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Families

Mission and Ministry
A home built by the charitable organization Zanmi Fondwa in Haiti. The Zanmi Fondwa charitable organization helps Haitians build homes as they work to recover from gang violence, hurricanes and an earthquake. Photo courtesy of Zanmi Fondwa.

Building hope through homes in Haiti

Despite unrest in the country, a United Methodist couple’s charitable organization continues to help build homes for members of a rural, mountainous community.
Disaster Relief
Rebecca Navaya carries firewood to her family’s temporary home in Nkhulambe, Malawi, near the border with Mozambique. Navaya is among survivors of Cyclone Freddy who are rebuilding their lives with support from the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Photo by Francis Nkhoma, UM News.

United Methodists help cyclone survivors rebuild

With a $50,000 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the Malawi Provisional Conference is supporting communities affected by Cyclone Freddy. The church is providing agricultural training and equipment and helping reconstruct community infrastructure.
Local Church
Kim and Keven Woodard (second and third from right) from Temple Terrace United Methodist Church in Tampa, Florida, welcome Dima and Daria Vyshniak to America. Dima and Daria Vyshniak recently arrived in the United States, fleeing the war in their native Ukraine. Their home had been leveled by Russian missiles, but they were able to immigrate to the U.S. through a federal program called Uniting for Ukraine. Photo courtesy of the Florida Conference.

Ukrainian couple finds new church family

Dima and Daria Vyshniak recently arrived in the United States, fleeing the war in their native Ukraine. Their home had been leveled by Russian missiles, but they were able to immigrate to the U.S. through a federal program called Uniting for Ukraine. They were greeted at the airport by members of Temple Terrace United Methodist Church.
Local Church
Local students form a chain for the unloading of pumpkins at Grace Avenue United Methodist Church in Frisco, Texas. Photo courtesy of Grace Avenue United Methodist Church.

Praise the Lord and pass the pumpkins

Texas goes big with most things, including pumpkin patches. Two churches share fun photos from their fall events.

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