Wedding Weekend!

Things are finally starting to settle down after Crista and Zach's wedding last weekend. It couldn't have been a better time and we are so happy for them. You can read more about it from Randy's brother's blog by clicking here.

Meet George

George Achibra is the director of our program in Ghana. He has spent his whole life working in the field of education and is the regional director of education for the Krachi Region. George has such a passion for helping these children and spends his days brainstorming and networking to help abolish slavery in his country. We feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to partner with George and his team. Randy and I will travel back to Ghana in August and launch the second phase of our vision.

Meet Marie

This is my dear friend Marie Ens. Marie runs Place of Rescue in Cambodia. The Rescue compound is home to 200 orphans, 16 families dying from AIDS, and a home for widows left without family to care for them. Every person that visits this amazing place shares how they felt overwhelmed with emotion and experienced a special sense they were walking on sacred ground. You can tell by the picture that these children are loved and safe. Marie has spent her life serving the least of these in Cambodia. Marie is my hero.

Meet Kim

Nguyen Thi Kim Hong

My situation about why I live in the Touch a Life Shelter. I come from a broken home – my father left my mother twice for another woman. My mother had to work very hard to raise us alone. I have two brothers and we lived in a shack. When it rains the shack almost falls apart. Now I am living in the Touch a Life Shelter which has eased my mother’s burden.

Spiritually I am growing in the Lord and I am happy and have hope. I am very thankful that my life is better now. I want to thank Touch a Life for making my life different and for giving me the opportunity so that I can go to school.

Vietnam Prevention Program

Above is a picture of one of our new programs in Vietnam. All of these children are tribal and living in extreme poverty. Our staff noticed that many children in this province were left home alone all day while their parents worked. We have learned from experience that these children become easy targets to be trafficked or violated when left unattended at such a young age. So for a few hundred dollars a month we have been able to feed these preschoolers two hot meals a day, provide schooling, and a safe haven for them to nap in the afternoons until their parents pick them up after work. It has been a blessing to the parents to know their kids are happy and well cared for during the day.