Posts Tagged ‘Vision Trip’
Just Add Water: Part I
A group of donors from Denver joined together last year to engage their circles of influence to raise funds for a new project in Mozambique. Four of the team members traveled to Mozambique last week to visit the communities where the project will take place. Dave Umphress, one of the team members, wrote a powerful…
Read MoreMoving Beyond a Concert
There are quite a few places across the country that are special to Blood:Water, and Holland, Mich. is definitely on that list. In many ways, the Blood:Water story began here when our co-founders, Jars of Clay, met Steve Garber at a forum hosted by Hope College. Since then, we’ve had the fortune of being a…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “When Helping Hurts,” Parts 3 and 4
We hope you’ve enjoyed reading “When Helping Hurts” along with our staff! If you missed last week’s discussion post, you can check it out here. This week we’re looking at Part 3: Doing Short-Term Missions Without Doing Long-Term Harm and Part 4: Getting Started on Helping Without Hurting. Now that we know the general principles…
Read MoreA Heart-Changing Trip to Zambia
If you dare to be inspired, visit Blood:Water’s partners in Africa. From Kenya to Zambia to Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda. They are resilient, creative, resourceful, and hospitable. And, that is what we had the gift of experiencing when we embarked June 29 on a Blood:Water Vision Trip to Ndola, Zambia, to visit our partners, Seeds…
Read MoreAn Awe-Inspired Firsthand Look: An Update from Zambia
Blood:Water’s story began with a trip to Africa. This trip ignited a passion that bore a vision to see the end of the HIV/AIDS and water crises in Africa. We would like all of our supporters to be able to share in that vision and experience firsthand the work that is being done with their…
Read MoreBack to Zambia
It was 2010 and I boarded a plane to Africa to visit my sister who had dedicated a year to living with, teaching and loving on a group of people I’d only seen on commercials—people who I assumed were sitting around on drought stricken lands, swatting away flies and waiting for the next truck of…
Read MoreBecause you are, I am.
Because you are, I am. Four years ago, I visited a remote community in the desert region of northern Kenya called Marsabit. I had heard about this community since the day I started with Blood:Water—about the people’s resilience in the difficult environment, about their pursuit of health care and access to water, about the joy…
Read MoreDancing Like a Child
We had the privilege of having Drew Holcomb of Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors join Blood:Water on a Vision Trip to Kenya. This post details one of his experiences there. A few weeks ago I was in the desert in northern Kenya dancing like a child in a crowd full of children. These young students,…
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