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First SEED intern wraps up

Sometimes people ask us “who is SEED?” and generally what they are asking is who works for SEED. Of course, there are many answers to that question. One accurate answer for the past three months, however, was that Amberstarr Lumsey was working for SEED. Amberstarr is a business student at George Fox University in Newberg, [...]

What is a SEED trunk show?

It’s a fun and simple way to bring your friends together to support livelihood groups around the world. You provide the place (like your home or dorm room or small group) and host the event, and we’ll send you everything you need! We will send you a trunk show kit with hints for a [...]

Post-Christmas Blues

I love Christmas. And I hate Christmas. You may very well understand both sides of my sentiment, though your reasons might be different. I love Christmas for all the obvious reasons: the celebration of Jesus’ birth as central, with all its implications for faith, hope, peace, joy, and love; plus the wonderful accoutrements like delicious [...]

How was your Christmas? Ours changed the world

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to say that your Christmas changed the world, in a way that is similar to the way that first Christmas changed the world? We’re happy to report that for at least some of you, that was the case. It has been very exciting to see and to hear [...]

Give Better — Give Soon!

Hopefully you’ve already seen our first-ever Christmas catalog! Don’t procrastinate! If you place your order now, you (or your loved one) still has a good chance of receiving it in time for Christmas. We are very grateful to partner with International Child Care Ministries (ICCM, childcareministries.org) to create a catalog that gives YOU many opportunities to [...]

D is for Development

Rose and I have been blessed to visit many churches to share about SEED, about the work we’ve been doing over the past year, and to recommend investing in a development group project instead of only purchasing product. We continue to get donations for these development groups from individuals, but one of the exciting things [...]

A Better Way to Give at Christmas

We are very excited to introduce you to the first-ever Christmas Catalog including SEED. We have teamed up with our partners at International Child Care Ministries (ICCM, childcareministries.org) to create a catalog that offers you many opportunities to partner in creating better lives and a better world for others. The catalog, called Better Giving, showcases [...]

Welfare and Empowerment

In 2002, I (David) graduated with my Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA). I had already worked in government, nonprofit, and corporate America for 10 years and now, armed with an MBA, I was ready to conquer the world, climb the corporate ladder, and make a difference. Only problem was, in the fall of 2001, [...]

What I’m Meant to Do

In my last blog post I wrote a very brief amount on the theology of development work. Now I think it’s important to explain briefly how it is that I (David) in particular came to be doing this work through SEED Livelihood Network. There are three specific elements I want to discuss: faith, justice, and [...]

Thoughts on Development Work

As we have traveled around this summer, we have sometimes been asked why we do the work we do. Christians often wonder why we are spending our time on microenterprise work instead of planting churches or doing evangelism. Those who are not Christians wonder why we aren’t using our skills in the US, or in [...]