by Bob Mendonsa | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog
At the end of 2024, Bob Mendonsa, Founder and CEO of Naomi’s Village, shared a message he received from Matt Buckwalter, the Head of School at Linville Hill Christian School in Pennsylvania. Matt has come to Kenya with over 100 of his students over the past...
by Bob Mendonsa | Nov 1, 2024 | Blog
by Bob Mendonsa | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog
In Feb 2019, Julie Missias and her sister Susan visited Naomi’s Village (NV) in Kenya with a mission team from Trenches Church in Kalamazoo, MI. We didn’t know it then, but Julie had terminal metastatic cancer, which eventually led to her death in 2022. Julie had...
by Bob Mendonsa | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog
“Those who look to him are radiant with joy; their faces will never be ashamed.” – Psalm 34:5 As I watched 10-year-old Allan happily unpacking his Christmas stocking in our Naomi’s Village dining hall, a burst of thoughts and emotions overtook me....
by Bob Mendonsa | Jul 5, 2022 | Blog
Think of all that substantiates a childhood, from the second we take in our first breath to that big day when we leave home for college or a job, and all the moments in between. Try to imagine the millions of vital inputs – dads, moms, siblings, hugs, a...
