Eyes Wide Open International

09/19/2026

Dear Eyes Wide Open Family,

Please join the Eyes Wide Open International Board of Directors and our special guests for a night of praise, a very exciting announcement and some good, clean fun!

In the midst of insurmountable needs (but, God!), we are taking time to give a shout of praise and thanksgiving for the incredible ways Our Father swoops in to meet ALL of our needs. Sometimes He moves in the latest hour, but He has never failed us. He always moves in ways that only He can orchestrate, always to our great joy and amazement, and always for His glory.

This calls for an evening of Hallelujah Happy Dancin'!

So, wear your country western/farm wear and join us for a faith-building testimony and family-friendly celebration to remember! Enjoy a buffet-style dinner, square dancing with a live caller, silent auction and bake sale.

You can find all the details and register at this link: https://eyeswideopenint.myflodesk.com/hoedownlanding

Tickets are free, but your donation of $10 will help send our 33 children back to school.

Seats are limited and the time is drawing near, so share this post with the family and friends you want to be there with you and register today. We hope to see y'all there!

09/14/2026

Our Back-to-School Auction is live and ending tonight. It's time to shop, share and give!

Silent auction 'Help Get Children Back to School by September 14' hosted online at 32auctions.

09/11/2026

Our latest newsletter, September 2026, recently splashed into inboxes. If you are not already on our mailing list, please send us your best e-mail and we'll add you. As always, thank you so much for your prayers and support and may God supply all your needs! 🙏📬❤️
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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.