I love what Fair Trade companies stand for, they pay their employees a fair wage and make a great quality product at the same time. I think that all companies around the globe should strive to become fair trade because everyone deserves a pay check that represents the hard work that they do.   I get it, going to Target or Walmart is way more convenient that doing your research, ordering online or driving a little bit extra to find Fair Trade products. Not going to lie... pretty much all of the clothes, food and home goods that...

“It isn’t just about mercy and compassion for the poor, it is also about faithfulness and obedience to God.” Craig Greenfield, The Urban Halo   The last couple of weeks I’ve focused on how to approach cross-cultural orphan care in a way that doesn’t hurt the children we are trying to help.         I wanted to end with this one question:   What would it look like if we took all of our mercy and compassion and laid it before God to be bathed in wisdom, knowledge and truth?   Imagine? I believe serving humbly before the Lord...

"It hasn't been easy, but it's alway been good."     We love Grangou's Co-founder's words about the work they do in Haiti.We wanted you to hear Carrie's heart about the work they do and how you can help without hurting.         Hello HUGG friends! My name is Carrie Gibson and I’m one of the co-founders of Grangou. As someone who has been working with kids in Haiti for the last decade, I appreciate that Natul has given me this platform to share a little bit about our work and experience relative to her latest blog series....

Five Practical Ways to Help Orphans:  Okay, so now that you know the problems we face in cross-cultural orphan care and are better informed about the different approaches--let’s see how you can jump into this journey in a practical way.         1. Support Fair Trade   Think about it. When you buy Fair Trade coffee, you empower a coffee farmer to put food on the table. Why? Because he gets paid a fair wage for his harvest.   The basket-weaving mama can afford to send her littles to school when you buy her hand-weaved artisan baskets.  ...

Maya Angelou said it well…. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Have you ever heard a hard truth that you secretly wished you hadn’t heard? Suddenly, you’re responsible for that bit of information. And it weighs heavily in your mind. Off the top of my head I think of plastic bottles in the ocean, high fructose corn syrup in our bodies and an important one for me is fashion and people. Picture from headstuff.org I remember speaking to a high school audience and seeing the girls cringe when I questioned...