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Longview: The Real East Texas

By Chelsea QuackenbushPhoto by Lauren Hollon SturdyHead east out of Dallas on Interstate 20 and the whizzing cars and tall buildings shrink in your rearview mirror as...
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Longview couple funds school in Ethiopia

By Chelsea QuackenbushTom and Margaret Ann “Mac” Stone remember sitting in a Buckner meeting several years ago, their hearts breaking for children in Ethiopia but not knowing...
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Bethel’s Family: The hands and feet in Houston

By Chelsea Quackenbush Photography by Lauren Hollon Sturdy The Church at Bethel’s Family built itself among the people it serves – and they’ve earned a very positive...
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Hillburn Hills reaches out to neighborhood children with afterschool snacks

By Chelsea QuackenbushDALLAS – Buckner-Hillburn Hills and AZAR Foundation, Inc. are reaching out to students in the Piedmont Home Association community to serve afterschool snacks twice a...
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Foster care advocates: “Never underestimate the power of a praying wife”

By Lauren Hollon SturdyPhotography by Chelsea QuackenbushLocke and Kara Curfman might be the strongest foster care advocates you’ll ever meet. Even with three birth kids and two...
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Slideshow: Hitting the Roof

PEÑITAS – Sandy Wisdom-Martin knew building a home for a family living in desperate poverty in the Lower Rio Grande Valley would transform their lives. She had...
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Bamboo toothbrushes give kids their smiles back

By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalIt started as a simple tooth brushing demonstration for a group of children in Guatemala on a Buckner mission trip in 2010.With no sinks...
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From Homeless to Hopeful in Houston: Family Place makes dreams come true for single mom and four daughters

By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalPhotography by Lauren Hollon SturdyIn an odd way, Wendi Hay had a feeling she would be homeless one day.She didn’t know why or what...
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Buckner International, Refuge of Light Sign Agreement to Help Sex Trafficking Victims

DALLAS--Buckner International and Refuge of Light signed a three-year agreement Feb. 8 to work jointly serving female minors identified as victims of sex trafficking.Refuge of Light, based...
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