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This Mother’s Day, will you join us to empower mothers to care for their children with dignity in Ethiopia?

Mothers like Betti have raised their children to the best of their ability in a land where extreme poverty has left them with few options. Her children, facing dark realities about how their mother provides for them, grow up as outcasts in their society, unrecognized and forfeiting any hope of a future.

But this Mother’s Day, we empower mothers like Betti so she can provide for her children with dignity. As we celebrate our own mothers, wouldn’t it be exciting if we could celebrate motherhood for her too? 

“It is hard to know how to express the thoughts that ran through my mind as I attended the Cancer Redemption Project church dedication.  Seeing the campus with all the buildings complete, feeling the children’s arms around me again, interacting with the LSM staff who on a daily basis carry out the mission of serving vulnerable children. Feeling so blessed that God allowed our family to be part of His amazing work in Haiti.” – Jenny Bertsch

On Sunday, the church and school at the Cancer Redemption Project will be officially dedicated for God’s service. We’re so thrilled for the powerful impact this will have – not only in the lives of the 72 children who now are in permanent families at the CRP campus, but for the entire surrounding community.

We’d encourage you to read Jenny Bertsch’s thoughts as she and her two children travel to Haiti for the dedication. 

There are a plethora of desperate realities that children around the world face – far beyond their control. And they’re often far enough from our realities that they’re just plain hard to relate to. How many of us have faced being sold into slavery because our parents couldn’t pay their debts? How many of us watched our parents die from AIDS only to find out that we too are infected with HIV? How many of us have been denied education? There are a million different scenarios marking an often far-too-short lifetime of pain and suffering.

But these aren’t just sad realties somewhere out there. These are real life scenarios for children that we know and work with at LSM.

There’s some exciting new things happening around LSM. We’re thrilled for the powerful ways that God is moving. Here’s just a few:

Want to install some powerful truths in your children’s lives? Looking for some teaching tools as you embark on a journey to care for vulnerable children?

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Technically, Spring has arrived. But if you’re not traveling for Spring Break and live in the Midwest, you might be wondering if it will really arrive to stay. Well, don’t get too discouraged – and in the meantime, do some dreaming with us to make this week special. Here’s a few things you can do:

There are times when a single moment changes everything. For Yemi*, that moment came at far too young an age – the day she found out she was pregnant. As the youngest daughter in a large family, her parents struggled to provide for everyone, and as she sat there with her hands in her face, she thought: “How will I ever provide for this child? I’m not ready to be a mother.”

It doesn’t take long to find someone around us with a need. And if you watch five minutes of the news, you’ll catch a glimpse of the world around us that is in the midst of war, economic distress and pain.

But what if we could band together and do something about it? What if groups of women across the U.S. could directly impact a piece of those problems? Through our Ethiopian Purse Parties, women are gathering in homes and larger venues and doing just that. 

Here’s what they’re saying about it:

Getting the winter blues? Needing some inspiration? This is the perfect time to check out some upcoming events that will inspire you and give you opportunities to make a tangible difference in a vulnerable child’s life.