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The Rainy Season
By Mason KingIsaiah left the game to sit along the wall of the auditorium. With alarming speed he had moved from joyful to sullen and unresponsive. A...
Serving orphans is nothing like ‘Annie’
By Brent KeslerDallas, Texas My daily life is too easy. I live in a nice little neighborhood, in a nice little community. I drive a nice little...
Learning to Love
By Brittney HarmonAlpha, IllinoisAll morning my team was having difficulties finding shoes for every child; it didn’t seem as if there were enough sizes for everyone. By...
“A Child of God. A Child of Ours. A Child Named Winnie”
Beth Bateman, New Windsor, ILKenya SOS August 2007It was an ordinary day on a Shoes for Orphan Souls trip in Kenya. That is what I thought anyway....
“Have you found me a Momma and Poppa?”
By Debbie WynneDirector, Buckner Adoption and Maternity ServicesThis is a question that I have been asked many times from children who anxiously wait to be adopted. It...
Felix
By Larry RobertsNew Windsor, ILAs the Buckner mission group walked into the church at the Baptist Children’s Center in Nairobi, Kenya, one boy caught my eye.He had...
The Best Birthday Gift
By Susan FrostDublin, GeorgiaIn the fall of 2003, as I anticipated my upcoming 50th birthday, my husband asked me what I would like to do to celebrate....
What a Missionary Looks Like
By Olumayowa A. FamakinwaWaco, TexasJust to introduce myself, I am a 22 year old male, currently enrolled in school at Baylor University and working full time in...
La historia de Emmanuel
Por Jenny PopeBuckner International(LIBERIA) — Emmanuel, de 10 años, ya estaba acostumbrado al rechazo. Nació con dos pies de club, una condición que causó que sus talones...
Escuela de Etiopía Hace Buenos Ciudadanos
Por Jenny PopeBuckner International(BANTU, Etiopía) — De acuerdo a los estándares del oeste los huérfanos de Bantú no tienen mucho. Viven en casas de lodo y césped...