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Amanda was looking for an opportunity to practice her Spanish while using her gifts as a teacher. Through ChristianVolunteering.org, she found that Iglesia Bautista Shalom was looking for a teacher's aide for their ESL class.

Kristan, who lives in Toronto, connected with the "Look Good, Feel Better" Foundation through ChristianVolunteering.org. There she helped cancer patients regain their self-confidence, showing them ways to cope with the "cosmetic-related effects of cancer and cancer treatments."

Several organizations in Africa have found ChristianVolunteering.org to be an invaluable recruitment tool. The Vinma Resource Center in Kenya found a "donor who will support [their] community project" through the efforts of two volunteers. Vincent, the director, says, "Thanks greatly for this innovation. May God bless you all." Lighthouse International Ministries, also in Kenya, has gotten in touch with several potential volunteers through ChristianVolunteering.org, and the director says, "I now know ChristianVolunteering.org is doing a great job."

Abbé Joseph lives in central Africa. Since his ordination in 1994, he has volunteered with several poverty-fighting ministries. ChristianVolunteering.org helped connect him to the Neo-Catechumenal Way, a Catholic order of evangelists.

As a member of the Neo-Catechumenal Way, Abbé Joseph went to East Cameroon to evangelize the Pygmées and to assist in community development. "Volunteering is a great solution [for] poverty," he says. It is "a way for believers to [share] God's life and discover how others people are living their faith in towns and villages all over the world." He wishes everyone could have the volunteer experience which he had.

Wenyuan found a tutoring position at Faith in Christ Ministries through ChristianVolunteering.org. He views this as a God-given opportunity to serve others while gaining teaching experience.