Clara
Clara certainly knows what it means to experience hard places in life even at a very young age. Everything was going well with her family...
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Open Arms International
Oct 10, 20222 min read
Angela
Angela certainly knows about hard places. Even at the young age of nine years old, she has known suffering and hardship. Angela's father...
Open Arms International
Oct 6, 20222 min read
Rose
Rose is no stranger to hard places. Very soon after Rose was born, her mother fell ill and died. She then went to live with her...
Open Arms International
Oct 3, 20222 min read
Rueben
Rueben was born on the streets. His mother, an addict, had been living on the streets for quite some time. When Rueben was born, he was...
Open Arms International
Sep 29, 20222 min read
George & Constantine
George and Constantine began coming to Denisa Care Center when they were ten and six years old. The brothers were being raised by their...
Open Arms International
Sep 26, 20222 min read
Elijah
Elijah was found down by the river when a man was passing by early in the morning. He saw a baby's legs sticking out from the shrubs. He...
Open Arms International
Sep 22, 20222 min read
Roberto
Roberto came into the Denisa Care Center program last September. He had been living with his father in another village, having been...
Open Arms International
Sep 20, 20222 min read
Queen
A beautiful baby girl arrived at Open Arms Village almost five years ago. Her name is Queen. Her mother was only 12 years old when she...
Open Arms International
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Growing In Hard Places
I am so thankful for the way God created you and then allowed us to be on the same team to bring His Kingdom of redemption to this broken...
Open Arms International
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Hard Places
We have all had those times when we walk through very hard places. It looks different for each of us, but none of us gets a pass. It's...
Open Arms International
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Gina Broke Free With Your Help
Gina was a very poor ethnic Roma (gypsy) girl. She came into the Denisa Care Center program when she was eight years old. Roma people...
Open Arms International
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Adriana's Life Was Changed
Adriana was a very timid little girl when she came into the Denisa Care Center program at the age of nine. She didn't talk to anyone at...
Open Arms International
Aug 4, 20221 min read
Welcoming a New Baby
At Open Arms Village, every new baby is celebrated as a precious gift from God. Here, the aunties in the baby home welcome the newest...
Open Arms International
Aug 3, 20221 min read
You Gave Samuel a Place to Grow
From the bottom of my heart, thank you! I am continually amazed by your generosity. As the executive director here in the U.S., I have...
Open Arms International
Aug 1, 20221 min read
The Difference You Are Making
Did you know that there are 153 million orphans worldwide? That number is hard to comprehend! We all know that our biblical mandate is to...
Open Arms International
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Baby Prisca
Prisca's mother has been dealing with substance abuse issues for more than 25 years. She sought refuge on the streets when she was only...
Open Arms International
Jul 5, 20221 min read
Silas
I want to tell you about an amazingly resilient little boy named Silas, who came to Open Arms Village almost eight years ago. He was not...
Open Arms International
Jun 21, 20222 min read
When God is Inefficient
I'm learning that God chooses to be inefficient sometimes. He could easily care for everyone and everything on earth. He wouldn't even...
Open Arms International
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Day of the African Child
About 10 years ago, an 11 year old boy named Joseph, who had recently lost his mother, stood outside the gates of a school. He did not...
Open Arms International
Jun 9, 20221 min read
Parents Found!
Mary, a young girl from Open Arms Village, recently wrote, “I am thankful you helped me find my parents last year. I didn’t even know...
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