A couple of weeks ago my wife, Irene, and I were in the USA at a time that most were saying it’s the most beautiful time to visit. I must agree that it was mostly sunny and the flowers were beautiful to watch. Unlike the time when it snows, even though I always long to someday [...]

Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »

Forgotten Voices African Director of Spiritual Ministries, Pastor Fibion Ndhlovu, sent this short reflection last week. It echoes the daily challenges many of our partner churches share with us on a regular basis. I imagine many in ministry here in the USA and around the world can identify with the sense of limited resources in [...]

Tags: church, death, education, orphan, prayer
Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »

This is my mom. I love her like crazy and am so grateful to have her in my life. We’re very close – she was even the matron of honor in my wedding! But in the last 11 years, we’ve only spent a little over 3 years living near each other, sometimes going 2 or [...]

Tags: aids, church, counseling, death, Giving, hope, Mother's Day, orphans, zambia
Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »

It seems like we are going to experience early winter in Zimbabwe.Winter is good and yet it brings pain with it. It becomes clear who has a blanket and who doesn’t have, who has a jersey and who doesn’t have, whose has warm shoes and who doesn’t have and etc. Recalling my early days at [...]

Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »

Summit VIII starts today! Representatives from Forgotten Voices International and organizations from across the country and the world are gathered today at Saddleback Church in southern California for a 2-day conference  on adoption, foster care and global initiatives to care for orphaned children. If you’re at Summit this week, be sure to visit our booth, [...]

Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »

Each month we receive prayer and praise updates from the churches with whom we partner across Zimbabwe and Zambia. Below are just a few of those updates. We hope you’ll take some time to pray about these requests and praises, and remember the work of our church projects in Africa. You can learn more about [...]

Tags: children, education, growth, health, prayer, sustainability, zambia, zimbabwe
Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »

Last night I had the privilege of accompanying Remmy and Irene (visiting Africa/Zambia Director and his wife) to speak at Community Evangelical Free Church in Harrisburg, PA. We were warmly welcomed by a impressive number of people who came out on a Wednesday night to learn about a ministry and a pastor most had never [...]

Tags: #FVVisit, death, health, prayer
Filed under: General Blog | 1 Comment »

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 »

This morning we have  10 wonderful Messiah College students volunteering their time at our offices as part of their annual Service Day.  They’ve all been promised pizza very shortly as our small way of saying thanks! But truly, this is just one of the many projects and initiatives that Forgotten Voices couldn’t do without volunteers. [...]

Tags: fundraising, Messiah College, ten together, volunteerism
Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »

Meet the volunteers of Forgotten Voices         Pictured (L-R): Matt Kirkley, Volunteer Director of Student Relations; Brian Reilly, Volunteer Director of Marketing; Irene Hamapande, Ryan Keith; Julie Bunch, Volunteer Director of Administration; Remmy Hamapande; Ellen Shaffer; Kathy Goss, Volunteer Coordinator of Kids Serving Kids Forgotten Voices has 2.5 staff members working in the USA and 2.5 staff [...]

Tags: children, church, Leadership, service, volunteerism
Filed under: General Blog | No Comments »