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We’ve been working on the market for a few months now, sorry we’re just posting this now. We’d love to see you there.

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CEP board member Su Kraus wrote a great summary of the market on the blog.  Click here to read the article.

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We just spoke with the last vendor and so now are able to post some totals for the gift market. In the three hours we were open for shopping $11,034  in goods were sold to over 200 shoppers. It was a great event. Here are some pictures in case you were unable to attend. We [...]

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If we hope to have global poverty on the agenda in ’08, we’re going to need to demand it. In the last two presidential debates, Republican and Democratic, global poverty didn’t rack up a lot of air time. Please take a minute and sign the On the Record petition at one.org. Let’s make sure we [...]

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I recently wrote about a garage sale the boys had dreamed up to help with a national hunger campaign that our church is participating in. This post is a follow up to that article. The boys raised $428.00 today! We just pulled the last signs down and dropped off the remaining items at Goodwill. It’s [...]

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186 people in three Escondido events were part of a record breaking 38.8 million people around the world who stood up to indicate their desire to eradicate extreme poverty and urge leaders to fulfill their promises in support of the MDG’s. Click here to find out more.

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Each year our church participates in a denominational-wide hunger campaign to raise awareness to extreme poverty and hunger. Families spend several weeks reading a devotional that offers action steps to make a difference in the fight against hunger. Our boys each received a plastic fish that is used to save change that will be donated [...]

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Ok, I mentioned that I had pitched an idea to friend the other day that benefit The Christian Orphanage and Agriculture Program (COAP) in Liberia. As some of you know I have acquired a deep and nagging concern for Liberia that doesn’t seem to be going away. Here’s some background on this project in case [...]

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I am pretty amped up right now. I just extended my first small business loan of $25 to Ruhid Aliyev of Saatli town, Azerbaijan. Aliyev rents a sandwich bar in the local bazaar of Saatli town selling sandwiches to local customers and vendors. The business is going well but he needs some investment capitol to [...]

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I am often criticized by people who believe that we should not ask our government to give more assistance to other countries. Don’t we do enough already? Don’t we give more than other countries? Isn’t the money just wasted? Shouldn’t individuals and not our government give money to help the poor? The church should do [...]

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