E34 - A Call to Ghana with Tom & Becky Rogers
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English - November 04, 2019 19:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MB - ★★★★★ - 387 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture Relationships angilyn bagley celestial marriage latter-day saint lds marriage mormon mormon marriages nate bagley Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Tom & Becky Rogers are the proud parents of 10 children and the founders of FamiliesMentoringFamilies.org, an international organization that strengthens families through service, collaboration, and education to develop leadership and self-reliance. In 2017, they moved to Ghana, Africa with their youngest 5 children to pursue their personal mission. The first 18 months were an intense preparation as they gained a lot of experience VERY quickly, including within their own family dynamic.
As the Rogers interacted with people and developed relationships in Africa, they were drawn to the multi-generational impact that educating a family, beginning with the mother, has in addressing the "front line" of poverty. Today, FMF is building family literacy centers across Africa and is beginning a new initiative to reunite "orphans" with their parents through the Family Restoration Center.
With the help of American volunteers, cooperating with local leadership, team expeditions are gaining cultural experience and making a real difference in the lives of families, one at a time.
"If we moved to Africa, we’d have to learn to live so radically different that we’d actually have time to be a family." -Tom