There are so many people who serve behind the scenes. Last week our team brought you some of them as we highlighted National Volunteer Week. In my role I often get to see the tireless efforts of people no one knows about, but we depend on daily. Many of them would have it no other [...]

Tags: Africa, aids, forgotten voices, hope, nate shaffer, orphans, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog | No Comments »

Sometimes I have this tension before sharing about the deep love of our God, poured out to our world through the ministry of Forgotten Voices. Our ministry is “demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ by equipping local churches to meet the physical & spiritual needs of children orphaned by AIDS in their communities.” Through serving [...]

Tags: forgotten voices, orphans, Ryan Keith, trust, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: Confessions of a Nonprofit Leader, General Blog, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog, Travel Blog | 1 Comment »

  We are safely in South Africa.  Uneventful flight. Paul slept 5 hrs and I slept about 3, worse than when I brought my 1 yr old. I must be too rested for the trip, as I usually sleep 6 or 7. Crazy. I may be meeting 2 classmates from Harvard. One just moved here [...]

Tags: forgotten voices, hope, pain, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Keith Family in Africa, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog, Travel Blog | No Comments »

Greetings from JFK Airport in New York. Paul and I depart in less than 2 hours. We are excited and anxious to get started. Our flight will last 15 hours and 20 min if all goes smoothly, a direct flight from JFK to Johannesburg, South Africa. We will then jump on a short 2 hour [...]

Tags: forgotten voices, Ryan Keith, travel, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Keith Family in Africa, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog, Travel Blog | 1 Comment »

I present a woman I call Grace* (renamed for lots of good reasons), who shares her story of life as a widow and a word of thanks to her local church. “Grace” is one of 75 women who have graduated from a sewing school run by a local church in Ndola that Forgotten Voices is [...]

Tags: Africa, aids, forgotten voices, hope, love, orphans, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: Confessions of a Nonprofit Leader, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog | 1 Comment »

Earlier today I wrote about prayer, inspired by my time with a Sunday school class called Cornerstone. There, I promised to circulate a video about an incredible guy named, Keegan, who I still haven’t had the pleasure to meet. Enjoy this video! -Ryan Meet Keegan. He grew out his beard all year to raise money [...]

Tags: Africa, aids, beard, forgotten voices, hope, keegan, love, nervosity, orphans, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog | 1 Comment »

Two years ago today, my grandpa Keith passed away. His name was Isam and he was awesome! Big muscles, great laugh, and the man good dance all night. Our family daily misses him, but likely no one misses him more than my grandma. Join me in praying for my grandma, Willene Keith. Pray that our [...]

Tags: action, Africa, aids, forgotten voices, Isam, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog | No Comments »

Her name is Prudence. When I met her in January 2005, her eyes peered up at me. She couldn’t talk and she couldn’t walk. She was just 3 at the time, a frail, injured child with big eyes. I’ll never forget those eyes. I didn’t know what to do or say, but a friend of [...]

Tags: Africa, aids, forgotten voices, hope, love, orphans, Prudence, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog | No Comments »

Lesson 7: Poverty Roots (scripture to ground/root you) Proverbs 19:17 (NIV): Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. Trunk (foundational thoughts or activities) It is not uncommon for people in Zimbabwe and Zambia to eat around 3pm as their only meal of [...]

Tags: aids, Bible Study, forgotten voices, poverty, ten together, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Ten Together Blog | No Comments »

For those who have been reading our blog, you know that I’ve had a previous eye-opening experience at Tea Time with my 1 year old daughter, Avery. What you should also know is that Avery and I have tea at least daily. She loves serving tea. Avery is also a fan of equality. Anything that [...]

Tags: Africa, aids, forgotten voices, hope, love, orphans, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog, Ryan's Blog, Ten Together Blog | 2 Comments »