tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296163282024-03-05T04:24:18.802-06:00La ProvidenciaYou gave me life and showed me kindness,
and in your providence watched over my spirit.
Job 10:12Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05260397317949251388noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-58917907927207436902012-08-13T18:14:00.004-06:002012-08-13T18:14:49.472-06:00"Beyond Our Borders" Providence Event
The second annual "Beyond Our Borders Dinner & Silent Auction" is coming up soon! In 2011 for the first time in the Sacramento area Providence World Ministries held a fundraising dinner and auction. The inaugural event was a terrific evening of food, fun and live music - and was a great success, raising over $10,000 to support Providence. The team is hard at Phil Darkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944342337987556404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-25042048913721858212012-03-29T13:45:00.000-06:002012-03-29T13:46:10.929-06:00Samantha´s Experience<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false ES-HN X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-51505471842881725882012-01-03T10:56:00.003-06:002012-01-03T11:11:54.597-06:00Retos Para Cada Año<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false ES-HN X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-71283179590064772932011-11-03T12:06:00.004-06:002011-11-03T13:55:02.824-06:00Seguridad y PlaneacionEn estos últimos dias aquí en La Providencia hemos estado planificando las actividades para los próximos anos de nuestra organización, es necesario especificar que es dificil poder predecir el futuro, sobre todo con una economia mundial el crisis, los indices de inseguridad disparandose creando asi un ambiente mas hostil para las ONG que dependen de las donaciones de personas y organizaciones.Es Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-33016100083694250912011-10-05T13:13:00.000-06:002011-10-05T13:13:05.409-06:00Conference with Honduran NGOsI am excited to attend and speak about the La Providencia best practice family model orphanage at the Conference on Honduras in Copan this week with Douglas and Mizael. The conference includes people from non-governmental organizations working with children from all over Honduras. We hope to start new and strengthen existing relationships during the conference that will further enablePhil Darkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944342337987556404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-63321300776856887292011-09-19T08:43:00.003-06:002011-09-19T08:48:04.665-06:00Can We Really Love Our Enemies?In Matthew 5 and Romans 12, Jesus and Paul implore us to love, bless, and pray for our enemies. Is this really possible for us to accomplish? Well, in this follow-up to the most recent discussion in the "Tough Questions in a Culture of Relativism" series on the PWM blog, you can listen to the sermon I delivered on 9/11 about how we can love our enemies on global and local levels. &Phil Darkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944342337987556404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-5065410686945448082011-08-31T10:45:00.003-06:002011-08-31T14:19:49.984-06:00Results of an intense summer
<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-39446966524270430122011-08-03T13:45:00.003-06:002011-08-03T14:24:46.435-06:00Palabras de AlientoEste lunes por la mañana tuvimos nuestro devocional como todos los lunes durante esta temporada de verano, en la cual están involucrados las parejas de las casas, el personal de la Providencia y los grupos que están de visita, y es asombroso como personas tienen un mismo sentir y una relación a pesar de no poder comunicarse de forma verbal entre si, pero el espíritu de comunión los hace que casi Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-18799086478411102112011-07-15T13:20:00.003-06:002011-07-15T13:55:12.836-06:00Although I’m already back in the States, I’m going to write one last blog on my Honduran experience. I’ll admit that it’s been hard to comeback, and so writing this has graciously allowed me to revert back in my mind to those dusty streets, rainy afternoons, and smiling children. As opposed to writing about what I was learning while there, I’m going to tell a little about what I actually did Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-50112193798879549272011-07-01T11:05:00.002-06:002011-07-01T11:44:30.634-06:00My Adoption Learning!!I’ve been thinking a lot about adoption since I’ve been here in Honduras. It seems that it has come to my mind in three main ways. Primarily, because I have been spending so much time with the families here at La Providencia, I have experienced the reality of adopting orphans first hand. Each family here has six children in the home, at least four of whom are adopted. It is amazing to watch how Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-16447693260235290672011-06-15T09:01:00.005-06:002011-06-15T10:00:18.985-06:00Living the Gospel5:30 am. alarm. limited quiet time. get ready. breakfast. pack lunch. out the door. work. students. standardized tests. pressure. preparation. teaching. stress. relationships. busyness. cell phone. texts. email. constant communication. planning. meeting. coffee date with friend. grocery store. list. tasks. hurry. shop. talk. wait in line. self-checkout. fast. next stop. home. cook. late. take Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-40463120061187218222011-05-16T00:07:00.000-06:002011-05-16T00:08:31.726-06:00Summit Orphan 2011Estamos en las conferencias de Summit Orphan, en las instalaciones de la iglesia Southesast Christian Church que tiene la iglesia una membresia de 25,000 y que tiene instalaciones grandes, grandes, grandesssssss.. Si el salón de adoracion tiene una capacidad como para 5,000 personas estilo teatro, tres niveles, 8 pantallas gigantes y como 6 torres de parlantes asi como su propio sistema de Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-19735211012645707892011-05-16T00:05:00.000-06:002011-05-16T00:06:13.562-06:00Las pequeñas cosas que hacen la diferenciaEsta es la primera vez que se me ocurre la idea de escribir sobre las diferencias culturales que encuentro al venir a estados unidos, básicamente porque es mi segunda vez aquí…. La verdad que aparentemente este es el país del sí se puede y de los más desarrollados del mundo, no me mal entienda la verdad que si lo es; pero también es cierto que están orgullosos de mostrarlos en cada situación. Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-87745744736167773922011-05-04T16:42:00.004-06:002011-05-24T14:02:18.336-06:00The Study of Orphan Care Leads to HumilityPlato once said, "The study of Astronomy leads to humility." That is definitely true - just one look at pictures from the Hubble telescope makes this point clear.
