Post Theme: God’s Provision for the 2018 Backpacks. When Things Seem Impossible Last week, I sat in the FTN office completely overwhelmed. A week and a half earlier, we looked at our list of children needing school supplies. We also looked at our budget and the response we’d had of people wanting to pitch in …
Post Theme: A personal glimpse – I want to call you Mama. Flies swarmed all around me, their never-ending buzzing sending a tickling sensation across the back of my neck. The scent of warm manure and sour milk drifted in on the hot breeze that blew through the open doors and mingled with the smell …
Post theme: A Father’s Day Call to Valor The story is told of a little baby who was born and abandoned. She was left in a field, unwashed and uncared for. No one wrapped her in a blanket or held her close in those first precarious moments of life. People passed by. They saw …
Post Theme: Learning and Praying Together – Ministry Update, March 2018 “And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said… And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. …Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I …
2018 is off and running! It seems time moves faster every day. This year, things got off to an unexpected start at FTN. While it certainly wasn’t without its stresses, it has been a joy to see God show Himself Strong. In January, we received word that StateFund would be conducting a standard, end-of-the-first-year audit. …
Year in Review It’s that time of year when we step back and look at all God has done while, at the same time, looking forward to what He is about to do. Last year, was a busy year at Forbid Them Not, starting in March with the Forum on Fatherlessness. We are so grateful …
Everyone has a story. Each story consists of challenges and successes. Sometimes situations we cannot control determine our stories. At other times, our choices clearly write every line. This is one of those times. The choice we make will determine the pages that follow. Over the last few weeks, we’ve shared stories from single moms, …
What difference does orphan care make? What difference can you make? How could taking one orphan under your wing really matter in the long run? Well, it mattered in Persia many years ago. In fact, it saved a nation from the evil plans of their enemies. Imagine losing your parents, being torn away from your …
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 Just as we are to go into our Jerusalem and our Judea, we are to go to the uttermost parts of the earth. (Acts 1:8). The Green Bean Project has allowed FTN to do that …
Samaria was not the vacation destination of choice for the Jews. In fact, the Jews had “no dealings with the Samaritans.” (John 4:9) The disdain between the two peoples was longstanding and much of it truly was rooted in the sinful practices in which the Samaritans had engaged over the years. The Jews saw themselves …
