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A New Life in the New Year

by International Samaritan | Dec 28, 2022 | Letters from the President, Uncategorized

By Mike Tenbusch | December 28, 2022 Daniel Castelanos has not had an easy life.  He was abandoned at the dumpsite in Tegucigalpa when he was nine years old.  For two years, he slept on a piece of cardboard in the dump and foraged through trash for food to eat each...

Christ the King!

by International Samaritan | Dec 21, 2022 | Letters from the President, Uncategorized

By Mike Tenbusch | December 21, 2022 When our Board of Trustees voted last January to make “Water” one of our goals for the year, it was a “gulp” moment for us.  We knew that we were going to be stretched and running hard all year long simply to raise the $2.4 million...

What Makes Christmas Special?

by International Samaritan | Dec 16, 2022 | Letters from the President, Uncategorized

By Mike Tenbusch | December 16, 2022 We asked our scholars that question, and thought you might enjoy seeing some of their responses and favorite memories from Christmas… Thank you for being a part of their celebration. If you would like to make a final gift to...

Confounding Women

by International Samaritan | Dec 9, 2022 | Letters from the President, Uncategorized

By Mike Tenbusch | December 09, 2022 The safety and security of our team leaders have long been a concern of mine.  They walk hand-in-hand with people living in some of the most difficult places on earth—and then make life-altering decisions to award holistic...

I Second that Emotion

by International Samaritan | Dec 2, 2022 | Letters from the President, Uncategorized

By Mike Tenbusch | December 02, 2022 In a letter I mailed to your home last week, I talked about how often I find myself in tears in the course of our mission at International Samaritan.  If you were wondering, “Has Mike just gotten soft?” I wish you had been at our...

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