Similarly, as I have found in the last few years, the study of how to bring excellence to orphan care also leads to humility. It is easy to get lost in the numbers of the orphan crisis (e.g., over 167,000,000 orphans in the world) and Phil Darkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944342337987556404noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-66643594492884824442011-04-15T14:11:00.002-06:002011-04-15T14:28:20.826-06:00I Will BLESS YOU AND YOU WILL BE A BLESSING (WORD OF GOD)In this month of January the Lord has allowed me to have the opportunity to be a blessing to a new set of children, by giving them the chance to have lower extremities orthopedic surgery. It has been such a blessing for us who are able to participate with the medical teams. To freely give your time and energy to serve someone else, to be able to actually put into practice the word of God: “I Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-51905364822415884492011-04-08T09:47:00.005-06:002011-04-08T09:57:51.083-06:00A Friend Experience<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Doug B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08819839096967674334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-33288267602061975262011-03-28T09:29:00.002-06:002011-03-28T09:50:01.824-06:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <!--[endif]--><!---->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-74636365887567996182011-03-21T10:47:00.000-06:002011-03-21T10:47:54.878-06:00Agentes de Renovacion Muchas veces como cristianos nos envolvemos tanto en nuestro estilo de vida que nos desconectamos del resto de las personas que nos rodean y así no sentimos alegría en lo que hacemos, la biblia dice “Buscar primeramente el reino de Dios y todo lo demás añadido será” … “Porque yo soy fiel y prometí que siempre cuidaría de ti” y viene la pregunta ¿cuál es el Reino de Dios?.Es muy común que cuando Douglas Barahonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08807122008172725214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-71859460915126142362011-03-17T13:39:00.000-06:002011-03-17T13:40:32.557-06:00Stretching Boundaries.Here at Providence I have had the opportunity to work in different areas of our ministry. One day I am working in the school going through inventory and the next day I could be working in our office. I love that each day I am able to experience La Providencia from a different standpoint. This week has been one of those weeks where you work with a new set of people in an unfamiliar area, doing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-71417206428136584372011-03-15T12:24:00.000-06:002011-03-15T12:25:55.875-06:00Footprints of February<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-71098195422756052402011-03-02T20:52:00.000-06:002011-03-02T20:55:10.396-06:00Kicking Off the New Year!<!--StartFragment--> This week at Providence we have partnered with an extremely talented medical team coming all the way from Wisconsin. The group of twelve (12) Orthopedic Surgeons has willingly donated their time and skills to help the children of Honduras. The first day started off with one hundred and five children coming from all over the Honduran area to be medically examined. The team Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-4929404151385475022011-02-25T01:27:00.000-06:002011-02-25T01:27:57.969-06:00Why We Do What We DoLast Thursday, I, along with a team from all over the USA, Douglas, Mizael, and Henry, experienced something that we all likely will never forget. We visited an orphanage in San Pedro Sula from where four of our Providence Children came. The experience was even more eye-opening than I thought it would be and it confirmed that there is a huge need to improve orphan care in Phil Darkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944342337987556404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-38213669884131444522010-11-16T18:56:00.002-06:002011-02-19T10:01:01.913-06:00Viaje a la Joya Grande 2010One last Hurrah! Our service at La Providencia has now come to a close. We treated ourselves to a day of fun, laughter and friendship at the zoo with those Honduran friends who have meant so much to us during these past three years. We had an amazing day. It was such a blessing to us, and we think they had fun too.
It is our prayer that they and you will all continue to grow in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-69683790686956539662010-11-16T18:52:00.001-06:002010-11-16T18:52:17.535-06:00Dia de la Independencia 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616328.post-26615939938246115952010-11-16T18:51:00.010-06:002011-02-19T09:02:12.610-06:00Josue celebrates his 4th birthday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0