Family Trips to Dorie’s Promise: The Johnson’s

Every year, hundreds of people visit Dorie’s Promise as part of our teams. Although we enjoy everyone who visits, when families serve together, something special happens. This week we want to highlight the Johnson family (Kevin, Debi, Sarah, and Josh) of Michigan. Their First Trip to Guatemala...

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Get to Know Our Special Mothers: Mama Noemi

Have you ever wondered why we call the ladies who work in our homes “Special Mothers”? They are special, and most are mothers, but there is something more to these women. It takes a very special person to care for someone else’s children as if they are your own, and that is what the Special...

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2018: Our Year to Refocus Missions

The 2018 mission trip season is quickly approaching at Dorie’s Promise and we’re readying our home for more than 300 visitors. Recently, our staff met to discuss our home, our children, and what we want 2018 to look like at Dorie’s Promise. Mixing the daily needs of 40 children with 300 visitors...

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Bringing Baseball to Dorie’s Promise

It’s not every week we host a professional baseball player at Dorie’s Promise. So imagine the excitement for our children when New York Yankee’s pitcher Ben Heller visited in December. We caught up with Ben a few weeks ago to follow up on his trip and plans heading into spring training. Ben’s...

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Behind the Scenes: Doc and Mirna

By Kelly Shank – If you’re a parent you understand how scary it can be when your child is sick, that helpless feeling when you don’t know what is wrong or what to do. Now imagine multiplying those feelings by 40 children. Describing how important Dr. Castro “Doc” and Mirna, our nurse, are is...

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Maintaining Your Post Trip Impact

By Kelly Shank – Thousands of people have visited Dorie’s Promise as part of our missions teams and many thousands more have been impacted by their stories after they returned home. Visiting our home and experiencing Guatemala firsthand is certainly one of the most impactful ways to learn about...

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Orphan Care through Missions

By Kelly Shank – God has called us to passionately serve the world’s forgotten children through life-changing ministries. Heather Radu came to Guatemala seventeen years ago to serve children who were vulnerable and forgotten, helping hundreds of orphans be placed in loving families through...

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Fall Mission Trips

By Naomi Beazely – Even though summer is barely under way, it’s time for mission teams, families and church groups to start thinking about the possibilities of a fall mission trip. From mid-October through early December, groups can take advantage of a discounted price, with the per-person...

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Ten-Year Employees Recognized

By Heather Radu – One of the most joyous occasions of this spring was honoring—and saying thanks to—all the employees who have been with Dorie’s Promise for 10 years or longer. We couldn’t have done it without them. They have stayed with us through the years and even in the most difficult of...

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Cari’s Kids

By Cari Burck – I will never forget my first trip to Guatemala, when I made it my mission to get a little guy named Lester to smile. I loved on him, devoted attention to him, and acted silly. Before leaving, I snapped the first-ever picture of him smiling. On that trip, I left a piece of my...

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A Fun Day Out At the Tennis Club!

By Omar David – I have been visiting Dorie’s Promise for four years and still come once a week to play with the kids.  You will find me there every Thursday afternoon for about 45 minutes. I got to know about Forever Changed International while playing tennis with Dr. Castro.  A couple...

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