I came back from Thailand with my heart filled with love and concern for the people I met. One of the most impactful experiences for me was the nightly worship time that we spent with the children at the boarding house. The first time we met the children, they were working on their studies and greeted us with warmth and love, eager to show us around. They were so proud to show us where they lived, and I could not hold back the tears. We have so much in the way of material goo

Prior to taking my first trip to Mercy Childcare Ministry (MCCM) in Uganda and seeing the ministry with my own eyes, I had a very one-dimensional perspective of the ministry. I had visited Mercy Village through photos and walked the classrooms of Mercy Boarding School through video footage. I had heard stories of the mothers in the micro loans program and written in length about the construction progress at the Worship House church in Nansana. I spent the past three and half

Late one evening in Uganda a Christian man met a woman who seemed to be stranded with her baby girl. She had no money and nowhere to go, so she asked him if she and the baby could stay in one of his rooms for the evening before they continued on with their journey the next day. The man showed her to the living room where he made up a bed for her and the baby, but as soon as she came into the house she laid the baby down, went outside and never returned. The man contacted the

“Since we know the Word and what God has said about these times and what we’ll go through, it helps us to receive it. We have hope.… we know that everything is working for good for those who are called by God.” - Irina Pisarenko, Future for Children, Lviv Spoken on a phone call, these are the words of CTL’s friend and ministry partner in Ukraine. It’s been said that the measure of a man’s power lies in his ability to surrender. There’s a power in Irina’s surrender to God’s s

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We are thanking and praising God for the sweet smile on Brenda’s face. She has experienced so much pain and brokenness in her life, yet...

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“In 2010 I realized that God was directly related to my life and since then, my relationship with Him has changed the direction of my...

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CTL's mission is simple - to provide hope for suffering children in the name of Jesus. Children around the world are enduring more...

When the threat of COVID-19 first hit Uganda, street children were some of those most at-risk for contracting the virus. They’re used to...

📍 Lviv, Ukraine Ocean of Love was the theme for Future for Children’s recent Vacation Bible School and the kids sailed along together...