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Real Lives. Real Transformation.

Stories of Impact

From orphan care in India to foster families in Florida — these are the lives your giving and partnership make possible. Every story is proof that the Church can change everything.

Wayne Lanier — founder of Labor of Love International, foster care and orphan care advocate
Nili, head cook at Caleb India
India

Nili — The Head Cook at Caleb India

Married at 17. Lost her husband to tuberculosis. Gave up her newborn in desperation. Found Caleb India. Found faith. Now nourishes every child with food and grace.

Rachit from the jungle village
India

Rachit — The Boy from the Jungle Village

Father injured. Mother gone for labor. Living in a thatched hut. Now in Class 4 at Caleb India. Studying, praying, singing, dreaming of becoming a pastor.

Pastor Surendra Nand
Pastor Stories

Pastor Surendra Nand — Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

Lost his parents and brother. Planted a church. Leads 140 members today. Training through Raipur has given him the theological depth to sustain and multiply what God started.

Pastor Benjamin Soona
Pastor Stories

Pastor Benjamin Soona

One man. 109 churches in his regional association. The multiplying effect of equipping one leader.

Wayne and Diana Lanier
U.S. Foster Care

Wayne & Diana's Family — 35 Years of Foster Care & Adoption

Six children. Five adopted. Every one affected by FASD. Thirty-five years of navigating, learning, building, and sharing what works. The story that started everything.

Bible Training Center building in India
India

Rays of Hope — Bible Training Centers in India

We are launching two Bible Training Centers — one in Raipur and one in Kesinga — to equip local pastors and lay leaders with the training they've long needed.

Clean water well in a rural Indian village
India

Wells of Hope: Where Clean Water Meets Living Water

In his village, Christians aren't allowed to draw water from the communal well. Each $2,500 well provides safe water to entire communities.

Parent and child hands together
U.S. Foster Care

Foster Care, Adoption, & FASD — Hope for the Journey

For more than 30 years, our lives have been deeply shaped by the foster care and adoption journey. Each of our five adopted children has been impacted by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.