A Pre-Thanksgiving Celebration – 500,000!!!!

Oh such joyous news to report!!  Such a Thanksgiving gift!! We have officially passed the 500,000 meals mark at International Voice of the Orphan (aka IVO.Global)!! You all – it’s amazing!! Together –  you and IVO.global! Together we have fed over 500,000 meals to orphans, street children and vulnerable treasures! Celebrate that for a minute and…

love

Never a better time to find something you love. Never a better season to begin to shop. Never a better place to spend your hard earned money. Knowing that every dollar of each purchase  feeds orphans and the vulnerable street children in Uganda and India.   Yes, International Voice of the Orphan has expanded  our…

Calling All Kids!!

Well Miss Ruby has been up to the most amazing thing to date!!   I told her neurosurgeon and he excitedly remarked, “Now you just have  to get it on video and upload it!”    Well, I finally {!} got her doing it on video and I have tried multiple times  to upload it to…

One Purpose

The month of April Orphan Wares had a  Spring Cleaning Extravaganza… Those who shopped during the month of April were entered to win a  donated Gift Card to Hobby Lobby… And the winner is: Andrea E Mother’s Day Graduations Baby’s Arriving Showers Birthdays Orphan Wares  Shop With a Purpose where 100% of proceeds feed the…

Crazy Love in Action

Some days doesn’t the simple love of a child put into action just steal your heart away? Yesterday a precious letter arrived from an orphan-loving young girl named Ariana. Inside the letter was a check for $22.50. The letter said, “Dear Linny, My friend Faith and I did a face painting  fundraiser to raise money…

It’s the Little Things…

How often do we stop to be thankful for a crayon? For little ones who have nothing, there is an inexplicable joy that overtakes  when given a simple crayon and piece of construction paper. At today at the feeding program we brought pipe cleaners, beads, crayons, paper, and face painting – truly, it’s the little…

The Wee Hour Call…

I woke in the wee hours this morning to the sound  of my cell ringing beside me.   Caller ID said was Dw’s African number. Attempting to shake my groggy stupor and orient myself, I immediately questioned, “Is everything okay?” It was Dw’s voice that I heard on the other end of the line, “I’m so…

Have We Gone Mad?

Know this: What I am about to share is not for the faint of heart, nor is it intended to offend in any way,  but merely my very own   personal thoughts,  challenges  and feelings.   One day Dw and I were out and about driving  the streets of Phoenix for our weekly ‘date’.   Since…