Kervenson Is Home
October 3, 2026 · GPPD Team
After more than seven years of paperwork, setbacks and prayer, Kervenson Pierre Hasson is now a citizen of the United States.
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Kervenson Is Home
October 3, 2026 · GPPD Team
After more than seven years of paperwork, setbacks and prayer, Amber and Kervenson walked into the arms of family and friends at the Roanoke airport. Kervenson Pierre Hasson is now a citizen of the United States!
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Uganda · Clean Water
A 13-Year-Old’s Gift of Clean Water
October 29, 2026 · GPPD Team
Over about 15 months, Emmeline raised the funds for a well that now gives about 200 children in Kyampisi safe water every day.
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Jordan · Refugees
From Iraq to Jordan to Australia
September 29, 2026 · GPPD Team
Years after we walked alongside Yousif and his daughter Angelina as refugees in Jordan, Angelina has graduated from high school in Australia.
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S. Asia · Nations Hope Store
N.’s Story: Work That Matters
January 25, 2026 · Matt Riggins
A single mother in our Nations Hope Store program makes the maps that help families around the world pray for unreached peoples.
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South Asia
Behind the Lens: Nancy’s Story
April 26, 2024 · Nancy Zimmerman with Vicki Riggins
What draws me back to beautiful South Asia are the faces I meet at the end of my lens. A connection is made the moment I snap a picture.
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GO Center
Volunteer Highlight: Bamboo
January 31, 2024 · Kristie Robers
A group of volunteers from St. John Lutheran Church got “bamboozled” into completing a helpful project for the GO Center.
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Advent
Advent Week 3: Joy
December 17, 2023 · Tina Baldis
Christmas in Slovakia brings rich traditions of celebrating Christmas, in a winter when December nights last up to 16 hours.
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Advent
Advent Week 2: Peace
December 9, 2023 · Matt Riggins
In the classic movie Home Alone, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is left behind by his family a few days before Christmas.
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Advent
Advent Week 1: Hope
December 7, 2023 · Stephanie Elliott
In a remote African village, I walked dirt roads through thick paths overgrown with bushes.
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Uganda
Uganda Trip Highlights: Summer 2023
June 16, 2023 · Stephanie Elliott
Highlights from the daily prayer updates sent by team leader Steph during an amazing, Spirit-filled trip to Uganda.
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Faith
He Speaks
May 24, 2023 · Dana Cox
Many times in our Christian walk we doubt the voice of God, unsure whether we are really hearing Him.
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Our Team
20 Years of Help & Hope: Trip Experiences
May 24, 2023 · GPPD Team
As we celebrated 20 years as an organization, past trip members shared their most personally moving moments.
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Our Team
20 Years of Help & Hope: Staff, Associates and Board
May 24, 2023 · GPPD Team
Staff, associates and board members share how being part of the GPPD team has shaped their lives and hearts.
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Advent
Advent Week 4: The Light of Love
December 18, 2022 · Evelyn Reams
Being overcome by God’s love for us is the only way we will have anything left to share with those around us.
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Advent
Advent Week 3: The Oil of Joy
December 11, 2022 · Evelyn Reams
The psalmist celebrated the coming Messiah with the image of being anointed with the oil of joy.
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Advent
Advent Week 2: The Fruit of Peace
December 4, 2022 · Evelyn Reams
True joy and peace cannot be found outside of the vine. Abiding is a choice, and peace is a free gift.
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Advent
Advent Week 1: A Harvest of Hope
November 27, 2022 · Evelyn Reams
This week’s theme is hope, as we reflect on those who waited for the Messiah and the hope God sustains in us today.
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Refugees
God’s Heart for Refugees
September 6, 2022 · Vicki Riggins
Standing at a small city airport’s arrival gate, we waited to welcome a family we had heard about just two days before.
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Haiti
Couple Plans Extra Ceremony with Rév Family in Haiti
May 27, 2022 · GPPD Team with Caden Crosby
We were going to find a way to celebrate with them this year, and we had been planning our Haiti “wedding” for a long time.
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Clean Water
Lessons from a Day with No Running Water
May 18, 2022 · Evelyn Reams
When the water main in my neighborhood was shut off, a small hiccup in my day changed how I think about clean water.
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Haiti
One Cup. One Dream. One Year.
April 6, 2022 · Leeanne Leary
One year after opening our doors to the public, we look back on a year full of learning, love and new beginnings.
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Ukraine
Help & Hope for Ukrainians
March 23, 2022 · GPPD Team
The crisis in Ukraine has touched the hearts of many. Even in this dark time, the light of hope shines on.
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South Asia
Prabhudas’ Legacy
January 24, 2022 · Matt Riggins
In January 2005, I was preparing for my first mission trip with GPPD when I heard about the devastating tsunami.
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Advent
The Light of the World
December 16, 2021 · Steph E. Cancino
The end of the Nativity story is joyful, but the beginning is a mess. The journey to joy went through darkness, but the Light was on the way.
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