The Great Divide

It’s not easy being an immigrant. Stefanie C. makes peace with her many selves, including her accents.

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Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller: First Female Prime Minister of Jamaica

Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller, Jamaica’s First Female Prime Minister, makes history and takes a strong stance, saying God is her strength.

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First Lady of Paraguay Reconciles Faith and Public Service

Maria Gloria Penayo de Duarte is a wife, mother and the First Lady of Paraguay, but she says her true identity is as a daughter of God. Still, it hasn’t always been easy to reconcile her public position with her deep faith.

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A Peculiar Love Story

An arranged marriage withstands the tests of time. Tina Francis shares the beautiful love story she sees unfold in her parents’ home as this relationship proves stronger than separation and the challenges of starting over in a new culture.

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Remembering the Orphans and Widows

Tanya Morrison is part of a team that is building a dream in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They purchased land for Elikia Village with the vision to provide homes and a future for orphans. But it wasn’t that long ago that she closed the previous chapter on her life and began taking steps towards this new frontier.

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A Small Stone In My Hand

When she heard about the crisis in the Congo, Tonya Sargent refused to stand by and do nothing. She wanted the Congolese people to know their lives matter. Besides raising awareness and funds, she left on a trip to spend time with the people whose plight captured her heart.

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Romania Home Makeover

Inspired by Ty and the gang, a group from Boston transforms a home for a family of twelve in Romania. This time the mold is not coming back! says Loralee Strauss.

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Mother Theresa of the Goldfields

Merle Henegan of South Africa cares for the poorest of the poor in Goldfields, in the Free State. For the last 13 years she has brought dignity and love to some of South Africa’s most marginalized.

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Caring for El Salvador’s Abandoned Children

During her first visit to EL Salvador, Charity Pilkey volunteered in a government-run orphanage for four months. It changed her life. Seven years later, she is on a mission to open an orphanage where children can receive proper care and don’t have to die.

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Fighting Fistulas, One by One

Every year between 50,000 and 100,000 women in the developing world are affected by obstetric fistulas. After watching the documentary “Love, Labor, Loss” Ellie Hagey hosted a circle of woman to help mend one African woman’s life.

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