Editor’s Note: Derrek Fikes was on our Mocha Club Ethiopia trip #3 from July 17th-26th, 2008. I was able to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with other Mocha Club members back in July. It was the toughest thing I have ever experienced. It was also the single most rewarding and amazing experiences I’ve ever been… Read more »
This summer, 1,050 children from grades 4 through 7 attended a “wait4me” concert at the King of Kings Baptist Centre. Led by the Prevention team of Living, the concert was held for those children who have made a commitment to abstain from sex until marriage and encourage others to do the same. The children came… Read more »
Please remember our friends in Sudan as they face unimaginable challenges right now… Floods leave 40,000 more people homeless in Southern Sudan! AWEIL, SOUTHERN SUDAN. Heavy rains in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal have caused the Kuom river to overflow in the town of Aweil, driving tens of thousands of people into the bush. This is in… Read more »
Our Mocha Club Events Coordinator, Marisa Van Houten, had the chance to visit Village of Hope in July. We wanted to share some photos she took at the AWACH IDP camp outside Gulu. Several of the Child Mothers from Village of Hope who are being rehabilitated are now helping serve and lead clubs for other… Read more »
For three years, several thousand refugees from the genocide in Darfur have huddled in and around the community of Jach, which is located just south of the Darfur border. Jach is a wilderness, making it very hard for survival. Temperatures can easily reach 130 degrees during the day. Until recently, the refugees had no dependable… Read more »
