Helping Hands Blog

If you can handle some rather intense heat over the summer months, learn a bit of Spanish, and understand the “fideicomiso” banking rules...

Many are surprised to learn that basketball often rivals the popularity of futbol (soccer) in Argentina. Since the 1950s, Bahía Blanca has been the top city for Argentine basketball producing such NBA players as Juan Ignacio “Pepe” Sánchez (Philadelphia 76ers) and Manu Ginóbili, a four-tie NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs. To our knowledge, our Bahía Blanca national missionary, Erick Hernandez, never had any NBA aspirations, but he is one of our incredibly talented “p

O ur Thompson family is working on a long overdue family reunion. We are mom, four sons and wives, 14 grandchildren (12 married) and...

Some may say the birthplace of LOGOI was Placetas, Cuba , a rich agricultural area for tobacco, sugarcane, fruit, and cattle located in...

Did you know Christopher Columbus had a little brother? We really don’t know a whole lot about him, but what we do know is that he was...

If you are into breathtaking scenery, fjords, lakes, forests, German heritage and the Andes Mountains, then you should visit Puerto...

In central Argentina's foothills of the Sierras Chicas Mountains lies the city of Córdoba , a major industrial hub with a metropolitan...

Growing up in an impoverished desert town in northern Colombia doesn’t mean you are not taught strong moral values and traditions. “We...

Our March Missionary of The Month has been a friend of LOGOI’s Grandma Carolyn since they were teenagers. They grew up together in...

Q uito got its name from the word “Quisto” which roughly translates to mean the “center of the world” in the ancient Tsafiki language....

C asbas, Argentina, is a little farming town of some 10,000 about 300 miles from the big, cosmopolitan city of Buenos Aires, with a...

T he Mayan Ruins in Chiapas , Mexico are some of the most studied archeological ruins in the world. Their extensive hieroglyphics tell...

G od has given our “Grandma Carolyn” a wonderful ministry inside of LOGOI’s overall outreach. She loves meeting new people, especially...

If you ever visit, sitting on a shelf in our guest bathroom is a fun book titled When I Was Your Age . Each chapter is just a few...

M exicali is considered a foodie’s paradise. Local taquerías serve the popular Cachanilla tacos — mouthwatering fusions of Chinese and...

“God sees everything you do,” so the paraphrased words from Proverbs 5:21 spelled out in the little framed picture hanging over young...

Recently, to do something different and fun, my wife and I went on a rail bike excursion. Ours was a 10-mile ride along a beautiful river...

Our world has so many troubles. Everywhere we look, it seems there is conflict, corruption, and injustice. Peru’s President, Dina...

“This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher.” —Albert Einstein, on filling out his tax returns I suspect by the...

“I was depressed for seven years,” Maria Piedad Mesa de Echeverri begins her story. “I was seeing psychologists, psychiatrists,...