Reaching Hearts Changing Lives

Like most, Patty Hall had her plans for her life after her retirement from the Air Force as a Human Resources director but God had different plans.

After visiting with her daughter to pick up her adopted granddaughter from Ethiopia, she learned the needs of those living in the tenth poorest country in the world.  

After realizing that her newly adopted granddaughter needed hope and spiritual guidance, she felt called to teach women to read and write , plant churches, and fund microbusinesses in Ethiopia.  Find more at Hope for Eternity.org or contact [email protected]; or access them through facebook page Hope for Eternity.

For 17 years, Martin and Gracia Burnham were missionaries in the Philippines with New Tribes Mission. Martin was a jungle pilot in the Philippines and delivered mail and supplies to missionaries and transported sick and injured patients to medical facilities.

On May 27, 2001 while celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary in a resort in the Philippines, the Burnhams were taken captive by a militant group of Muslims. 

For more than a year under the total control of their captives, they were constantly on the move living in primitive conditions in the jungle and evading capture from the Philippine military and witnessing gun battles. 

On the afternoon of June 27, 2002, the Philippine military attempted another rescue, Martin was killed during the gun fight. Gracia was wounded but rescued.  

Hear more about her story in the jungle and how the experience changed her life. For more information, contact graciaburnham.org. 

Niños de Mexico is a non-profit mission supported by churches throughout the United States. The ministry provides homes to orphaned or abandoned street children in Mexico City.

Established in 1967, the organization operates eight children's homes in Mexico City and Cholula, Puebla. Each home houses approximately 11-15 children.

Listen to how this ministry has changed the lives of these children who once abandoned now have become successful professionals and responsible leaders in Mexico.

For more information about this ministry and how you can help, check out their website ninosdemexico.org.

Professional photographer Bill Bachmann traveled to more than 200 countries in his life time, produced images for more than 1,500 magazine covers and was one of the top five stock photographers.

In this interview, Bachmann reveals what he discovered through his fight with cancer and his mission to inspire people to live life to the fullest.

Despite his death more than two years ago from pancreatic cancer, his legacy continues through his images of people, places, and culture.

Born in Ethiopia and adopted as a child by an American pastor, this service oriented teen, returns to Ethiopia for a mission trip and miraculously finds her birth family. 

Check out Strong Hearts International, Inc. at http://www.strongheartsinternational.org/

His life was well-ordered and predictable, but his heart yearned for adventure. This book chronicles the exciting story of a man who followed his dream to Africa. Pastor Lon Garber exchanged his ordinary life as an associate pastor of an emerging mega-church for an extraordinary life in the African wild.

Pastor Lon Garber works with churches and ministries in Namibia to mentor and train Leaders and Pastors, connecting them to both Northland Church in Orlando, Florida (USA) and one another.

David Heavener is a Hollywood producer, director, singer, and actor known for his work in Twisted Justice and Angel Blade. Listen in on his journey from Hollywood to ministry and finally finding his true calling.

Dan was born in Philadelphia in 1957 to a mostly blue-collar, hard-working Irish family. His father was the first person on either side of the family to earn a college degree. It took him 9 years, working during the day, going to college at night, using the GI Bill. In the mid-60s, GE hired his dad as an engineer for the Apollo space program. Dan's family packed up and moved to Florida, which is where Dan spent most of his childhood.

During a personal retreat in 1977, Dan experienced a call to pastoral ministry. He began studying and preparing for the next several years. In 1985, he was ordained as a pastor and served in the same church for the next 25 years. In August 2010, after 3 of his novels were published by a major publishing house (Revell – Baker Publishing Group), Dan retired from ministry to write fulltime.

Dan's novels have received popular and critical acclaim, getting rave reviews from USA Today and magazines like Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal and RT Book Reviews. His very first, The Unfinished Gift, won 2 ACFW Carol Awards. It's still in print 9 years later and has sold over 70,000 copies. It's available in hardback, paperback, Ebook, audiobook, large-print and in several languages. His other books have won numerous awards and appeared on several national bestseller lists.

In addition to his writing, Dan also enjoys public speaking and is frequently invited to speak at writer's conferences, either as a keynote speaker or teaching workshops and seminars on a variety of writing topics. He has also begun to take on a limited number of clients for fiction coaching.

Visit Dans Website to find out more about him.

Dr. Hunter served as senior pastor of Northland Church in Longwood, Florida for 32 years. In 2017 he transitioned from that role on a mission to "go from my best interpretation of what the Bible says, to my best imitation of how Jesus lived."  Now, Dr. Hunter, who in 2018 was listed for the fifth year, as one of Orlando's "50 Most Powerful" by Orlando Magazine, is a full-time volunteer. He serves as the Chairman of the Community Resource Network a non-profit organization, he founded that focuses on helping the marginalize - specifically homeless families. Additionally, Dr. Hunter serves as the Chairman of the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness, a Florida-based non-profit organization comprised of government officials, corporations, faith communities, and other non-profit organizations working together to end homelessness.

He also leads SIMPLE HELP, a growing movement of everyday helpers doing simple things to make the world a better place. Each week, social issue experts help to set the tone for delivering solutions to community problems through A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION which includes Dr. Hunter's interview program, POWER TALKS, on TV 45 Tuesdays and Fridays at 9 PM and a radio program that he co-hosts with his son, Joel D. Hunter MD, THE BRIGHT SIDE, ON 102.5 WFLA on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 7 PM. Additonally, Dr. Hunter can be heard daily giving a MINUTE DEVOTIONAL on Z 88.3 FM Radio.

A longtime bridge-builder who seeks common ground for the common good, Dr. Hunter approaches today's challenges in a biblical and balanced manner. Cooperation and partnership are hallmarks of his ministry.