by Ricky Burse | Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months click off another year before you know it (unless you’re in grade school and then math class never ends)! God has blessed us with a new year to serve Him by serving children. Inside this newsletter are the names of...
by Ricky Burse | Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is the term that news media across the country are using to describe the living conditions of 13 children discovered in a suburban California home. Children were malnourished, abused, tortured, tied with ropes, and some even bound with chains and locks. The...
by Ricky Burse | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Recently I had to run a few errands in Paducah and as I often do I took one of the children with me. These times give me an opportunity to spend time with a child and do something special with them. While we were driving we passed a business with an electronic sign...
by Ricky Burse | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Currently in the Commonwealth of Kentucky there are 8,300 children in the foster care system. Sadly, Kentucky numbers are among the highest in the nation. These children suffer from abandonment, physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect that is very...
by Ricky Burse | Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
The headline read, “Mother and boyfriend charged after baby dies from burns suffered inside an oven.” It looks like something you would see standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, but this is the headline of a sad, true story reported by a Houston, TX...
by Ricky Burse | Nov 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” (Ps. 118:1) Sadly, we live in a time of much ingratitude! Many people feel entitled and don’t appreciate the blessings God pours into our lives. One of the things we constantly stress with our...
