By: Diamond Hall, New Orleans Assistant City Director Serving with Kaleo as an Assistant City Director, I have had an amazing opportunity to work as a returning volunteer with several organizations in the NOLA area including a food pantry where families or individuals with low-incomes can either pick up groceries or receive a hot meal, and a nursing home where … Read More
Rich and Poor Have This in Common
By Janell, Kaleo Portland Staff Proverbs 22:2. “Rich and poor have this in common: the Lord is Maker of them all.” For the purpose of this post, I am approaching this verse in a very literal sense, the rich and poor being the financially rich and the financially poor. For the longest time, I only looked at this verse from … Read More
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep
Author: Kallee, serving on staff with Kaleo Portland “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15). I feel like I have had the kinds of life experiences that give me the ability to understand the beauty of the first part of that verse and I am able to do so fairly well. However, I feel as though … Read More
Double Vision
Author: Tyler serving on staff with Kaleo in Minneapolis, MN In chapter six of the Matthew’s gospel account, Jesus tells His disciples how they are to pray. Many people know this prayer as the Lord’s Prayer. 9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.[a] 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done,[b] on earth … Read More
New Orleans: An American City
Author: Adam, on staff in New Orleans, LA “In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.”- Anthony Bourdain Outside of Princess and the Frog, The Saints, Lil Wayne, Hurricane Katrina, and Anthony “Fear the Brow” Davis, I did not know much about New Orleans. Being here for a brief moment … Read More
What do we mean by relational mission trips?
“As Iron Sharpens Iron, so one man sharpens another” – Proverbs 27:17 At Kaleo Missions you may hear us using the term “relational” to describe the type of ministry we do. We thought it would be helpful to take a minute and define exactly what it means that our urban short term mission trips are “relational” trips. Before we talk specifically … Read More
Mo
Author: Kaitlyn, on staff in Portland, Oregon. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org. This past week I was privileged to work with a group from Hope Community Church in Reno, Nevada. Each night, I lead my group into a debrief. We would unpack our experiences and I would challenge the group in … Read More
God’s Immense Love for Us
Author: Anna, on staff with Kaleo Missions in New Orleans. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org. What a summer. At the end of nearly every week in my journal I have written, “what a week.” They have all been full of laughter, sadness, joy, happiness, etc. I have never experienced anything like … Read More
The Best Compliment
Author: Lindsey, serving on staff with Kaleo Missions in Portland. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org. Throughout this entire summer serving with Kaleo it has been really laid on my heart that we as Christians are called to be ambassadors of Christ. We are all created in his image and we are … Read More
Called to Love
Author: Tess, serving on staff with Kaleo Missions in Portland. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org. The first three weeks at Kaleo Portland have made it clear that God has amazing plans for this summer. Each team that comes through has encountered so much while serving the city of Portland. We’ve been … Read More
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