What Helps and What Hurts in Relief and Development Aid?
Try to think back to how you felt before your very first mission trip experience. Or, if you’ve never gone on a mission trip, imagine what you might be thinking…
3 Ways to Increase Cultural Sensitivity
Whether you have traveled abroad or not, you are probably familiar with the “ignorant American” stereotype. It’s almost assumed in movies that the American character will talk too loud or…
What a Candid Photo Taught Me About Human Dignity
Have you ever done something on a mission trip that, upon looking back, makes you feel sick to your stomach? Sometimes our best intentions result in actions that make us…
A Plea for Cultural Awareness
We all have a particular outlook through which we interpret life. Like a pair of glasses, our perspective alters how we see everything around us, but unlike glasses, most of…
How a Single Email Shaped an Entire Decade
Have you ever stopped to consider how one decision can have a domino effect on so many other life outcomes that may have never unfolded otherwise? The last decade of…
Obedience When the Need is Overwhelming
Our world is broken. We don’t need to search very long to compile the condemning evidence either. Indeed, the last year alone has thrown the brokenness of our world into…
Ten Lessons in Ten Years of 127
This December 127 Worldwide will celebrate a decade of ministry. God has exceeded my every expectation for starting a nonprofit organization in 2011. This was certainly not my plan in…
Why 127 Can’t “Un-Center” the Gospel
Our unique ministry philosophy at 127 Worldwide sets us apart in almost every arena. We choose to support the work of local leaders who know their communities best rather than…
4 Ways to Evaluate the Self-Centeredness of Your Service
In ministry, it is paramount that our service flows out of a heart of thankfulness for the gospel. The gospel reminds us that everything we are and everything we have…
A Lesson on Mutual-Edification with Rose Bugusu
At 127 Worldwide, we use the phrase “mutual-edification” a lot. We believe that fostering mutually-edifying relationships with our local leaders is integral to caring for the vulnerable. We’ve seen how…
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