This week, we’ve invited our Brighton Campus Pastor Noah Bixby to talk a little bit about his trip to Malawi last month, where we are working with the Global Lift Collective.

Many families at Northridge sponsor children through Compassion in the Central American country of Honduras. This year’s gifts enabled Compassion to aid in updating a local childhood center.

One of our Beyond partners, Agape International Missions (AIM), a justice focused organization in Cambodia that actively works against sex trafficking, recently rescued three adult women and one girl from sex trafficking. AIM is currently caring for all of these survivors in various ways to help them heal from these traumatic events.

In May, Northridge’s Beyond Director, Michelle Gerringer, had the opportunity to visit a church near Lilongwe, Malawi. The church is an active partner with HOPE International and Tearfund, which guide American churches to provide financial support for vulnerable families in the communities. They create groups that provide each family with a safe place to save their finances, small loans, and a supportive community. One of the families that HOPE International and Tearfund were able to bless was the Philimon family.

Regina is a young woman living in Malawi who faced shame and isolation after discovering she was pregnant while still unmarried. She had very little support before finding a Savings Group to join. Now, she has a community to help and has been able to mend the relationship with her family. She has been able to provide for herself and her baby and can once again dream of the future.

Hanna Telela, a woman in southern Malawi, found a deeper faith in God with the help of a Savings Group through Hope International.