While other children have been busy playing with new toys they received for Christmas, a six year old girl named Abby has been busy drawing and coloring artwork to sell.  Over Christmas break, Abby decided that she wanted to have a fundraiser to raise money for Forgotten Voices by selling her artwork. So between now [...]

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I’ve thoroughly enjoyed having Kathy, Matt and Trevor on this trip. It has been wonderful on so many levels, including hearing their voices come through on the blog. It has been special for me to have more time with people, to rest at night, and just know you all are hearing stories of our ministry [...]

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After two weeks of encouragement and challenges, heart-break and hope-renewed, our team has departed Zimbabwe and is on their way home to the USA, scheduled to arrive back just in time to celebrate the 4th of July with their families. Thank you to all of those who have prayed and supported this team in so [...]

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“Don’t forget the elder, the widow and the orphan.” – Pastor Ayibongwe The last few days have been challenging. I have seen a grandmother who is in the last stages of her fight with HIV/AIDS. She contracted it from caring for her children when they got the disease. I visited a house that has 19 [...]

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Today we traveled with Neatness as she visited her father’s grave for the first time.  In the process we were honored to be able to witness the reunion of family members who have not seen or spoken to each other in many years. The trip highlighted the importance of how children whose parent/parents  has/have died [...]

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Today began and ended speaking with a dear neighbor.  She arrived early to help our team and another one from South Africa prepare for our days.  Even though, we have not seen each other for nearly five years, the conversations pick up right where they left off… with laughs about our children and how God [...]

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I parked the car out front, sure of where I was going. We noticed the normally locked gate to the Free Methodist church in Magwegwe North was not locked. Someone must be here. I know almost anyone it could be, so I told everyone to jump out. Let’s go find out who is here to [...]

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We spent time today with people from many different walks of life…a pastor, mothers, a grandmother, orphaned children, businessmen,  young adults, and students. But the resounding themes of the day were making God the center of your life and following his calling. I heard this in the message of a mother raising three children, two [...]

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UPDATE FROM OUR TEAM TRAVELING TO ZIMBABWE: We are safely here in South Africa, waiting to board our last flight for a while to Victoria Falls, ending a 3 leg journey that took us from Newark to Zurich to Victoria Falls. Our time in Zurich was with a couple Cindy & Peter. Cindy leads a [...]

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…i am going to a place i love dearly; yet a place that i have never been… That one phrase pretty well sums up the feelings that I have had as I prepare for my first trip to Zimbabwe. There are so many people that live there whose stories I have heard for years – [...]

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