad rose early in the morning, shuffled to the kitchen in well-worn slippers, and used the drip coffee pot to brew a cup of Folgers Classic Roast coffee. Those red canisters were a familiar part of my childhood, even while the taste… Read More

A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved. This is an apt truism most of the time. But climbing a ladder with the expectation of picking the choice fruit at the top of the tree won’t yield success if the ladder is leaning on the wrong tree, or against… Read More

It’s a sad statistic–nearly 13% of the children in Ethiopia have lost one or both parents. That’s one of the highest percentages in the world. And UNICEF estimates there are some 800,000 Ethiopian orphans who have lost a parent to HIV/AIDS. In places like… Read More

This post is the ninth 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. Ask any ten people for a definition of poverty, and you’re likely to get ten… Read More

When we think of poverty, physical problems usually come to mind. We think of the lack of food, housing, work and money. These are all issues that stem back to the broken relationship between mankind and God’s Creation, Read More

Thursday, June 20 is World Refugee Day. As believers, we know God has a special place in his heart for the defenseless, and that is worth honoring on such a day. We also know that we are the hands and feet of our Lord. That can be a daunting task when the… Read More

This post is the sixth 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. In the hills of northern Burundi, Joseph and Genesita rely on subsistence agriculture to feed their family. Unfortunately,… Read More

Every 15th of May, the United Nations has designated as International Day of Families. In celebration of this important part of society, we highlight these reasons why families are essential in the fight to end extreme poverty in the hard places.  Families come in… Read More