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3 ways that development work is discipleship in disguise

By on May 13, 2013 in Church, World Poverty

In my frequent conversations with pastors, we often find ourselves stuck at the question of “so, what exactly is development?”  Rather than starting from scratch, I love to begin with a more familiar term: discipleship. While the words are not synonymous, there are some strong connections between the two concepts.  The ministry of Food for [...]

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Tim Smith with FH Sponsored Children in Guatemala

When the light comes on

By on May 10, 2013 in Church, Sponsor Impact, World Poverty

As I am writing this blog, I am on a trans atlantic flight to London. This weekend at Food for the Hungry (FH), we are launching a new endeavor with the Pentecost Festival as the  lead sponsor for this event. The Pentecost Festival is a gathering each year in London to celebrate the birthday of [...]

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Luisa Llampa

The inspiration of motherhood

By on May 9, 2013 in Stories, World Poverty

With Mother’s Day barreling toward us, I’m reflecting on the topic of motherhood. We all have our favorite mom stories—tales of how our mothers nurtured us into the people we are today. My own mom taught me I could do whatever I wanted to put the time and energy into learning and achieving. She banished [...]

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Dave Evans with community leaders

Stay the course

By on May 8, 2013 in From Our Leadership, World Poverty

While I was swimming, biking and running during a half ironman triathlon last October, I constantly faced at least one of two main obstacles: time and fatigue. Both of these challenges nearly took me down during the swim portion of the event. My time was so poor that I battled against the clock during the [...]

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Julio’s story: Starting a new child sponsorship

By on May 7, 2013 in Church, Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

My guest blogger today is Ryan Horn, a Food for the Hungry employee and child sponsor. Ryan shares what it was like to get news that his sponsored child had graduated…and then how he began another sponsorship with a different child…all of it happening right in Gautemala. A couple of years ago, I took a [...]

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Learning to sail

By on May 7, 2013 in Church, World Poverty

At Food for the Hungry (FH), one of our core skills is cross-cultural communication. After all, we work in more than 25 countries. And it’s hard. The late Philosopher of Communication Marshall McLuhan said, “We don’t know who discovered water, but we know it wasn’t the fish.” In other words, fish are so immersed in [...]

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Like losing 100 pounds, change doesn’t happen over night.

By on May 6, 2013 in Stories, World Poverty

Often we try to strong-arm our way through life. We wish ourselves strong enough to resist this or that. We will ourselves to be more disciplined. We wake up determined to make better choices but end the day feeling defeated. Each day is a war… with ourselves and with life. It doesn’t have to be [...]

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Grieving the seamstresses we never knew

By on May 2, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, Women of Action, World Poverty

Earlier this week, the Her.meneutics blog at Christianity Today invited me to write about shopping. The conversation came out of a terrible tragedy that occurred last week in Bangladesh. An eight-story garment factory building crumbled, killing at least 300 workers and injuring over 1,000 more. On Wednesday afternoon, my friend Eileen called to tell me [...]

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Food for the Hungry staff person reflects on Hopefest

Having trouble asking for help?

By on May 1, 2013 in World Poverty

“I have trouble asking for help.” “I don’t like to be indebted to people.” “I don’t want to be needy.” These are phrases with which many of us in North America are all too familiar. On a cognitive level, I can tell you what’s wrong – and even irrational – about those statements. But, something [...]

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A community member in Nicaragua

Owning their own development

By on April 30, 2013 in Stories, World Poverty

I’m pleased to share with you this guest blog by Mike Meyers, FH’s Senior Director of Marketing and Communication. After 15 months of serving in the marketing department at Food for the Hungry (FH), I recently was blessed to witness what it looks like when a community in Nicaragua owns its own development. It’s a story I [...]

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