Yesterday, I experienced one of the most beautiful full-circle moments of my life. And I am still struggling to find the words to describe what it meant to me. In January 2010, I was in Rwanda when a 14-year-old boy named Cyusa walked into the Africa New Life office. I had decided to sponsor him,…
A free resource from John Mark Comer’s Practicing the Way. One of the things I hope the Mahogany Circle will do is encourage us to think more deeply about generosity. Not just where we give our money, but how generosity shapes our lives. Last month, D’Aun and I had the privilege of spending a little…
Hello my friends! I wanted to share a story with you. Today, in a small way, you become an even deeper part of the PathLight story. About two years ago, I was hanging out with three other PathLight board members for a weekend of golf, wine, laughter, and deep discussions. We talked about how PathLight…
Last month, some of our PathLight International team were given the chance to attend a service with one of our church partners in Northern California. A group from their church had recently visited Belize on a Path trip. The congregation helped raise money for a service project and the materials that the team brought down,…
Students, staff, and sponsors gathered in Hopkins this month for a weekend full of celebrations for our new graduates. We ate, sang, played, and prayed together on the beach to honor their hard work and dedication for the past four, six, even eight years. The rainy days could not dampen the mood, as you can see from…
In this year alone, our Teacher Trainers have run 38 workshops with over 1000 teachers from over 100 schools in attendance! That means that our team has touched the lives of 37,000+ students so far in 2025. Big props to our stellar team—Naidra, Kevin, and Lisa—who put in the long hours to make such a…
A perspective from one of the founders, Adrienne Parcher Technically, PathLight began in January 2007, when I moved with my husband, Mark, to Jaguar Creek in Belize. But the real story began three decades earlier, when we met Roy and D’Aun Goble on Easter Sunday, 1987, at a church plant serving young families. The four…
“Garbage in, garbage out” is a phrase that has been widely used by computer scientists for decades. It’s a reminder that a computer only processes what it is given. Bad data going in will result in bad data coming out. The same is true for these multibillion-dollar AI systems that are in the news. Although…
Child sponsorships have been around for decades, maybe centuries. Many people are drawn to them because they seem to have a direct impact on a child in need and engage donors on a heartfelt level. But do they actually work? Can a child sponsorship really change the trajectory of a child’s life? Bruce Wydick was…
For the seventh year in a row, I had the privilege of attending the annual PathLight graduation celebration (one virtually due to Covid travel restrictions). This was a bittersweet trip for me, as it marks my last official trip serving on staff with PathLight. It has been a true joy working with our Board these…