It’s Hard to Say Goodbye

by Paul Today is the day I’ve dreaded since I first arrived.  Five weeks have passed. And with each passing day, these children have wriggled their way deeper into my heart. Each day, I played with them. I woke them and got them ready for school. I helped them with their studies. I taught them how to act like Jesus. …

children at risk dts

Announcing 2009 Rescue Ops DTS: Children at Risk

The stories of children around the world are staggering. Throughout the world millions of children are orphaned through war, through AIDS, through extreme poverty. Every seven seconds a child dies from a preventable disease. Drug addiction runs rampant. Children are sold into prostitution or forced to become child soldiers. They’re lost and they have no place to live. These children …

Mural

by Katie When we first came to the AIDS orphanage, Dr. Edwards asked if any of us liked to paint. My eyes lit up and my husband Travis pointed to me. (I just graduated college with a degree in Art.) I wondered what I would get to paint. Areli and I brainstormed and decided to sketch a jungle scene with …

Wonder Boy Yogesh

by Paul Allen Yogesh slipped his right hand on top of my palm. From above, my other hand clapped down. SMACK! Just in time, Yogesh pulled his hand away, narrowly avoiding the “jaws of the alligator.” Slowly, my hands crept apart again. Yogesh smiled, a dimple creasing his cheek. His eyes grew wide, locking in on my hands as he …