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Rescue from Crisis; Relieve Suffering; Rebuild Lives; Restore Hope. EWOI seeks to work to unite the body of Christ in serving and meeting the needs of the poor.

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James 1:27 Our strategy is to identify the people that God has called to help the poor and they answered that call with a resounding yes but have little to no support from other people churches, or organizations. EWOI desir

es to join them in that work and to undergird them with prayer, encouragement, training, and various kinds of resources so that together we may build relationships that will better serve the poor. In doing so, EWOI does not desire to re-invent the wheel but partner with local and international organizations to better serve the needs of these individuals as they serve the needs of widows and orphans in their area.

07/23/2026

We hope to see you next weekend! We also are working on several online auctions to help raise funds to send our children back to school. Please join us in prayer and look for more details on these special pop-up sales soon. 🙏🏼❤️

07/16/2026

🙏🏼 More Prayers Needed for Our Two Seniors, Widline and Doudley ❤️

This week, we have two seniors sitting for their final high school exam, which is a government-required test in Haiti. There is a lot of pressure on these two precious ones.

First, no one in our Haitian family has ever failed this test. That fact alone is a lot of pressure. No one wants to be the first one to not pass.

Second, if they do not pass this rigorous 4-day test then they cannot graduate. This means that all of their years of studying are lost. Now, some will tell you that there is a test that they can take if they fail and there is. However, the system is rot with corruption and bribery and most students try and try, many for years, and still do not pass. (For more info about the Haiti education system please read the previous post.)

They are prepared, but the stress is heavy. Thursday, July 16 is their final day of testing. Will you join us and many others in prayer? Thank you for your faithfulness to surround our family! 🙏🏼❤️

07/14/2026

🙏 Join Us In Prayer for Our Two Seniors: Doudley and Widline ❤️

Haiti's educational system is complicated. Students are required to pass several government tests in order to receive a high school diploma. Unlike standardized assessments in place here in the US, if a Haitian student does not pass each level of testing, they have to repeat the grade. Often, students who do not pass a level just give up and do not continue.

Currently, we have two Seniors who are sitting for their final tests and their high school diplomas are at stake. Doudley and Widline have worked extremely hard to get to this point. They are prepared, but the pressure and stress upon them is heavy. Testing began today and will continue through Thursday, July 16.

We ask you to join us in praying for peace that surpasses understanding and for a result that reflects their years of hard work and commitments to their studies. Come, Lord. Thank you!

06/26/2026

Need a last-minute dinner idea? Feed your family and help feed our EWOI Children's Home family. Walk-ins are welcome at the Love Widows and Orphans Feed & Be Fed Pasta Feast - 5-8pm at The ARC at Dublin Baptist Church - 7200 Coffman Road, Dublin, OH 43017. Enjoy delicious pasta favorites, just $10 per plate (even a gluten-free option), silent auction and bake sale. We are saving your seats!

04/14/2026

Final Days: As the clock counts down, we are counting on you! Your prayers and partnership mean everything. 🙏❤️ Shop and share tonight and check back often through Wednesday (4.15.26) night at 10pm. New items are being added daily - many tonight! Click here for all the details: https://view.flodesk.com/emails/69dd78fa23cedb3b2e1c8c37

04/04/2026

This Is Our Story
From the Silence of Saturday...

O, Lord, we are cloaked in darkness and it is dreadfully heavy, almost too much to bear.

Our Friday has been overshadowed, ostensibly consumed by sin, evil and death.

Our Saturday feels hauntingly quiet. Is this real? Is this the Truth? Where are You? We cry out but the lonely echoes of our unanswered prayers are no consolation.

Our Sunday is coming.

So we dare to hope. We dip our toes into a sea of promises. We put our trust in an unseen wave of the Holy Spirit. And not quite unexpectedly, but before we can perceive it, that cloak has been entirely cast off and we are splashing around in Living Water like children on holiday absolutely immersed in Love and Mercy and Goodness and we are so grateful. So overwhelmed and relieved and exhausted from the fullness of emotion, we stumble over the question…

Can this last?

We are the in-between people.
Living as foreigners, we strain to see our way through the tension of the now and the not yet.
It feels like the Fridays are on repeat and the silence of our Saturdays is deafening.

But we are also the faithful people.
Walking as image-bearers, we sow our mustard seeds along a Path of Life paved with stones marked grace and grace.
And each step reminds us that we are witnesses, sometimes frequently, to the Kingdom breaking through. It’s the miracles of our Sundays that sustain us.

And who are we to remain silent?

No. Let us never grow weak or weary. Let us gather to tell of the Lord’s greatness and exalt His name together. Let us praise the Lord at all times and constantly speak His praises. Because the miracle of that One Sunday grants us a Love and a Life that lasts.

Let us have the audacity, the holy boldness, to shout to the Lord. Let us run with abandon and jump for the outstretched arms of a Rescuer we know will be there to catch us - all while still reeling from a Friday, in the midst of a Saturday, because we know that beyond the shadow and above the silence…

Sunday is coming.

Amen.

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Hilliard, OH
43026

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