Why I’m in Guatemala

Posted by Kevin Ring in Fundraising, Kingdom, Mercy, Ministry, Missions on May 28, 2010 | 5 Comments

I’m Guatemala.

You probably didn’t know that. I didn’t tell many people I was going; no real reason for keeping it quiet. I was just being selfish.

I’m in Guatemala for four days. I flew in yesterday (Thursday). I fly out on Sunday.

Friday and Saturday I’m working with a local ministry called Potter’s House Association to do what we in the consulting world like to call “discovery”. Which really means I’m here to figure out how I’m going to help this ministry.

See, Potter’s House serves the scavenger families of the Guatemala City garbage dump. Guatemala City has a population of approximately 3.2 million people. Guatemala City’s garbage dump is the largest in Central America, covering over 40 acres.

Planning the Next Phase of Haitian Relief

Posted by Kevin Ring in BAM Research, Business as Mission, Church, Fundraising, Missions, Strategy on February 4, 2010 | No Comments

The devastation of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (and the 49 magnitude 4.5 or greater aftershocks) is heart-wrenching. The pictures of the damage… of the hurt and suffering experienced by the people there… of the chaos of a massive world effort to provide the basics: emergency care and medicine, food, shelter, security… are haunting. (Click the following links to see pictures from January 13th , January 18th, January 22nd, and February 1st. WARNING: the images are graphic.)

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Kingdom Strategist looks back at 2009

Posted by Kevin Ring in About, BAM Research, Blogging, Business as Mission, Church, Excellence, Family, Fundraising, Internet Strategy, Kingdom, Leadership, Media & Technology, Missions, Online Church, Research, Social Media, Strategist, Strategy on December 31, 2009 | No Comments

I haven’t fully gotten into the blogging groove yet. I’ve been at it for just over a year now but I’m only recently starting to feel like I’m picking up momentum. But I enjoy blogging and I’m especially enjoying all the new people I’ve met and interacted with this year. I know that my blog doesn’t have much to do with these relationships forming but it’s part of it none the less. Well someone forgot to send me the memo letting me know that bloggers have to do two things at the end of the year.

Write a really awesome retrospective post. Write a post highlighting your top content from the past year.

Check and check.

A Six Year Old’s Sense of Injustice and the Power of an Online Community

Posted by Kevin Ring in Blogging, Fundraising, Kingdom, Missions, Schools, Social Media on November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

Holy crap. Jon Acuff and the Stuff Christians Like blog community totally hijacked my day. Here’s the recap:

Jon Acuff of StuffChristiansLike.net is inspired by his 6 year old daughter’s sense of injustice that there are hungry children around the world; Jon, still reeling from how many people have come to enjoy and support SCL gets an idea: leverage the power of the community to do something big for a charity; Jon reaches out to the community for inspiration as to what charity to work with; Jon settles on Samaritan’s Purse and works with them to coordinate the building of a kindergarten in rural Vietnam… all Jon needs is to raise $30,000.

Which brings us to today. This morning

Why I’m in Guatemala

Planning the Next Phase of Haitian Relief

Kingdom Strategist looks back at 2009

A Six Year Old’s Sense of Injustice and the Power of an Online Community

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