An Empty Field and a Soccer Ball Forge Connection Music thumped through the palapa as a group congregated in the middle of a dance floor around a young woman in a beautiful, light pink dress. It was a traditional quinceañera for a girl turning 15-years old, but what was less than traditional was the crowd… Read more
No matter how I feel about 2020, January 1st is a new page and a fresh start. I love the chance to look ahead and lean towards “all the days ordained for me (were) written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Ps. 139:16) It can be intimidating to look at a… Read more
Divia* is a young woman who has lived the entirety of her life in the slums of India. A young woman who has dreams of working and making money to support herself and help her family, Divia has struggled against the cultural expectation of women being solely wife and mother, never breadwinners. Divia, the second… Read more
10 Ways Back2Back Staff have Stayed in the Fight In May of last year, I was praying and honestly feeling a little discouraged about how COVID-19 was impacting the ability to directly meet the needs of children and families. During my time in prayer, I felt like God told me, “stay in the fight, even… Read more
Gloria* ran out of the children’s home with her hands full of colorful paper. She smiled brightly as she climbed into the awaiting Back2Back staff’s car, uttered a quick hola, and waited expectantly for the recipient of her gifts to comment on what they’d been given. “Gloria is a natural artist,” shared Bailey Prescott, Back2Back staff…. Read more
The heart of Back2Back Ministries is to give care for today and hope for tomorrow to the most underserved children. Our deep, abiding purpose is to gather people together who will reach out with generosity, hold up in hope, surround with prayer, and support with love. God’s story of redemption is a big one, and… Read more
Oscar* has been quarantined at the children’s home since March, along with his two brothers, a few other children, and safe adults. With the help of their caregivers, the three boys have still been able to have fun and have stayed on track with their schooling, but they’ve missed visits from their volunteer mentors and… Read more
Am I safe? Am I loved? Now, what can I learn? These three questions can be difficult to answer for children from hard places. If felt-safety isn’t present, or children question whether they’re loved, accomplishing daily tasks and learning new skills can be challenging. Disruptions caused by a global pandemic likely leave dysregulations in their… Read more
Getting Through it Together Skylar* looked around the new space where he was learning. He didn’t recognize any of his new “classmates” and no one from his own neighborhood was present. He was used to being surrounded by people who looked like him and his older brother. The people around him today were from another… Read more
2020 has brought highs and lows as children and teens all over the world have navigated new learning strategies, more discretionary time, and an unstable internet. At the beginning of 2020, the Hope Program consisted of seven girls and three boys; over the course of the year, it welcomed an additional teen girl from the… Read more