Change the World Project – Days for Girls (January - April 2020) The “Days for Girls” campaign is implemented by Partners Relief and Development among the Rohingya people who have fled genocide in Western Myanmar. This campaign is an initiative that helps girls and...

This was my third time in Myanmar at Lighthouse Farm in the past 15 months. I knew what I was signing up for….sleeping outside, no electricity, no real showers, no Wi-Fi… no problem. I’m a champ, I got this. That place fills me up in ways nothing else ever has and...

It’s been hard knowing what to write. I finished the second week of training in Bangladesh but this time with the Rohingya students who came directly from the refugee camps.  I wish I could write about the unwavering hope I have and tie this blog post up with a pretty...

I’ve been in Bangladesh for almost a week now. There’s a lot of comfort and familiarity this time around but I think there will always be a few things  I will ever get used to. Like the little red ants in my bed every night. The constant, chaotic...

Check out this video from Janelle Tarnow during her time at Lighthouse Farm in Myanmar: Read more posts from Stumbles & Strides Cayla and Janelle

We spent one of our mornings at the farm with women from the surrounding villages who are pregnant or have young children.  We spent time just listening to them. Hearing their stories. Asking questions. They told us what being a mom is like for them. We heard their...

Cayla and I have arrived in Myanmar! It’s been a rough few days…I got really sick. Fever, vomiting, and terrible headaches. We had to take 4 flights to get from Bangladesh to Myanmar and if I’m being honest, I was about ready to jump on a plane and come home to...

The last day with the first group of students was an emotional one. Even though I only spent a few short days with them, it was incredible to see their growth and their walls come down. On the last day every single student came running up to me with a huge smile,...

I haven’t slept much this trip. Every night seems to be turning into a restless and sleepless night. Partly due to the heat, the excessive horn honking all through the night, the loud music playing in the streets at 1 am, the pillows that feel like bricks and probably...

This past week has been an emotional roller-coaster but one that I am so grateful to be on. It's been busy, overwhelming, heartbreaking, sweaty, exhausting, encouraging and fun. I'm currently in Bangladesh leading the Community Health Workers training program for...

Since I have been back people have asked me how our trip to Myanmar was. I had posted photos and updated on Facebook so friends and family knew that we were safe and what we were up to, but when I started to tell them about the trip, I usually paused and thought about...

Leading up to Christmas 2017 Pastor Lee asked a few people in the Cedar Park community to reflect on their own work as first responders and how it might relate to the incarnation – God’s act of coming alongside those who suffer. Longtime member and current Elder...

Ok… So… this was amazing... Unprecedented. Wow... We will never forget this. It was like this incredible outdoor banquet and we were the guests of honor. Remember how I told you that we were laying low for a while because of some of the opposition in the community...

Two days this week were Buddhist holidays, and because of the situation in the surrounding area, we thought it best to lay low for a while and work around the Lighthouse Farm. We dug trenches for star bean and date palm plants, we built stairs, we cemented the shower...

Like I said in our last post… there have been tensions in the area. Our Myanmar team has been the victims of lies, propaganda spread throughout the area by some religious groups, and just false information. They've also been the focus of different kinds of threats,...

On day 3 we left for Lighthouse Farm in Bago State, located in central Myanmar. As we jumped in the van, our team talked about everything we were excited about and a few things we were apprehensive about heading into an intense area. Lighthouse farm is an intense...

God is doing amazing things in the hearts and homes of people we meet day to day, we need to be the watering cans to make those seeds grow. I followed a call, and knew it was right to go out of my comfort zone I was an intern at Lighthouse church over the summer. They...

Here is the Cedar Park Team Myanmar! We are so excited to be joining our friends Dave and Louise Sinclair-Peters and the Penners too! Our team has had a quick turnaround having traveled for hours and hours and are all feeling great. We are heading out to Rakhine State...