The children make-up half of the refugee population. Read this missionary’s first-hand account of how you can reach these traumatized refugee children. “… I was a stranger and you welcomed me in…” (Matthew 25:35). Though Christmas has passed, the Story has just begun.  Soon after Jesus’ birth, his family had to flee – they were … Read more

How can we, the church, reach out to the increasing number of refugees? Read the attached for your call to action! In Leviticus 19:34 it states, “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I AM the Lord your God.” And yet, … Read more

Missionaries are finding creative ways to minister to refugees during this time of pandemic. Read and find out how God is providing! “Could you use computers for your ESL students?” a man asked me after I finished speaking at a men’s breakfast at our church.   I thought for a minute. I couldn’t imagine many … Read more

Please CLICK on the image below to read the entire December 2020 Barnabas Newsletter. Thank you for downloading the December 2020 Barnabas! We appreciate your continued support always. *A Ministry of WEC International.

We celebrate the Ministry of our Founder and Curriculum Developer this Christmas season with reflections from Dr. Phyllis Kilbourn on her 50+ years of Service with her retirement letter. Merry Christmas from the CCTI staff! I shall speak of the power of your awesome acts. And I will tell of your great deeds. I will … Read more

As we wrap up our series on the importance of STOP (Structure, Talking and Time, Organized Play, and Parental Support) during this season of the pandemic, we see how to incorporate Parental Support into the child’s life. As you will see, using all four of these elements together is vital to the successful healing of … Read more

As we have looked at the need for Structure and Talking and Time for our children and youth over the last few months, Organized Play is another area of need. Everyone needs an outlet to be able to express their emotions. Our Lord is so creative and He has given us various ways to show … Read more

Please CLICK on the image below to read the entire October 2020 Barnabas Newsletter. Thank you for downloading the October 2020 Barnabas! We appreciate your continued support always. *A Ministry of WEC International.

The following is an edited scenario of a real-life trafficking case and how innocently it happened from a Facebook Post. It has been copied and shared with permission. Please read and consider before you Facebook Post anything! A Simple Facebook Post A guy sends you a friend request. He looks nice enough, so you check … Read more

Children are isolated as never before with all of the changes COVID 19 has brought to their lives. As reported in christianpost.com, 7/31/20, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that suicide was already the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10-14 in 2019 and the rate has nearly tripled for older teens, … Read more

Many of our children are socially isolated these days as they await school to fully open up again. They are desperate to communicate and if we are not making ourselves available for our children, then they may find negative outlets for communication. As we have seen, there is a rise in depression, mental health issues, … Read more

As children learn how to navigate new routines and varied environments for this year, having a routine and structure will be more important than ever. Please read below about the importance of Structure in a child’s life. Consider the ones you have established, or need to establish, for your children. If we think of “structure” … Read more

Please CLICK on the image below to read the entire August 2020 Barnabas Newsletter. Thank you for downloading the August 2020 Barnabas! We appreciate your continued support always. *A Ministry of WEC International.

CCTI has been blessed by our recent partnership with CURE International (www.cure.org). We are looking forward to training more of their staff in our Train the Trainer material in the next year. So that they can spread the seeds and continue the training throughout the organization. CURE is a non-profit organization that operates charitable hospitals … Read more

CCTI is blessed to have our teammate, Natalie Flicker, share her life with disabilities with us and to keep us grounded on the struggles of many that we may not know about otherwise. We pray you are equally blessed by her reminder to us all and that you can use the information to be on … Read more