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Reflections on our Father’s Love for the Fatherless
On Easter Sunday this year, the Lord took my father home after 85 rich and meaningful years. His departure has left me in a reflective mindset about the blessing he was to me personally, and the importance of fathers more generally to all of us. My dad worked hard...
An Interview with Wilbroad & Zicky Chanda: 10 Years of Lighthouse Christian School (PART 1)
Zicky and Wilbroad Chanda, founders of Lighthouse Christian School in Ndola, Zambia, recently visited Covenant Mercies’ US offices. In honor of the school’s tenth anniversary, Director of Development Joanne Burak sat down to talk with the Chandas about Lighthouse and...
Your Support is Changing Lives
I want to share with you the story of James Omoding, a sponsored child who began with Covenant Mercies in 2003. James is from the Pallisa District located in Eastern Uganda. Upon his registration for our program and assignment to a sponsor, James relocated to...
A Harvest of Hope
Ron and Jennifer Gleason know a thing or two about root vegetables. Jennifer’s family has run Hillside Gardens, a farm and produce company located in Ontario, Canada, and in the state of Georgia in the United States, for 50 years. Half of that time Jennifer has been...
Remembering David Sacks
David Sacks’ connection with Covenant Mercies began in January 2003, when he providentially visited my home church (and CM’s founding church, Covenant Fellowship) on the Sunday I was introducing our Orphan Sponsorship Program for the very first time. David and I had...
Embracing Opportunity
Julius Olwenyi was only five years of age when he lost his father in 1997. With no source of income, his mother struggled to care for him and his younger brother. The year after his father’s death, Julius was enrolled in a public school in his rural Ugandan village....