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She Can Sing! | Tanzania Update

Enjoy this update from our Tanzania team-- Doricas is 14 years old and was recently rescued after spending a number of years living with other children on the streets of Mwanza. Doricas has little memory of her mother who, from what she was told, left Doricas and her…

3 Exciting Resources!

Let's breathe some life into these long, winter months, shall we? We have 3 opportunities for you to take advantage of or pass along to other friends or family. 1. mySTORY: We are excited to share the news that mySTORY, our new crowdfunding platform for adopting families and adoption…

A Joyful, Chaotic Reunion

Famatta's Story At the height of the Ebola outbreak, 14-year-old Famatta watched her father, a pastor, take one of the church people to the hospital. When he returned, he told his family how the woman had died in his car while waiting for medical attention. Over the following…

What Adopting Parents Want You to Know

My husband and I were returning from overseas with our newly adopted son. We had spent 20+ hours on a flight with a screaming toddler, and I was pretty certain I had animal crackers and seaweed snacks lodged in my hair. We stumbled off the plane like a…

One Amazing Year! 2015 Year in Review

AS WE REFLECT ON GOD’S GOODNESS IN 2015 … We are grateful beyond measure for your continued love and support for orphaned and vulnerable children around the world. We are also quick to remember that the most important stories are not easily communicated on charts or as statistics—children trusting…

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from your Lifesong family! Thank you for praying. Thank you for giving. You are part of God's great redemptive plan in the lives of each child and family served by Lifesong. May you join us in rejoicing in the greatness and goodness of the one whose…

Adoption: A Dad’s Perspective

Post created by guest contributor, Peter Ashmore. Looking at the title of “A Dad’s Perspective”... I want to address some issues that I believe are at the core of the orphan crisis. These are issues I struggled with—lies I at one time believed and sometimes still battle. So,…

Mission Moment I Going Deep

"I get to see workers becoming brothers and sisters!" - Amech, Farm Manager  Amech's Story Amech started working at Lifesong Farms-Zambia last year. Before coming to the farm, he and his wife served with another mission in Zambia. They felt a strong connection to Lifesong's vision-- ... especially…