Subject: Donuts Gave Her a Voice…
Donuts Gave Her a Voice…
November 17th, 2021 at 11:52 am EDTDear Friend, What does it mean to have a voice... to have influence... to have resources? On the flip side, can you imagine how it would feel to not have these? Cristabel is a single mother of six children from Burundi who makes and sells donuts to ...
Humility and Patience
November 4th, 2021 at 8:16 am EDTDear friend, My daily reading this morning was by John Wesley: Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love. The first thing this made me think about is how I could use some more humility and patience. Then I thought abou ...
Sarah’s Story
September 30th, 2021 at 7:44 am EDTDear friend, As we have been revamping our website to enhance the user experience and better articulate our mission and vision, I was struck again by the power of this video that greatly reminds me of why we continue to do what we do.Your generou ...
Widow's Mite Revisited
September 23rd, 2021 at 6:35 pm EDTA WIDOW’S MITE REVISITEDDear Friend, Two weeks ago, you should have received an email about a remarkable story of a single mom named Gena. She makes me think of the story of the widow's mite in the Bible. Jesus talks about seeing a poor widow ...
Oh, the Places We Will Go
September 2nd, 2021 at 7:43 am EDTDear Friend, I was just looking at the impact Five Talents has had in improving people’s lives. Who would have thought 22 years ago, when a couple Bishops realized that micro-enterprise development could be a key tool of ministry, how that idea w ...
The life-giving force
August 19th, 2021 at 8:09 am EDTDear friend, We have been experiencing rainy weather this week. As we all know, rainy weather is often associated with negative moods and emotions. People often refer to rainy weather as bad or preparing for a “rainy day.” In fact, many scient ...
An Evening in Kenya
August 17th, 2021 at 6:47 am EDTDear Friend, I would like to invite you to a small gathering of special friends of Five Talents. We have dearly missed meeting in-person, as well as traveling to visit our program partners. Because of all the challenges of this past year, Five Tale ...
An Evening in Kenya
August 16th, 2021 at 11:26 am EDTDear Friend, I would like to invite you to a small gathering of special friends of Five Talents. We have dearly missed meeting in-person, as well as traveling to visit our program partners. Because of all the challenges of this past year, Five Tale ...
An Evening in Kenya
August 16th, 2021 at 8:58 am EDTDear Friend, I would like to invite you to a small gathering of special friends of Five Talents. We have dearly missed meeting in-person, as well as traveling to visit our program partners. Because of all the challenges of this past year, Five Tale ...
Graduation
July 12th, 2021 at 10:00 am EDTDear friend, We’ve talked a lot about graduation with regard to our programs. But we sometimes forget how important and unique that is. I was talking with someone this morning who reminded us that it’s probably the most important thing about ou ...