A few months ago, First Presbyterian Church was approached by Proteus, a non-profit from Des Moines. Proteus’ mission is to provide “agricultural workers and their families with affordable health care, education assistance, and job training.” The connection to Marshalltown is apparent with the presence of many agricultural workers in our area, but Proteus also works with meat packers, which is a significant population here as well. Our part of this work is simply to provide

We received a troubling update from ChildVoice about violence at the Imvepi Refugee Settlement in Uganda where they are active. ChildVoice CEO Nathan Mandsager's letter and prayer requests about that are below. In this post we also have their regular update and a new video about their work with children affected by war around the world. Yesterday, August 25th, we were in constant communication with our team in Uganda as a crisis in the Imvepi Refugee Settlement was unfolding.

Today we have some updates and prayer requests from Jonathan's House in Central African Republic. The first is the most recent update and shares their most urgent needs and prayers. (A link to see this update with photos is at the end of the section.) The second is from Bob Bixby, Jonathan's House president, and shares the why of the ministry. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. (Romans 12:15) It has been a difficult season at Jonathan's House with the p