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The Geremia family traveled to LaVictoire, Haiti in July to help with VBS at the local CWO church. Here Laura Geremia shares her thoughts about the trip that changed her family’s lives...

CWO’s first missionary, Karen Pasquariello, shares more about her time serving in Haiti in this two-part blog post.  It is March 14, 1980 and I shout out praises for what is happening...

Read Part 2 of the Hoover’s blog post about the Big and Little Nephews in Zambia that they care for with open hearts! We described how we met the “call boys” or...

Bill & Marci Hoover have lived in Zambia as CWO missionaries since 2002. We are honored to publish their two-part blog post about their family of Big & Little Nephews and how...

As I travel back home from a trip to Zimbabwe I cannot help but think about short-term team members returning home from mission trips.  The question that should be on the minds...

Part 2 – Participant Responsibility and Preparation If you are considering participating in a short-term trip, you have some responsibilities before you choose where you are going and who you are going...

Part 1 (the sending organizations responsibility) Greg Yoder participated in the first Christian World Outreach (CWO) work team that served in Johnstown, Pennsylvania after the flood of 1977.  He then served on...

It is Valentine’s Day, 1980. I am so happy to have my own little apt in Petionville, Haiti.  There is no A/C and it is hot, but I can open the windows. ...

I have been here for six months (May 1980). It hasn’t been easy. There have been several times when God and I have had a conversation where I have said, “it is...

It is November 1979. Living in a foreign country can be lonely, especially when special holidays are approaching. It is so encouraging when I have visitors.  My sister, Sharon and two friends,...