Insights & Stories
We love sharing stories of impact and insights from our frontline team members and global partners. Stay up to date on God's global Kingdom work and how you can join in prayer.
*Amy’s Hope-Filled Future
Like many of the most vulnerable First Love works with, *Amy is gradually finding her way back to stability and joy through wholistic care that is saturated in Jesus’ love!
NEW Location and Global Partner
The First Love family is expanding! NEW Disability Initiative with a new global partner!
A New Beginning: *Arthur and *Sam’s Journey to Family
The transformation in *Arthur and *Sam’s lives has been nothing short of remarkable. Just a few weeks ago, they were living in a state run orphanage…
*Nicole’s Journey of Hope and Love
You are helping give youth a brighter future, like *Nicole!
Visit to Baraka Center
First Love’s newest initiative, First Love Market, is run by our team member, Adi. Recently, she was able to visit one of the artisans…
A Dream of Books for Ukraine
First Love’s team members, Daniel and Janna Ross, serve in Ukraine and have dreamed of starting a small business in response to the need for…
Frozen in Time: A Ukraine Reflection
Beside the feeling of constantly losing all remnants of my old life, the hardest part of these past two years may be the inability to plan for the future. I want to dream of a day when there is no war, and we can enter the rebuilding phase for Ukraine’s bright future. However, in so many ways it feels like our entire world stopped on February 24, 2022 and now we’re simply frozen in time.
Strength Amidst Challenges
E*’s life has been tough from the start; losing her mom when she was born and her dad starting a new family meant her grandma became her primary caregiver, but E* doesn’t let tough times bring her down…
A (Solar) Dream Come True
First Love team members, Tim and Cleo, operate a ministry to children of inmates in the Philippines. Due to the massive drought, many areas supplied by hand pumps had lost their water supply with the receding water table. They would also endure lengthy power outages sometimes three times a week…
Resilient Strength: Meet Kelsey
Kelsey’s adolescent years were spent in one of our children’s homes in Kenya. Now in her adult years, her story continues to be marked with resilient strength.
News from Ukraine
Our team members, Daniel and Janna, and most of those partnering with them, have returned to Ukraine. They are happy to be back and serving, but the Ukraine they once knew is much altered. Across the country, the war rages on and leaves crippling effects in its wake…
Love through the Years in Kenya
First Love has been in Kenya for more than 20 years and as a result, has had the privilege of walking beside many children into their adult years, loving them through unspeakable tragedy and obstacles, and towards healing. Children like Lucy…
