Subject: Joy in both light and darkness
Joy in both light and darkness
December 22nd, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, This Advent time of year leading up to Christmas is fun: lots of lights, music, wonderful smells, and of course, yummy treats. But it’s also a time of darkness, and that is a source of joy for me as well. Yesterday was, in the norther ...
Thanksgiving recipes you can't miss ... just kidding.
November 24th, 2022 at 8:30 am EDTDear Friend, As I reflect on Thanksgiving this week, I am eager, of course, to enjoy some favorite family recipes. But I’m actually looking forward even more to a favorite family tradition. Each Thanksgiving, before we are “allowed” to eat, we ...
The unique approach you're making possible
November 10th, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, I'm writing today to share the words of Bishop Joseph Aime of Gitega in Burundi. Speaking of Five Talents' long partnership in his diocese, he told our team: We want to see people living in extreme poverty rise up to relative poverty as ...
Grateful to be in Kenya
November 3rd, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, I was so grateful to be able to travel last week to Kenya again. First time in almost three years because of the pandemic. This was a gathering of 35 of Five Talents lead trainers from 11 different countries. And can these folks dance! W ...
What's giving me hope, here in Kenya today
October 27th, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, I've been so impressed with the creativity of the new Kenyan entrepreneurs I've been meeting this week. They are coming up with all kinds of fresh business ideas I never would’ve thought of. For example, I met a man today who makes a p ...
Friend, want to see your impact in action?
September 22nd, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, You’ve heard me share several times about our virtual Kenya tour. We have had the wonderful opportunity to take friends, including many of you, to see Five Talents’ Kenya program in action, both at in-person events and Zoom events. W ...
Come with me, virtually, to Kenya!
September 13th, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTHello Friend, We have had some wonderful opportunities recently to visit with our partners around the world. Some Five Talents' staff visited our programs in Burundi last month, and our partners from Kenya visited Virginia earlier this summer. I’ll ...
Come with me, virtually, to Kenya!
August 30th, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTHello Friend, We have had some wonderful opportunities recently to visit with our partners around the world. Some Five Talents' staff visited our programs in Burundi last month, and our partners from Kenya visited Virginia earlier this summer. I’ll ...
Friend, this is how women use the education you help provide!
August 25th, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Each day, women in communities where we work suffer trauma that blocks their progress in life. Gender-based violence and early marriage are common. Fortunately, we're equipping these women for a better future - as literate, entrepreneu ...
Would you like to hear education is changes women’s lives?
August 11th, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, I wanted to share with you some key details about how access to education is deeply meaningful to the 80% of Five Talents’ program participants who are women. In the communities where we work, harmful traditions, extreme poverty, and w ...