Subject: Thank You For Joining Us!
Thank You For Joining Us!
October 8th, 2020 at 7:21 pm EDTDear Friend, Thank you for joining us for the wine tasting event! We hope it was a fun but meaningful time for you. If you would like to make gift, or learn more about Five Talents please visit our website at fivetalents.org. Lastly, we are always tr ...
Business, Faith, and Character
October 5th, 2020 at 10:17 am EDTDear Friend, In business as in life it can be easy to lie or cheat in order to get ahead or make a profit. This pressure is especially strong for the world’s most poor – a little extra income can make the difference between life and death for the ...
These 5th and 6th Graders Make Me Smile
September 28th, 2020 at 9:45 am EDTThe Younger Generation Sets Up ShopDear Friend, A few days ago, we received a donation from the 5th and 6th grade Sunday School classes of one our church partners. This very touching gift of $134 came from their recent Market Day. Market Day is a pro ...
Uplift Someone in Great Need Today!
September 24th, 2020 at 7:54 pm EDTDear [[primary_salutation]], Thank you for uplifting women, men, and children living in extreme poverty! These past months have been an extraordinary time of great uncertainty both here and in the fragile regions where Five Talents serves. Yet, we ar ...
From Beggar to Giver
September 24th, 2020 at 1:33 pm EDT“I am transformed from a beggar to a giver.”Dear Friend, South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, has not had an easy birth. Its people have suffered decades of conflict, and all the ravages- bereavement, violence, hunger, disease, trauma, po ...
Uplift Someone in Great Need Today!
September 21st, 2020 at 9:34 am EDTDear Friend, I hope you received a letter in the mail recently sharing a story about a single mom named Amer from South Sudan. If you haven’t read the letter yet, you can find out more about Amer below. Because of you, Amer is filled with hope that ...
Monday Message: The Most Courageous Woman I Ever Met
August 31st, 2020 at 10:37 am EDT“The most courageous woman I’ve ever met.” “What a dedicated mother!” “A fighter, not a quitter.” “Her love for Jesus showed in how she cared for others.” This is how friends describe Jennifer Ruff, who lost her two-year battle with ...
The Importance of Local Leaders
August 24th, 2020 at 10:17 am EDTDear Friends, I was grateful this week to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of some good friends of ours. My wife, Lynn, and I sat in one of the four corners of the “properly” social-distanced porch while the eight of us talked. It was fascinat ...
Upbeat and Hopeful: A Monday Message from Five Talents
August 17th, 2020 at 8:45 am EDTDear Friends, I was grateful to hear this last week from a bishop who works with our programs in east Africa. The bishop has become a friend, and when he writes me he calls me brother. I was grateful to hear that in his country they have overcome man ...
Overcoming
August 10th, 2020 at 10:25 am EDTDear Friends, I received this quote earlier today from my friends at St. Mary's Sewanee. I really appreciated this reminder and thought you may too: Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. -Helen KellerUntil ...
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