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We Help Lebanon Ministry Reaches Out To Victims Of Blast By Ann Mead Ash
When Drew Metcalf, who together with his wife, Cindy, founded We Help Children, was in Beirut, Lebanon, in early March, he found it to be a wonderful
Responding To A Financial Pandemic HOPE International Plans 20th Annual Golf Tournament By Ann Mead Ash
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Corine (right in left photo), a HOPE International client who lives in Zimbabwe, reacted to a loss of income due to COVID-19 by starting a bakery with other members of her savings group.
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Several years ago, Mike Mitchell, former owner of a discount market, was sitting in church when he had a vision of bringing closeout liquidated overstock merchandise and thrift store items together with groceries, fresh produce, dairy, frozen foods, and fresh meat. Mitchell thought, “If God brings me the right team to put this together, I can do this.” That team, which has brought just such a market to a food desert,
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The team that has made Treasures Markets a reality includes (from left) vice president of store operations Ken Groff, vice president of development Pam Pautz, and vice president of purchasing Mike Willig. The first store, which offers discounted groceries, clothing, and housewares, opened on North Franklin Street in Lancaster at the end of June.
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Treasures Markets - Bringing Food And More To Lancaster By Ann Mead Ash
Jeff Rutt, founder of HOPE International, is keenly aware of the worldwide impact of COVID-19. HOPE International is a nonprofit organization that seeks to alleviate poverty in all its forms - spiritual, material, social, and personal. Over its more than 20-year history, the organization, with offices at 227 Granite Run Drive, Suite 250, Lancaster, has done that by loaning out more than $1 billion and helping to start savings groups among about a million clients in 16 countries. Now, those clients, who
who said that once Charbel found his family and knew they were safe, he turned to another mission. “He decided to go to where the explosion happened to help people,” said Drew. “That is where he has been daily.” According to Drew, Charbel has formed a team that takes shovels and brooms daily and asks where they can help clean up the disaster area. “They go from home to home or from apartment to apartment cleaning and ministering,” said Drew. “What I find fascinating is that no longer are people (in Beirut) asking, ‘Are you a Muslim or a Christian or a Jew?’ They are just asking, ‘How can we help?’” Keeping in touch with Charbel by phone each day, Drew is seeing how the team is reaching out. “From tragedy, there is an open door
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Charbel, a partner with We Help Children stationed in Beirut, grabbed a broom and helped to clean up after the Aug. 4 port explosion (left photo). Charbel shared treats with some new young friends (right photo).
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place. “When I was there, it was a gorgeous city,” said Drew, who described the area as touristy - filled with high-rise hotels and apartments. “They were known for their food, like a little Paris,” he said. In the afternoon on Aug. 4, two explosions rocked the port area of the city. Nearly 200 people died, and more than 6,000 were injured. As much as $15 billion in property damage left 300,000 homeless. When the explosion happened, Drew was on the phone with Charbel, a ministry partner he had met when he was in Beirut in March. “(Charbel) was scared for his family,” recalled Drew,
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