Widows & Abandoned Women Ministry Archives

06Sep

A Busy, Beautiful Summer

What a busy summer it’s been! Amid our annual Heaven’s Family Reunion in July, where I was blessed to meet some of you reading this, the Widows and Abandoned Women Ministry fulfilled a pressing need to build a home for 2 widows in Kaptembwa, Kenya, provided 9 widows in Sculeni, Moldova enough firewood for them to cook and heat their homes throughout the winter, purchased land and built homes for 2 widows from Saboti, Kenya, and provided sewing classes to enable 2 women—an abandoned young mother and an aging widow—to take care of their families.

Picture of Elizabeth with her daughters in Kenya

09May

Wonder-Working Wangui

I met Elizabeth Wangui last October during a three-month trip to Nakuru, Kenya. Wangui (as everyone calls her) had set up a sewing shop within her community and started a small fellowship, mostly filled with young children. The children were always popping in to talk to her and she began talking with them about Jesus.

Picture of Dossie Briggs, the Director of the Widows and Abandoned Women's Ministry

11Apr

A New Start

Hello! My name is Dossie Briggs and I am very excited and honored to be joining you in our common passion to share the gospel and care for widows and abandoned women in developing countries.

Picture of widows and abandoned women in Africa

18Oct

How You Make Hope Real For Women

I wanted to contact you today to let you know just how special you are. Right or wrong, many of us base our self-worth on our accomplishments—the great things we have done, or the knowledge we’ve accumulated.

20Jun

From Worry to Wonderment

In July of 2017, I first stepped into my role as director of the Widows & Abandoned Women Ministry. It was a Monday, and my first official day as director.

19Jun

The Riches of a Mad Woman

The authorities arrived to deal with the mwanamke wazimu (translated mad woman) they'd heard stories about. The sight of a disfigured woman in tattered clothes, who regularly danced and sang, had unnerved some of the other refugees in the camp.

01Mar

Widows & Abandoned Women Ministry

Impregnated by the boss’s son and then framed for petty theft as a likely effort to get rid of her and her illegitimate child, Beatrice’s spirit all but died when she walked through the iron gates of Embu Prison to serve a three-year sentence.

14Feb

Let’s make some widows and abandoned women glad!

Abandoned by her family as a baby, she spent 18 years in a government orphanage, never knowing the love of a mother and father. Rather, she found herself competing for the limited attention of overworked and under-caring staff members.

01Jul

Elizabeth Wangui Works

Kenyan Elizabeth Wangui knows what it was like to work, and work hard. But work alone wasn’t enough. Not until her work ethic was finally coupled with opportunity, did she experience success.

28May

Mary’s New Clothes

Do you remember the first time you bought new clothes with your own money? Mary will probably never forget when this happened for her.

A Busy, Beautiful Summer

A Busy, Beautiful Summer

Wonder-Working Wangui

A New Start

How You Make Hope Real For Women

From Worry to Wonderment

The Riches of a Mad Woman

Widows & Abandoned Women Ministry

Let’s make some widows and abandoned women glad!

Elizabeth Wangui Works

Mary’s New Clothes

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