Praise God for another successful water project in Zambia! For as long as the village of Chilimbika existed, the people had no safe water. The women had to get up before dawn to fetch water from a filthy open pit riddled with disease. But no more! Now the villagers sing and dance for joy. They… read more
Cyclone Idai took their homes. God’s people will rebuild!
Our friends in Malawi report that the situation continues to worsen for the many families who lost their homes to Cyclone Idai. U.S. media only briefly covered the news, but the crisis is enormous — and isn’t over yet. In one torrential blast, the storm displaced over 19,000 Malawian families. What made the event especially… read more
Alive and Thriving
This is three-month-old Henry. He’s blessed to be alive. His mom died after giving birth prematurely to a set of twins. By the time his uncle brought them to Kondanai Village, an orphanage in Malawi that Cross International supports, they were hanging on by a thread. Sadly, Henry’s twin sister died at the hospital. Henry… read more
Thanks from the field
Throughout the year we receive heart-felt thank you letters and cards from the projects we support around the world. Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner, we thought now was a great time to share some of them with you. Thank you for helping us bless many desperately poor people this year! Without the support… read more
Update from the little orphans’ Annie
The following excerpt recently came to us from our ministry partner, Annie Chikhwaza, founder of Kondanani—a wonderful orphanage in Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries: Our children have no idea what “being needy” means, they went into the village and asked the teacher if the mud hut the people live in was a toilet.… read more