B4T STORY: HURRY-FREE B4T

B4T STORY: HURRY-FREE B4T

This is a guest post by a B4Ter in E Europe. When we moved to a new town in 1995 to start a factory, we met a little girl named Sara. We lived on her street, and she was 11 years old—the middle child of 9 children. Sara’s family was in poverty during the country’s...
REFLECTIONS ON 2023 B4T EXPO

REFLECTIONS ON 2023 B4T EXPO

Just a month ago, we just hosted our annual B4T Expo in Austin, TX. It was a fantastic time of gathering people from around the USA and introducing them to our network via 14 B4Ters who flew in from 10 countries. We focused on re-integrating our lives from the...
B4T STORY: HUMBLED BY HELP

B4T STORY: HUMBLED BY HELP

This is a guest post by a B4Ter’s wife in East Asia. It was a cold, dusty day as my husband sat in the change room of his factory with a handful of his workers. It had been about two years since the opening of our factory, and in that time, my husband had built...
BUSINESS PLANS 101 (Building a Business Plan, Part 1)

BUSINESS PLANS 101 (Building a Business Plan, Part 1)

This is the first in a series of 5 on writing business plans. The Lion’s Den in Chiang Mai, Thailand is on August 1—just 5 months away. If you’re living and working in the 10/40 Window and need capital, apply! Every one of the B4T workers who completed the due...
KIDNAPPED! COUNTING THE COST

KIDNAPPED! COUNTING THE COST

Last week, a gang of Muslims in Niger kidnapped Phillip Walton and held him for ransom. This gang had been terrorizing families in the region for at least one year. U.S. Navy Seals killed the 6 Muslims who held Phillip and safely rescued him. Here’s another...
FIZA IS FOLLOWING JESUS

FIZA IS FOLLOWING JESUS

I received this encouraging update from an OPEN worker in the Middle East. Fiza is a long-term employee who became a believer 3 years ago. All names have been changed. “How are you doing?” I asked, feeling a bit guilty because I didn’t know the...