Jul 31, 2009
Filed in Featured, U.S. Ministry
By Analiz G. Schremmer
and Ryan Brown
She asked for a set of windows and got a new house, instead.
“Gloria Fuentes came to me asking for windows for her family’s one-bedroom trailer,” said Hector Galindo, Buckner missions coordinator for Laredo and Eagle Pass. “But the trailer was falling apart—the floor was ripping off, the ceiling was falling [...]
Jul 28, 2009
Filed in Featured, International Ministry, U.S. Ministry
The Joint Council for International Children’s Services (JCICS) is promoting a nationwide call to action for support of the Families for Orphans Act June 28 – 30.
The act supports a change in current trends to help all children live in a permanent family through the development of a new U.S. government office dedicated to ensuring [...]
Jul 17, 2009
Filed in International Ministry
(HONDURAS) — Recent rumors in San Pedro Sula, Honduras purported that the city “shut down,” but Buckner Director of Missions George McCain confirms the reports are untrue.
“A curfew has been established in San Pedro Sula after rumors of demonstrations surfaced Thursday afternoon,” McCain reported. “Our missions coordinator in Honduras said some demonstrators did block toll [...]
Jul 10, 2009
Filed in Featured, International Ministry, Missions, Press Release
By Analiz G. Schremmer
Mission trip participants scheduled to travel to China on Aug. 30- Sept. 9 will instead fly to Vietnam or receive a refund.
The missionaries signed up to visit Urumqi, China, where unexpected riots left 156 dead and more than 1,400 arrested.
“When we realized that political unrest made it unsafe for travel, we considered [...]
Jul 3, 2009
Filed in Retirement Services, U.S. Ministry
By Analiz G. Schremmer
Buckner International
(AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (TAHSA) named Doyle Antle, Buckner Villas Administrator in Austin, administrator of the year.
Antle has worked at Buckner Villas for 11 years, first as director of nursing and eventually as administrator beginning in 2002. He said that his team [...]
Jul 1, 2009
Filed in U.S. Ministry
By Ryan Brown
Buckner International
(DALLAS, Texas) – High crime rates, low school retention rates and low employment rates are a part of life in South Oak Cliff and many families are looking for someone, somewhere to bring them hope. Wynnewood is that place.
“It matters to somebody every day on this property that we show up,” said [...]
