Our Blog and Impact Stories

December 2024 Update

Special moments with our widows and visiting new communities during our trip to the Dominican Republic.
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September/October 2024 Update

This month’s update is dedicated to our beloved Luisa who is now in Heaven and healed from her diabetes.
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August 2024 Update

We are excited to share all of the amazing things happening with For the Widow Ministries! It has been wonderful to watch how God has worked through this ministry and blessed us in so many ways this Summer. This month we are sharing news about our next mission trip and our 2025 mission trip dates, our Ministry Truck fundraising campaign, an update on each of our widows, and church partnerships.
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July 2024 Update

The July trip to visit our widows was such an incredible experience for our team! Before, during, and after a delay in our plans due to Hurricane Beryl, God blessed the trip in so many ways. We had an awesome mix of younger and older participants which allowed us to reach the communities we serve in some unique ways.
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June 2024 Update

Another widow has put her faith in Jesus, and two of our widows still need sponsors. We are starting to see donations toward one of our biggest goals for the ministry, and lastly, we want to talk about our upcoming mission trip.
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May 2024 Update

🏍️ Food Delivery on a Motorcycle 🏍️ Miqueas and his brother, Jeffery, deliver food and household items every month to all of our widows. The communities the widows are in are approximately 15 minutes away from Barahona Central. The issue is they deliver everything on a motorcycle. Yep, you read that right … two grown men on a motorcycle carrying LOTS of groceries! 🏍️ 🛒 🛍️ They have to make multiple trips back and forth, adding ...
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April 2024 Update

Jungara has accepted Jesus, and we have added three new widows to the program… plus so many other wonderful things! Thanks for reading our April Update. We are dedicated to communicating monthly so you can rejoice with us in the work God is doing through this ministry. Sometimes, this means a lot of great news to share.
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March 2024 Update

Wow! What an amazing week we just had on the island. One of our dreams was to bring widows from the United States to serve and love on our widows in the Dominican Republic. And man, did God bring the right people to this trip.
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February 2024 Update

Gloria has accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior. Not only are the heavens celebrating but our team at For the Widow is overjoyed at this decision!
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January 2024 Update

January has been a great start to the year for the widows ministry. Each widow received their food for the month and has participated in a group bible study with Miqueas and the other widows in their community.
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