Brittany Black and Analiz Schremmer
Buckner International
DALLAS — Every orphan longs for a mom and dad. So when 17 Russian orphans said goodbye to their Texas host families on Aug. 16, there were a lot of tears.
“It’s a very difficult day for everyone, but there is a lot of hope, too,” said Beth Brinkmeyer, coordinator for [...]
By Claire McGough
“How did you know that I liked cats?” That was one of the first questions Anastasia asked my husband, Chris, and I when we first met her last week. It was such a delight to realize that we already shared a connection, even though we had been living in vastly different worlds — [...]
Jenny Pope
Buckner International
At 16 years old, *Paola already knows what she wants out of life – her own restaurant and a successful future for her 3-year-old daughter, *Amelia.
“I want her to see that she can overcome anything, like I did,” Paola said.
From age 8 to 12, Paola lived in a nightmare. Her mother would hit [...]
Buckner Opens New Centers in Tegucigalpa, Roatan
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
Watch video about Buckner Honduras director
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Scattered along the river banks of Flor del Campo, women and children cram into tiny, corrugated tin cottages. It’s the only land they can afford to live on, at least until the river swells and they’re forced to [...]
By Dave Atkins
As I hop out of the white van, I pretend not to see her. I’ve been here before; I know her name and she knows mine. It’s a game we play.
So I look about, calling for her, “Sharon? Sharon?” Of course I see her. She’s standing 10 feet in front of me, grinning, [...]
By Scott Collins
Click here to watch video from the reunion trip.
NHA TRANG, Vietnam – Thomas Ho holds his cousin’s right leg and foot in his hands as his wife, Trina sits nearby with a calculator. They are surrounded by a dozen family members from the Quang Nga Province of Vietnam who have made the day-and-a-half [...]
Analiz G. Schremmer
SAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala – Buckner opened a new Community Transformation Center on May 25 to serve people in one of Guatemala’s most impoverished communities — San Jose Pinula.
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By Susan Serrano
Families will have an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving in a unique way this year by giving thanks for their blessings from God and sharing those gifts with others on Dillon International’s Sharing Heart Mission Trip, slated for November 20-27.
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Twenty-five years ago I was adopted by my parents. Little did I know that from that moment on the Lord was molding and teaching me for my first ‘real’ job. I use the term job very loosely because it really has become my heart and life mission helping at-risk children and orphans who aren’t as [...]
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
DALLAS – What started as a goal to raise $25 a month in a boys’ dormitory at Dallas Baptist University led to a campus-wide orphan care fundraiser calling for change through the collection of spare change.
Resident Director Chris Holloway, 23, has been on several mission trips with Buckner International, a global nonprofit [...]
