Dear Friends, “These kids haven’t laughed in so long. You don’t know how happy it makes me feel to hear them filled with such happiness!” beamed a volunteer pastor in Kessab, Syria. Because fear and suffering has snatched the joys of childhood from most kids caught in the midst of the Syrian war, the Grain of…
Dear Friends, How can children keep their head up when life’s difficulties overwhelm them with fear? Children need caring people they can trust with their questions and problems. This kind of security and love are like soil nutrients on the heart of a child that allows a grain of trust to grow and thrive. It…
Dear Friends, Delighted and filled with wonder is how I believe you will feel, as you will read the heartfelt stories of God’s hope that follow. As you have heard in the news, many families in Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East live in fear. Fear of war and a destitute economy. Countless…
I felt like I was in heaven when I entered the front door at La Bessonne in Switzerland in 2009. I knew very little about Grain of Wheat then, but as I heard various country directors share the way countless forsaken children have been embraced by God’s deep love, I was captivated. A few months…
