STORIES
Throughout the world the 25 Project empowers vulnerable children with the hope of the Gospel, loving community, and the tools they need to grow and thrive.
Name Changers
God’s Future Kingdom in South Asia
I encourage you to find where the Lord wants you to tell of His Great Love. You were made for this very purpose... I have now been to South Asia twice with the 25 Project, and these expeditions have changed my life. God has shown me so much about who…
Abu Koroma: A Life Renewed
Abu is a double orphan. He lost his mother when he was very young. When his father died in 2013, Abu was left homeless. He moved in with his uncle, but his uncle did not care for even his most basic needs. Abu decided to move to the streets of Waterloo to care for…
Life on Mission
Meet Umaru Do you know someone who has never heard about Jesus? Umaru is in our sponsorship program and lives at Margaret’s home in Grafton, Sierra Leone. As with the others at Margaret's home, Umaru is very special to me. He is a young man with a great…
My Sponsorship Story
A Story by Nathan Bogue Marianny is my family's sponsored child in the Dominican Republic! She reminds me of my own daughter Lillie, in so many ways, every time I see her. Marianny loves to sing, talk about what she is learning at school and laugh with her…
The Joy of Sponsorship
The Joy of Sponsorship: An Article by Melissa Presley My heart is naturally bent toward encouragement. Focusing on the good stuff. As a mama of four, I can’t even begin to put into words all the ways that the Lord has blessed me through my children. The work He has…
Best Friends Day
Celebrating National Best Friends Day Today is National Best Friends Day! Do you have a "best friend?" While this is an "unofficial" holiday, many people celebrate the day by honoring the friends that are closest to them....their "best friends." They call a best friend to say hi, or…
Bringing Hope and Healing
"Taking him up by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong." Acts 3:7 The Story I’m sitting on my back porch enjoying God’s beauty late this evening, on Memorial Day. Honestly, I began this journal post this morning. Sometimes I…
Ibrahim’s Story
Earlier this year, I was part of a team of eight people that trekked across the Atlantic to serve the children and youth the 25 Project ministers to in Sierra Leone, West Africa. After five years of these Sierra Leonian kids being served through local staff, 25 Project teams and stateside…
4 Steps to Changing a Life
Do you ever wonder if sponsorship is too complicated? Well, sponsoring through the 25 Project is simple and more importantly you can change a life! Through our sponsorship program, Name Changers, a child or youth's life is impacted greatly and our prayer is that your life will be impacted…
The Privilege of Sponsorship
I became a sponsor after going on a mission expedition to the Mercy Home Ministry in South Asia. Though I had sponsored children, I had never been able to actually step into their lives to understand their reality. The children were not names and pictures, but kids that seemed…