The last three of weeks were meaningful weeks for me, I don't know about you. It was great to hear from Bill & Judy Kuiper and Bob Kol about Burkina Faso and to learn about the project to build a dormitory for about 200 girls there through Christian World Outreach. If you'd like to read their story, click here. The "village of opportunity." I like that name. So many children around the world don't have the kinds of opportunities that you and I have, and its awesome to see girls whose lives were headed to destruction now on a path to a career, to finding a sustainable living, and even more than that - with a newfound love and faith in Jesus Christ. Click here to read a recent update letter from Dina and Alassane Compaore at the Village.

It was also great to hear two weeks ago from Renee Terbeek, Molly Carnes, and Dianne VandeGutche about their work with International Needs Network with the Trokosi women, helping them as well to be freed from sex slavery and also to gain a career, skills, and to find hope in the Lord. You can host a card party to hear about the Trokosi women and to directly support them through the purchase of materials for making the cards.  Contact Renee for more information.

Then this past week we had Mark and Rebecca Essenburg with us, who are missionaries with Heart2Heart Ministries in Bucharest, Romania working with orphans. You can read their missionary blog here.

There are many other opportunities to be involved in missions globally, and you can get involved at different levels from praying, to supporting financially, to sending to going. My hope is that you will continue to pray through God's call on your life and how you can be involved in reaching the nations.

Coming Soon:

• You can view the videos of these past week on our Facebook page. We'll soon post them on our site as well.
• A page on our website about the missionaries we support.
• Development of some upcoming trips to Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and possible Romania.
• Development of some "family" mission trips that are lower cost and not so far away, but still cross-cultural and impactful for you and those we'll visit. We're currently looking at the possibility of an Alternative Spring Break and summer mission trips.