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 [...]

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Forgotten Voices is thrilled to welcome our Africa Director, Pastor Remmy Hamapande, and his beautiful wife Irene to the USA! Remmy & Irene arrived early this morning and are currently touring our nation’s capital with Forgotten Voices staff Ryan Keith and Nate Shaffer. This is a long-prayed for, long-planned visit. This is big! Remmy & [...]

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Ryan and Paul arrived safely back in the USA a few hours ago. As they, and hopefully all of us, rest and celebrate this Easter weekend, here is the last reflection Ryan wrote shortly before leaving Zambia. Happy Easter from all of us at Forgotten Voices. He is Risen! He is risen, indeed. Hallelujah! Dear [...]

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If you’ve been following @ForgottenVoices on twitter lately, you’ve probably noticed a lot of tweets with the hashtag #FVAfrica. These updates are coming directly from Ryan Keith and our team as they journey through Zimbabwe and Zambia to meet with our project partners. Here’s a few recent updates from their trip: Goodnight dear friends. Powerful [...]

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A few days ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs Moyo at her homestead in a remote area south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Her first name is Nosithelo, which means “the fruitful one”. We spent less than an hour together, but it was a meaningful time. Just a week prior to our meeting, she had [...]

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If you’re following our twitter feed @forgottenvoices, you know Ryan and Paul have arrived safely in Zambia. They’ll have  limited internet access to begin with, but were able to send the following reflection a few minutes before leaving Zimbabwe yesterday. Read on and pray on…   Hello from the airport in Zimbabwe. Some quick reflections [...]

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Friends, yesterday I promised a reflection today on your role in the lives of orphaned children, but we’ve received a powerful update from Ryan & Paul in Zimbabwe and wanted to share it with you right away. While we have no photos yet, these words paint vivid word pictures and I encourage you to read [...]

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Last night we helped say goodbye to a woman, the sister to a friend in Bulawayo. She died of a brain tumor. I was struck by the difference in the way people grieve here, even the families of those who passed on. There is both a deep hurt, but a casual way they talk about [...]

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  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 [...]

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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 [...]

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