At a moment in the prayer service this morning, trying to avoid the sun in my eyes by standing in the shadow of the cross on the front of our building, I suddenly felt the urge to write this prayer, which I completed in within the time of a song that was being played there. […]
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A thank you to Food For The Poor donors
“I call heaven and earth as a witness this day, that I have set before you life and death…Therefore choose life…” (Deuteronomy 30:19a) In many of our countries children die on a daily basis, not because of horrible, debilitating illnesses, but simply for lack of food. In Haiti, it used to be that one out […]
Thirty years of hope
I wrote this poem for our 30th Anniversary celebration at FFP Florida, but it includes the efforts of all. Thirty Years of Hope Thirty years… Thirty years… Thirty years… Voices crying out in the wilderness, An army of ancient knights Trading horses for metal birds Church, to church, to church. Battling ignorance with awareness, Molding […]
Guatemala Journal – The Silence and the Pain (Part I)
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. I traveled to Guatemala on a Saturday with our national senior account executive from Salem Radio, five of my colleagues from Food For The Poor (FFP) and the 13 coolest Christian radio hosts (some also pastors) that one could ever imagine, coming from as close by as the west coast of Florida and […]
Guatemala Journal – The Silence and the Pain (Part II)
I traveled to Guatemala on a Saturday with our national senior account executive from Salem Radio, five of my colleagues from Food For The Poor (FFP) and the 13 coolest Christian radio hosts (some also pastors) that one could ever imagine, coming from as close by as the west coast of Florida and as far […]
Lesly Clervil Interview
We recently we sat down to chat with FFP’s Haiti Project Manager and all-around-great-guy, Lesly Clervil.
Everyday Hero: Rory Mercurio
Rory Mercurio considers himself blessed to earn a living driving a van for a large hotel to New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. So much so, that he decided he would donate a portion of his tip money to help the less fortunate, rather than use it for himself. “My main motivation… was my realization as […]
Haitian children gather water to carry home
By Michael Chin Quee Food For The Poor missionaries witness children of Grand Boulage, Haiti, collect unfiltered water from a muddy stream. After filling their buckets, the children must navigate a precarious path up the mountain to get home. The watering hole is the site of a future FFP water project built to ensure the […]
From the Field: Tricia Szymanski on El Salvador
As Food For The Poor’s El Salvador program manager, Tricia Szymanski often travels to the country to check on various FFP endeavors underway to improve the lives of the poor communities FFP serves. Here she reports on her April trip: During my April trip, I visited a completed project in the area of Cojutepeque. In […]
From the Field: Tricia Szymanski on El Salvador water project
In El Salvador, one of the biggest issues in regards to water is NOT the lack of it. Land vulnerability is high due to a heavy rainy season and flooding. All throughout the mountains, communities are surrounded by rivers and natural water springs. The problem is that these sources are not protected or properly maintained. […]
