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04
Dec
2012
A guest post from our friend Emily Knorr… One year ago, I was reading the Hello Somebody blog. There was a guest post from a woman named Chante Fox. I read her stories of her journey to Haiti. I read about her struggles and her triumphs. I read of the unexpected adventure God was [...]
23
Nov
2012
A guest post from our friend Shannon Kernahan, of Crosspoint Church in TN The First Day Sixteen hours after leaving Nashville, TN our caravan of volunteers poured out into the parking lot of New Covenant Community Church in Somers Point, NJ. We hadn’t seen any major signs of devastation yet. It seemed like any other [...]
23
Nov
2012
Angry for a Lost City~Hurricane Sandy Response
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Hurricane Sandy Response Blog entries by Shanon Carriere He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. Psalms 147:3 NLT I can’t even begin to describe the sorrow that my heart feels for those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Only being in New Jersey for two months and witnessing the devastation that a hurricane could have, not [...]
10
Nov
2012
35 seconds. 35 seconds is all it takes to shake a nation. To destroy a family. To terrorize a town. I was in Guatemala City last wednesday, in the back of a van, driving through an alley, when the nation stopped. I have experienced small earthquakes as they’re common in Guatemala, but this one was [...]
12
Oct
2012
To think; my life went from lying, stealing, partying and drugs to poopie diapers, dying children and a country that is barely surviving, in a matter of a few years. How in the world did that happen? I was not living on the path that would bring me here, but God knew exactly when and [...]
21
Jun
2012
THE LUCKY ONES by Annie Downs He calls himself one of the lucky ones. And he wants to give that title to as many children as he can. Sammy grew up in Kenya. At three years old, his father passed away, leaving his mother to care for him, his older brother, and [...]
30
May
2012
Monday evening, our friend Jeremy Cowart sent a tweet out about a crèche in Haiti with an immediate need, asking for people to help. Their only generator had gone out. Jeremy and his wife Shannon were able to connect us with Giving Hope Rescue Mission, which supports the crèche to find out more. The generator pumps up [...]
10
Apr
2012
“My trip to Cambodia and Thailand was amazing and heartbreaking all at the same time. The reality of the sex trafficking in these countries was raw and right in front of my nose. In Cambodia in particular, each night as we would go out on the streets, middle aged and old white men were coming [...]
16
Mar
2012
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: THE FACTS ␣ An estimated 2.5 million people are in forced labour (including sexual exploitation) at any given time as a result of trafficking. Of these: 1.4 million – 56% – are in Asia and the Pacific 250,000 – 10% – are in Latin America and the Caribbean 230,000 – 9.2% – [...]
15
Mar
2012
Hello! We wanted to give you guys an update on what the team is working on right now. We are excited to announce that we will be launching a Anti-Sex Trafficking campaign in the next few weeks. This campaign will be helping victims Domestically and also Internationally. The campaign will be officially called “Hello Freedom.” [...]