Subject: A Time of Transition
A Time of Transition
June 1st, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, As you know, with my impending retirement soon there will be a transition in leadership here at Five Talents. I’m honored to have worked with Liz Ha, our Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for the past four years, and I am thril ...
An Inspiring Group of Widows
May 25th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, A week ago some of us were in Kenya and enjoyed a fun and inspirational visit to an unusual Savings Group. All 20 members were widows and lived in a very poor area. You might expect them to be sad about their state in life, but their joy ...
A Prayer for Rwanda and the Sudans
May 18th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Praying for Rwanda and the Sudans I was heartbroken to hear this news. There has been recent severe flash flooding and landslides in the western part of Rwanda along Lake Kivu, in the Diocese of Karongi, our program partner there. This a ...
You won't want to miss the 25th Anniversary celebration!
May 16th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Save the Date for Five Talents' upcoming 25th anniversary event at Wolf Trap on October 11, 2023! We hope you join us to celebrate 25 years of achievements and hear from a special guest! Ticketing for this evening reception and dinne ...
A Mother's Day Message
May 9th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Just last year around this time I was visiting our programs in Burundi. As a mom of three kids, one of my most striking memories was seeing the women on the street balancing enormous loads of goods on their heads while carrying a baby st ...
A Humanitarian Crisis Emerging
May 5th, 2023 at 4:36 pm EDTDear Friend, I want to update you on the situation with our program in Renk, South Sudan, that I told you about recently. I’m deeply saddened and concerned about the news reports coming out of the area, such as this article in The Guardian: https ...
A Picture of our Progress
May 4th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, It was fun to attend a truly wonderful gathering this past Sunday at Immanuel Presbyterian Church (IPC) in McLean, VA. to present Moments of Lift: A Study of Women Empowered. This photo exhibit featured the brave women who participate in ...
A Prayer for the Sudans
April 27th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, As I write this message, the war in Sudan is escalating. That may seem like it’s very far away, but the war is impacting our program in Renk, South Sudan in many ways. It is difficult to access food markets since Renk is very close to ...
Guinness and the Good Samaritan
April 20th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Five Talents was honored Tuesday evening to host an event with renowned author and social critic, Os Guinness, the author of The Magna Carta of Humanity and some 30 books. Guinness addressed what he referred to as “the current civiliza ...
We're all hunting for something.
April 6th, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, This year our granddaughter had fun at her first Easter egg hunt. At less than two years old, she didn’t quite know what was going on, but she seemed to enjoy hunting for something special. In many ways we are all doing the same: hunti ...