Art class for orphans - self portraits

World Orphans puts a high value on holistic care for the orphans in their programs - so going beyond the essentials and making sure that the kids' needs are being met spiritually, emotionally and physically.

It's been fabulous to have Callie Himsl here as our current long term intern. Callie came on a Journey 117 trip last year and had it laid on her heart to do more. At the end of August, she packed up life in So. California, left her job and moved here. She lives & works with us here as we reach out to children, churches, and communities to help stop the cycle of the orphan.

Here is a glimpse of her work in one of our churches yesterday:

 Art class - part 1

Art class - part 2

Art class worship

Art work slide show

New faces...

This past summer, Jessica Williamson and her daughter Phoebe came to live with us. Jessica began her internship with WO recently & will be helping Rebecca with the Maternity care research and development phase. Her faith and courage are inspiring AND she helps us immensely with her fluent Kreyol. We LOVE having a little one in the house, too, Miss Phoebe Kate spreads her smiles around & keeps us all on our toes!

Sandrea arrived with great anticipation on our part! It seemed a long time since Rebecca met with her last November in CA and interviewed her for the position. Now she is finally here to pick up where Natalie left off, in teaching Emma. It is the last stretch & Sandrea definitely has the attitude and the spunk to help Em finish strong!!

Callie has joined us here in Haiti as the first long term WO intern overseas. She has woven herself into the household as a perfect fit and is a blessing to our ministry with her upbeat nature and artistic flair! She will be helping us look at craftsmanship sustainability options, creating web & t-shirt designs, providing art classes for kids in our church based OVC programs, lending a hand with the upcoming conference & training, and helping revamp the WO guest house FB page. Who knows what else...she is a multi-talented young woman!