Posts Tagged ‘World Vision Canada’
How Generosity Can Build the World – By Leanne Prescott
In the Dominican Republic, in slums pressed between vacation resorts, there is a café without tables, without chairs. You’ll never find it on Yelp. This café has a welcoming heart, even warmer than the Caribbean sun. This café is a woman. I will never forget the day we met, when she taught me about generosity.…
Read MoreHunger Free in the Kingdom of God
For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. Matthew 25:35 Today is World Food Day, a day that honours the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945 and reminds us…
Read MoreA #HungerFree World
Why do we struggle with loving our neighbours? Why is it so hard for us to make room for grace for those around us? Why can’t we seem to find common ground with others? Why is loving God easier (sometimes) then loving those in need? How can we help ensure a Hunger Free world? Well…
Read MoreI Do Not Need Extra
You know – 20 million people is a lot. I mean… A LOT. Now imagine all of those people with absolutely nothing to eat. If you’re like me, you probably can’t. This, however, is reality. There are more than 20 million people suffering from severe famine in Africa. I am going to be really open…
Read MoreEp 45: Gratitude Changes Everything
Join Kimberley Mitchell, our Just A Canadian Girl In Nashville, with her very special guest, as they take over Wednesday’s show and share how gratitude changes us, makes us kinder people, and affects everything we do – even math.
Read MoreThe Famine in Africa: Our Responsibility as Canadians, and as Moms
The Famine in Africa: Our Responsibility as Canadians, and as Moms by Lindsay Gladding It was during a trip to Afghanistan where I met Aysha. I had walked past room after room in a maternity hospital filled with 10-20 women each all in various stages of labour and delivery. Aysha, a 15-year-old woman, had just…
Read MoreEp 44: How To Live A Life Of Gratitude
Join Host Melinda Estabrooks, the See Hear Love Co-Hosts and Special Guest, Lindsay Gladding from World Vision Canada as they discuss how to live a life with meaning and purpose, how to live a life of gratitude and contentment AND what it means to be a world changer! To support the African famine relief, please click…
Read MoreLindsay Gladding – June 19th
Lindsay Gladding is World Vision Canada’s Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Director, with over 12 years of experience. In her role with World Vision’s humanitarian team she has deployed to multiple crises in the last decade, including Niger to support a food security crisis, Jordan to establish WV’s response to Iraqi refugees, Zimbabwe to support the…
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