Can a Robbery be a Blessing in Disguise? That depends on You…

That’s a question I asked myself after getting an email from John King Orio; the director of our mission in Uganda Friends of the Heart, (FOTHU) sharing with me how his restaurant in Kampala had been broken into and  many of it’s valuable contents removed. This is the same tiny establishment that funds John and […]

In the drivers seat of an out of control car speeding backwards down a mountain with no breaks

    That’s the dream I had just two weeks before my fifth major move in less than one year. This time I was leaving France and returning to the U.S. after mistakenly thinking I would be living in the country of cheese and wine for a good long time. After all; I shipped at […]

Getting to the Root of the Matter

  In our current society, we often have the “every man for himself” mentality. We seem to focus so much on what we can do for ourselves that we often do not leave any room to consider what we can do for others. Imagine how much richer and more fulfilling our lives would be if […]

What do you Need in 2014?

  “That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality.” C.S. Lewis After returning to the U.S in May of 2013 I struggled almost every day as I attempted to replace Want with Need. No matter how often I tried to embrace a life of only need […]

Ten reasons why he was the first and the greatest blogger for Social Transformation of all time.

  Not sure who “he” is? Well I’m going to go out on a limb here and argue it was Saint Paul. Oh sure some of you will want to suggest that it was Aristotle, or Plato, or some other B.C. dude or dudette that has gone down in history as being pretty influential with […]

“The Almighty is his guiding light in all its activities”.

Those words open the latest letter from our beloved Milton Torres and his Mahanaim Mission in the Cordoba district of Colombia making it clear that your work is His work and His work like yours is the work of LOVE. In the investment report sent to Orchid Milton tells us “We are enjoying the benefits […]

Your Gifts at Work in the Sacred Valley

It took just a few short days for your gifts of love and compassion to reach the sacred Valley. Path of the Heart mobilized quickly to get the much needed food, blankets, cooking oil, and emergency lighting to the people affected by the flooding. Thanks to YOU people are able to make it to another […]

They need a flood of support!

  An email  call for help from Washington Gibaja Tapia and Orchids Mission in Peru “Path of the Heart“ After sharing lights in the native community of Chupani, we decided to walk down the valley to Ollantaytambo starting walking around 8:00 p.m. and we faced a big rain and there wasn’t any transportation to take. […]

Talk about TRANSFORMER-ATION

  How do You and Orchid electrify the world with change? Answer: How about by a “transformer-ation” of a community in Colombia? That’s exactly what a group of Orchid roots did when they stepped up and donated part of their treasure to provide electric lighting to a community in darkness.  Their power of love generated […]

Are You a Beautiful Dreamer or a Philanthropist?

  If you have ever asked yourself “If I could transform the world for good how would I?” then you are a beautiful dreamer. If you have ever volunteered, offered your expertise, your wealth, or your prayers, to impart and impact a social benefit for transformative change then you are a Philanthropist. If you are […]