CEO's Blog

Our Aim is Transformation

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I am grateful to be traveling with a Five Talents team this week in Southeast Asia. I’ve been encouraged to see one of our partners here focusing on “the least, the last, and the lost.”

One of the local leaders said, “our major aim is not micro finance; our aim is transformation.”

He gave an example: “in addition to helping mothers start new businesses, we have tremendous opportunities to help support their children. In one area the kids collect trash from local dumps, and the FT-funded program helps those kids get tested and treatment for tuberculosis they develop at the dump.”

When you partner with Five Talents, you make a difference in the lives of families in some of the world's most difficult places. Thank you for standing with Five Talents.

-Dale Stanton-Hoyle
Executive Director

The Latest News from Five Talents

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A week ago my wife, Lynn, and I had the pleasure to meet with two congregations in Western Pennsylvania. Just north of Pittsburgh we worshipped with the New Wilmington Presbyterian Church. Then in the afternoon we worshipped with the Anglican Church of the Incarnation, a ministry in downtown Pittsburgh associated with the Trinity School for Ministry.

What a blessing. We were introduced to motivated, dedicated, long-time supporters of international mission. We met missionaries, retired missionaries, children of missionaries, and modern-day followers of Jesus who do not shy away from the challenges of the poor.

We were happy to have the chance to share with them the latest news from Five Talents, as well as to explore the underpinnings of our work: that the Parable of the Talents teaches us how God has given everyone of us around the world the talents we need. And through the training and mentoring of these Five Talents programs, the cycles of dependency can be broken.

Thank you for being a friend of Five Talents. Your partnership is making a difference around the world.

Until next Monday morning,

Dale Stanton-Hoyle,
Executive Director

My Favorite Things to Do Around the World

What do you love to do?

I’ve had the privilege of traveling in many countries around the world, and one of my favorite things to do is to spend time with churches involved in community development.

Recently friends from a church here in the US visited with Five Talents partners in Kenya. Kenya is one of our fastest growing programs and has witnessed incredible developments over the past several years.

Check out this one-minute video to learn more about the newest work of Five Talents around the tea-growing region of Kericho:

Thank you for partnering with Five Talents and helping to empower success in communities around the world. Learn more about the difference your support makes.

How Financial Freedom is Won

This week, I share with you the following story about challenges and opportunities facing young fathers in the developing world:

A Father's Journey to Freedom

Imagine how you would feel if, despite your best efforts, you were unable to provide food, clothes, or an education for your children.

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For young men in South Sudan, the pressures of poverty are overwhelming.

“My wife almost left me because I did not have a mattress at home”, Dau explains.

As a young father, and while suffering the pain of poverty, Dau turned to alcohol. No matter what he did, there didn’t seem to be any way to earn an honest living. His children suffered, his marriage was in jeopardy, and his faith in God was shaken…

But over the past two years, Dau’s world has changed. Click here to find out how and discover steps to financial freedom among vulnerable and poor families.

Thank you for being part of the Five Talents story and for sharing hope with families around the world.

May God bless you,

Dale Stanton-Hoyle
Executive Director