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By Lauren Hollon Sturdy Buckner International A few months ago, Lorena Reyes, 26, didn’t know the first thing about handicrafts. Today, she’s a crafting queen. She’s part of a new program at the Buckner Community Transformation Center in the Rio Grande Valley called Karis Abounds. †...
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By Lauren Hollon Sturdy Buckner International It was a hot, dirty, sweaty and paint-splattered spring break for churches and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship volunteers in the Rio Grande Valley. This marks the ninth year for KidsHeart, a partnership between Buckner International, Cooperativ ...
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By Jenny Pope Buckner International MISSION, Texas – Volunteers from the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas placed new shoes on the feet of more than 700 children in the Rio Grande Valley on Saturday, Aug. 18 as part of a coordinated Missions Day with Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls®, ...
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By Lauren Hollon Sturdy When an 8-year-old child weighs what a healthy 6-year-old should, there’s a problem. That was the case for a boy living in the Rio Grande Valley. Many children in destitute border communities, called colonias, suffer from malnutrition due to a lack of access to he ...
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Mission Network News featured a great story on their website yesterday about Project GO!, our summer program for college students who want to serve orphans, vulnerable children and families overseas or in the Rio Grande Valley with Buckner. Click here to read the story. For information on ...
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By Lauren Hollon Sturdy Buckner International The Aguilar family’s story is a common one in the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley: poverty, struggle and the hardships of life stacking up little by little. The entire roof of their trailer leaked. The wood they had used to replace the shee ...
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By Chelsea Quackenbush Photography by Scott Collins In the Rio Grande Valley, when it’s hot, it’s really hot. And when it’s cold, it’s really cold. Just ask the Urbano family. The family of eight used to sleep crumpled up on the floor in a tiny trailer in a colonias neighborhood. ...
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Tears welled up in Juan’s eyes. Standing on the front porch of the new home a group of Buckner volunteers had built for his family in the Rio Grande Valley, emotions choked his voice as he expressed his thankfulness for such an extraordinary gift. But it wasn’t the keys to ...