Subject: Do it quickly, or do it right. . .
Do it quickly, or do it right. . .
May 24th, 2021 at 9:16 am EDTDear friend, I learned last week about how we are starting a new program in three dioceses (about the size of three counties) in Kenya. I knew the program would be the responsibility of the local leaders. I knew the bishops were gathering members ...
FULL RECORDING: Five Talents Prayer and Praise Night
May 20th, 2021 at 10:46 am EDTA Message from Five Talents USA. ...
A Swahili Blessing
May 17th, 2021 at 9:33 am EDTDear friend, Some of you joined us this last week for a wonderful time together of praise and prayer. If you missed it, or if you want to listen again to this beautiful song in Swahili, just click below. Click here to watch this short and inspiring v ...
Zoom, Prayer, and Celebration!
May 10th, 2021 at 7:28 am EDTDear friend, Can you even remember what it was like to travel each time you needed to attend a meeting? I stayed at a hotel this weekend, and when I saw a conference room, I just laughed. It looked like it hadn’t been used since forever! Despite th ...
You’re invited to a Prayer and Praise Night
May 4th, 2021 at 5:15 pm EDTDear friend, What are some important challenges and unexpected blessings you’ve experienced in the past year? To say it has been a year of challenges would be an understatement, and yet we are so grateful that Five Talents has many stories of bless ...
An Early Mother's Day Gift
May 3rd, 2021 at 9:32 am EDTDear friend, One of our staff, Liz Ha, our Director of Strategic Partnerships, is a mother and she shared this important message with us:My children surprised me with an early Mother's Day gift this year. I went away for the weekend and upon my retur ...
A Gift Goes Beyond Death
April 26th, 2021 at 8:56 am EDTDear friend, A few weeks ago we heard the upsetting news that one of our incredible local partners had died. A group of us were privileged to have met Jacqueline before the pandemic, and we were all taken by her infectious enthusiasm and her passion ...
What's In Your Water Bottle?
April 19th, 2021 at 8:34 am EDTGood Monday morning, Two years ago we had the privilege of spending time with Five Talents literacy and savings groups in South Sudan. Our driver at the time was a wonderful man named Peter. He was incredibly gifted at navigating difficult roads and ...
Today and Tomorrow Only. . .
April 14th, 2021 at 11:00 am EDT“I was poor…I could not be with others, I did not have clean clothes and I was ashamed to attend church…When I first joined the (Five Talents) program, I did not see the importance of literacy. I was an adult who could not read or write, but th ...
Soon We Will Dance Again
April 12th, 2021 at 9:01 am EDTDear friend, As I was reading a reflection recently, I thought about how this global pandemic has kept many of us from celebrating and dancing at weddings. Some of us have missed mourning together in person at funerals. Thousands of years ago, the pr ...