July 3, 2011 Comments Off
Poverty: (n) – deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities. Scantiness; insufficiency. Amy Todd, the 410 Bridge staff member that has traveled with us and served alongside of us here in Haiti, made an great observation last night as we shared our stories with one another about the day. I’ve asked her if I can [...]
May 3, 2010 Comments Off
See the over 25 loans that you have helped provide to hard working women and men in third world nations around the world through the Share5 Fund.
September 27, 2009 Comments Off
Participate in sharing Love with a family. Be part of a Different Miracle!
August 2, 2009 Comments Off
Thank you to the children of Life Church Boise's Summer Vacation Bible School for choosing Share5 as their ministry recipient for their VBS offerings! The funds raised will be used to provide small "microfinance" loans to hard working people from various parts of the lesser developed world; small loans made from small change. These children [...]
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June 3, 2009 Comments Off
Continuing in our series of entries on Microfinance and Microcredit, I would like to introduce you to an organization that makes doing one of the things we like doing best, lending money to the working poor in third world countries, possible. Introducing Kiva.org Without Kiva, it would be impossible for a small organization like ourselves [...]
April 16, 2009 Comments Off
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine from the XMen) recently issued a challenge and a promise via twitter: he will give $100,000 US to the charity of the person that can make the most convincing argument as to why their charity should get it. Pretty simple! The race is on. You can help us create a huge impact [...]
March 14, 2009 Comments Off
As we caught up today, we were fortunately able to get a few videos finished; one that we have been sitting on for about a month, and one from the most recent trip (week 1) to Mexico. Since we are limited on the amount we can add to Vimeo (anybody want to donate $59.95 for [...]
March 14, 2009 Comments Off
This past week, Amy, the kids, and I were allowed to be spectators of and participants in the working of a miracle. On Sunday, March 8th, we loaded the RV and two vans with High School youth, adult leaders, and a few younger family members. We were 19 in total, and we had a mission [...]
March 6, 2009 Comments Off
Today is the last day of "school" for the kids here in Tempe, AZ at Bethany Community Church as we prepare for departure for Rocky Point, Mexico on Sunday morning. Emily and Dillon have been graciously enrolled for free all week at Bethany Learning Center during their "Wild West Week". They have had a bicycle [...]
February 27, 2009 Comments Off
It's here! We finally have the last piece of the puzzle in place to allow you to shop for your TOMS shoes directly off the TOMSshoes website while still making sure that you are not only providing a pair of shoes for a child in need, but also that TOMS will contribute an additional $8 [...]