One of the ministries that our ministry tries to support is Gidan Bege. It is basically a ministry that teaches and trains widows how to sew. They undergo a year of discipleship that teaches them the Word and trains them and gives them and their children a place to stay. After that year, they are… Read more
A bus of American high schoolers pulls up to a church in one the darkest most impoverished neighborhoods of Monterrey, Mexico. Boys playing fútbol pause, well-worked women drop their conversation to observe, and little girls holding hands skip to find new friends. But beyond the many people standing all around us-some with shy smiles, others with hard… Read more
During the Christmas holidays this year, we had the opportunity to take a few of the Hope Program teens to the United States. We thought it would give them great insight on what it’s like to live in a foreign country with a foreign language surrounding you at all times. It put a face to… Read more
I love the complexity of God. I may have charged into the city of Monterrey with great passion for changing the lives of orphans but I keep seeing God doing His work on me as well! Right now it’s grammar lessons. I am always fascinated with the word love. We love to be “in love”,… Read more
This past week I had a conversation that entirely blessed me. Lalo is a pastor and the director of a children’s home we work with called Imperio de Amor (IDA). I was at IDA with a group of Americans playing with the near fifty kids who were at the home that day. In the midst… Read more
Cincinnati’s Kelley Financial Group, a network office of Northwestern Mutual, is the recipient of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation 2010 Community Impact Award for their ongoing support of Back2Back Ministries (B2B). Northwestern’s employees and clients have funded and built a teen home on our campus for the Hope Education Program students. The $50,000 award was given… Read more
We continue to receive lots of emails of people praying for us, the community and the city. Thank you so much. We are confident that they are being heard. Things have quieted down tremendously and we are learning that as quickly as conflict rises, it settles just as fast. Yesterday as the curfew was lifted… Read more
Several months ago we shared how the Christian teen band, PureNRG served alongside us in Monterrey, Mexico. Since then, they have continued to bless the children we serve in practical ways, such as through a recent fundraiser, New Soles for Tender Souls. With the money that was raised through pre-purchases of their new album, The… Read more
I have some random reflective thoughts as we begin not only a new year, but a new decade. I’ll confess that I have thought a lot lately about the injustices that I witness in this world. I have prayed for God to show up and change people or circumstances that I know are not part… Read more
We have been getting lots of questions being asked of us about the crisis here in Jos, Nigeria. Here is what is going on around us personally and in the city. First, our family is good and safe and so are the Munafos. We are grateful for the close proximity in which we live to… Read more