My name is Dena Mojo and I went on a short-term mission trip to Uganda with Children to Love. We visited Mercy Childcare Ministry, which includes Mercy Village, the boarding school, the international school, the church and the medical clinic, as well as ministries outside of the town. I would say one of the most rewarding, fascinating, and just overall blessed events that we took part in was going out into the very primitive town of Pallisa where quite literally the resident

There are some things in life that happen in such a coincidental way that it could only have been God’s doing. My job at Children to Love (CTL) is one of those instances for me. Ten years ago when I was only 15 years old, I went on a trip to visit CTL’s children’s home in India with some of my family and a few others. This was my first concrete memory of CTL and the work they do, however at the time CTL only had three ministry partners (India, Romania and Uganda). After gradu

Gabi was born and raised in Romania in an unbelieving family that struggled financially, and at the age of six, her family connected with Children to Love. Her mother met Jesus and was baptized, leading the family to live differently. They went to Bible studies, camps, and activities that allowed them to hear the gospel and Gabi gave her life to Jesus when she was 12 years old and was baptized. She was encouraged by the CTL Romania staff in her walk with the Lord and to cont

Yesterday was a good day! By the grace of God, the day dawned, and He blessed me to engage with other followers of Jesus Christ at Laurelglen Bible Church’s Market of Hope in Bakersfield, CA. We celebrated 25 years of providing an effective way to bring life-changing necessities for the poorest of the poor and the most vulnerable around the world in Jesus’ name . Walking through the various mission booths reminded me of days gone by when God called me and my husband Hank to s

My husband and I just returned from Ukraine. We spent a week visiting our CTL ministry partner Future for Children, spending time with the kids and loving on and encouraging the weary staff. The Lord opened the door for us to go and we felt His protection throughout the entire trip. We experienced three air alarms during our time in Lviv, a quite startling and unsettling dose of reality there. Not even two weeks after returning home, Russia attacked Lviv once again. This atta

Last September while on a trip to Mae Sot, Thailand, I met an interesting family that had recently been displaced from Myanmar due to the ongoing conflict there. They were different from many of the refugees that I had met so far on my trip – they were fairly well-educated. I shared a meal with them after Sunday services at Mae Sot Evangelical Church and the older daughter spoke pretty good English and interpreted for the other family members. They were very guarded in their

Written by David Inlow David is a long-time Children to Love volunteer and supporter, and he has traveled overseas countless times to serve with our partner ministries. On March 7, we celebrated Children to Love’s 30th anniversary and what a wonderful time it was. After it was over and everything was cleaned up, I began to realize how much it felt to me like a high school reunion I recently attended. Our CTL celebration was similar but even better because of the tie that bind

Jeremiah (top right) is a boy with special needs who lives at Mercy Childcare Ministry's Mercy Village in Uganda and was able to participate in Gift of Giving this year! He is deaf and mute, but his personality and sweet spirit touches everyone he comes in contact with. Jeremiah almost always has a smile on his face! He rarely leaves the village and the Mercy staff shared that this experience with him was "stunning" as he gave a Christmas meal to others. Many people in the co

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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