Tia Ana grew up in San Salvador, the victim of sexual abuse. With few options available to her, she was kicked out of her home and turned to work within the sex industry. Until, that is, she discovered the love of Christ and was miraculously transformed. From that time, she turned her back on her […]
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I was able to visit a production farmer (production farmer: someone who is trying to make a living off the land) in Burkina Faso this past summer. The man we visited with was someone who has received a plow from Grain of Hope through donors. It was personally amazing to meet someone we have helped […]
Hunger in Niankore
One time I was on a food distribution in the village of Niankore. We were able to buy 10 tons of corn to hand out that day. I remember handing out bucket after bucket of corn to people who had been pre picked before hand and given a ticket. It was getting down to the […]
Spend Yourself in Toma
I remember being in a village called Toma. We where handing out grain in this village. It was very hot that day and the team worked really hard. After the distribution was finished the local pastor invited us into the church and gave us cold cokes to drink. These were the best cokes I have […]
Girl at Central Church
During a food distribution we have people line up, hand their tickets to one person and then go to a different person to receive the food. The tickets are handed out a head of time to people that our partners have identified as the ones that need it the most. This work is done a […]
The Boy’s Cigar Box
I remember one year during our Grain of Hope month a 4th grade boy showed up with a cigar box. Every year when it came to Grain of Hope Sunday we would always do the offering in a different way than we normally did. We would all get up from our seats and bring our […]