Each year, as we begin the Green Bean Project, we set our primary focus on the needs of the three overseas ministries, which the project assists. We do this because we want our primary focus to be on blessing those ministries. But, the Green Bean Project, and your part in it, has an amazing effect …
In Blessing I will Bless Thee – Green Bean Project 2019 It’s that time of year again! As we set out on this year’s Green Bean Project, I have prayed much about where to focus. In the past we’ve focused on the Great Commission. We’ve focused on Giving a Gift to Christ. I had a …
Post Theme: Backpacks for Kids “There are three stages to every great work of God…impossible…difficult…done.” Hudson Taylor I sat down to write this over two weeks ago, but was interrupted before I got very far. I think God let it get delayed because He simply wasn’t done yet! If you follow us on Facebook, then …
Post Theme: Christmas in July It’s shortly after mid-night. My alarm will go off in four hours and fifty-five minutes. I should be asleep. Instead, I’ve been lying awake, staring at the ceiling with weeping heart and racing mind. Things have been busy the past few weeks. But tonight the chaos dissolved into background noise. …
As 2018, grows smaller in the rearview mirror and 2019 rushes on, we rejoice at God’s amazing works! We never really know where a year might take us, but God does! A Year of Growing Last year, was a year of growing in ways we weren’t expecting. We started the year with many unexpected, time-consuming …
I remember thinking as a teenager, “It’s beautiful to give gifts to each other at Christmas, to remind each of us of the gift we have been given. But what about a gift for Christ? What do I give Him?” That thought has followed me through every Christmas since: What is my gift for Christ …
Post Theme: The Unspeakable Gift Often in our hurried culture, we hear people talking about their dread for the busyness of the Christmas season. People say they can’t wait until Christmas is over. They talk about how Christmas is just another commercialized holiday. Others dread Christmas shopping or the pressure to finish making their gifts. …
Post Theme: Fill A Sock For Christ Do you have any orphan socks? Well, don’t throw them away just yet. We’ve found a really good use for them. In fact, your orphan sock could change the world for a whole bunch of people. In 2010, I was in Kenya helping a group of school children …
Every year, the red buckets and ringing bells come out. The advertisements, the pleas, and the opportunities to give overwhelm us. Knowing where to give, how our investment will be spent, and what the goal of each project is can be confusing—daunting even. This is one reason we’re so careful about how we approach the …
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 …
