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justice

Because everyone deserves to be safe

I wasn’t quite sure how to start this blog post. I mean, how do you talk about something so huge, so horrible, so important? And then I took Leila to school and it hit me. She is only free to walk to school without the threat of violence because she was born in a country with a functioning justice system. Billions around the world do not have that freedom. Billions.…

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The appalling silence of good people

This quote is an excerpt from a letter that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963.  I probably read it in school at some point, although I don’t remember being so humbled and challenged as I was when I read it again last night. Whether you’ve read it before or not, I encourage you to take it in today with fresh eyes and an…

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Malawi

Last October, Jeff went on a 2-week mission trip to Malawi. The team went to several villages, loaded with thousands of pairs of donated glasses, and put on vision clinics.  They worked long hours in cramped rooms while people waited hours and even days to be seen. It was all worth it when the right pair of glasses went on the right face and someone could see clearly for the…

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Advent Conspiracy Update

I want to give a huge THANK YOU to all who participated in Joe & Leila’s Advent Conspiracy Coffee Stand.  With your help in person and online, they raised $575!  That is enough to feed 11 kids in Malawi for all of 2014 and provide a lifetime of clean drinking water to their families.  What a beautiful Christmas gift you have given our family. Miller Family Guard Family Lundberg Family…

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Advent Conspiracy Coffee Stand is Open!

Joe and Leila set up their Advent Conspiracy Coffee Stand this morning to raise money for kids in Malawi. Some friends came to help out, and they ended up raising $237.61. So far. Many of you have asked how to buy a virtual cup of coffee, so I wanted to let you know that you can add to their jar by using Paypal or the Square Cash app on your…

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Homecoming…and rest

Jeff just returned from a 15-day trip to Malawi, Africa.  He met the kids that you helped feed through our Advent Conspiracy coffee stand, and even drank water out of the new boreholes you helped fund.  The team he was with also helped over 700 people see clearly for the first time by running multiple vision clinics.  I’ll let him share more about his trip soon, but for now we…

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How to Feed the World

Today is World Food Day.  A day to not only open our eyes to the issue of chronic hunger, but a day to take a stand against it. I can’t feed the world. But I can feed Chereka. I can’t feed the world. But I can feed Reymart. I can’t feed the world. But I can choose to partner with an organization that creates a sustainable future for those who…

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