You’ll Find Your Way When I look at you I can see the road that lies ahead I can see the love and the sorrow Bright fields of joy Dark nights awake in a stormy bed I want to go with you But I can’t follow … Go back Go back to the ancient [...]

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Looking back on the last 8 years of leading Forgotten Voices, I see a powerful, yet simple lesson. The most influential change comes in simple, small steps. We often look at the great challenges of our day and can become quickly overwhelmed. The orphan crises continues to grow, even as our ministry grows too. We [...]

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  Pastor Fibion serves Forgotten Voices as Spiritual Ministries Advisor. He was our former Zimbabwe Director, overseeing local partnerships with our African church partners. In his role, Fibion shares a weekly devotion with the Forgotten Voices family. Please enjoy this reflection from a pastor with a deep passion for bringing others to the heart of God. [...]

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For those who read and pray over our monthly prayer and praise items, I wanted to share a special update today. In our March Prayer & Praise, our Free Methodist Church partner in Zimbabwe asked for prayer for 17 year old Lydia. At the time she’d been admitted to the hospital with stomach pains and [...]

Tags: church, education, grandparents, health, orphans, poverty, zimbabwe
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by Alex Waardenburg, volunteer Director of Student Relations It’s that time of year again. The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and students all over the USA are looking forward to the end of another school year. I myself  am going to be traveling to New England to watch my sister-in-law graduate [...]

Tags: church, community, education, forgotten voices, Giving, hope, learning, orphans, pastors, zambia, zimbabwe
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Pastor Fibion serves Forgotten Voices as Spiritual Ministries Advisor. He was our former Zimbabwe Director, overseeing local partnerships with our African church partners. In his role, Fibion shares a weekly devotion with the Forgotten Voices family. Please enjoy this reflection from a pastor with a deep passion for bringing others to the heart of God.  5.13.13 [...]

Tags: community, health, orphan, prayer, travel
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Today – and every day – we honor mothers, we grieve with and for mothers, we support and advocate for mothers. Thank you for being part of this work throughout the year with us.  May it be – by God’s grace – a happy Mother’s Day for you today.  from all of us at Forgotten [...]

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In Zimbabwe we say, ‘musha mukadzi’  which  means, ‘home is a woman’. This help us understand and appreciate the importance of women in our society. Women carry and give birth to beautiful babies and they come along their husband to raise them up. It’s a full-time calling to be a mother, some work at home [...]

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by Ellen Shaffer, Director of Project Management In Zimbabwe and Zambia, when a woman becomes a mother, she is often thereafter referred to by her child’s name. If I lived among the Tonga-speaking people  of Zambia, instead of being called Ellen, people in my community would call me Bina Caiden. I would wear that name with pride [...]

Tags: children, church, community, death, faith, health, HIV/AIDS, hope, mothers, poverty, sacrifice, zambia, zimbabwe
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by Jeff Niemitz, volunteer Director of Church Relations This Sunday is Mother’s Day.  While I think of my own Mother … often I cannot stop thinking about this Mother that I met at this government water well in Zimbabwe almost two years ago.  If you have read any of my past posts or e-voice offerings [...]

Tags: children, mothers, water, zimbabwe
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