Evidences of God’s Everlasting Love–2021 Green Bean Project How deeply do you know God’s Everlasting Love? What evidences of it have you seen in your life, your family, and your ministry? This year, we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Green Bean Project, and we can’t help but reflect on the ways we have …
2021 Backpacks Update
Theme: 2021 Backpacks Update God is so good. Thank you all so much for being part of the 2021 Backpacks For Kids. We were able to deliver all of the bags just in time for the first day of school! We were also able to include some coloring books on forgiveness and a set of …
2021 Backpacks for Kids
Theme: 2021 Backpacks for Kids Can you believe August is nearly here? And with August comes the school year and Backpacks for Kids! Since 2017, FTN has provided backpacks and school supplies for children in our community. We select these children carefully and prayerfully. This year we have chosen to focus on a smaller group …
Green Bean Project 2020 Update
When I think back over this year’s Green Bean Project, I am amazed at what God has done. We weren’t sure what to expect for the 2020 Green Bean Project because the year itself had been so different in so many ways. But we knew God would be faithful—and He was! As you probably know …
The Weary World Rejoices
The Weary World Rejoices: 2020 Green Bean Project In the famous Christmas Carol O Holy Night, the songwriter wrote “Long lay the world in sin and error pining.” This is a feeling our world has been familiar with in 2020. We have seen sin, sadness, and sorrow. We have seen people in the streets with …
Kenya and Masks
Post Theme: Kenya Trip Update and Masks In our last update, we mentioned plans to return to Kenya in May. That, of course, was before the coronavirus pandemic. Like so many others making enormous decisions during this season, we’ve spent a lot of time praying. We’ve been in touch with the Sangs as well as …
Returning to Kenya
Kenya 2020 “O Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” Psalm 34:8 We’re nearly a third of the way into this new year, and so much has taken place around us. At the end of 2019, someone asked me about the possibility of visiting one of …
2019 Green Bean Project Report
2019 Green Bean Project Report As we came into this year marking 10 years since FTN was born, it was tempting to focus on the past and what has (or hasn’t) been accomplished in those ten years. But the Lord made it very plain that He was going to do something new and that was …
What Will Our Story Be?
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, …
How the Great Commission Shapes the Green Bean Project
I grew up in a missionary’s home, so it’s no surprise that the verses often referred to as the Great Commission are very familiar. I grew up hearing the importance of reaching our Jerusalem, our Judea, and yes, even the uttermost parts of the earth. But that is such an enormous task! How could we …
