mission co-worker Archives

Empowering girls through education

Posted October 14th, 2021

An African proverb says: “If you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”

Resignation of special envoy deepens multiple crises in Haiti

Posted September 29th, 2021

A cascading series of events has refocused conversation on what many considered as flawed U.S. policies in Haiti.

After a massive earthquake and a tropical storm, Haiti continues to face serious challenges

Posted August 18th, 2021

Since the 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Saturday, people have been sleeping outside waiting for possible aftershocks. When tropical storm Grace hit Monday, they had yet another horrible choice to make.

Financial collapse in Lebanon pushes half the population below the poverty line

Posted August 13th, 2021

On August 4, the people of Lebanon observed a National Day of Mourning to mark the anniversary of the port explosion in Beirut that has been called the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever recorded, killing more than 200 people, injuring 7,000 and causing an estimated $4.6 billion in damage.

Fear grips Haiti after Wednesday’s presidential assassination

Posted July 8th, 2021

News of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse early Wednesday morning left the country still and gripped in fear of the unknown.

The Rev. Dr. James Rockwood dies at 90

Posted May 12th, 2021

The Rev. Dr. James (Jim) Bitneau Rockwood, a Presbyterian pastor and mission co-worker in the Philippines, died in St. Joseph, Missouri on May 2. He was 90.

Register for a virtual journey to Guatemala

Posted April 23rd, 2021

Registration is now open for “Reading the Bible with New Eyes: Learning and Practicing Life-Giving Faith in Guatemala.”

Vaccine rollout varies greatly around the world

Posted April 21st, 2021

More than 894 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in 155 countries, about 5.9% of the global population, including 209 million doses in the U.S., according to Bloomberg News. But the availability of vaccine varies greatly around the world, with smaller countries finding themselves a distant priority.

Jidu is gone but his memory lives on

Posted April 7th, 2021

In a recent letter, the Rev. Nancy Smith-Mather, a mission co-worker, said one of the most difficult things about living in another country is the distance from family.

Seeing the reign of God at work amidst suffering and oppression

Posted March 31st, 2021

Just before the entering the Lenten season, the Lectionary gospel reading was Mark 1:14-20 where, following his baptism, Jesus calls the first four disciples by the Sea of Galilee.