Why do we partner with local, like-minded leaders in the countries we work? CRI founder, Alan Pieratt, tells the story in our 2020 Compassionate Christmas catalog. Here’s an excerpt:⁠ ⁠ “In 1994, Melody and I were missionaries in São Paulo, Brazil. There we worked with a ministry to street kids—children who lived and slept on the streets in cardboard boxes, in gutters, or under bridges. From brown paper sacks, they sniffed the fumes of shoe glue to alleviate their hunger pains. Their glazed eyes were telling.⁠ ⁠ After a time, we realized that we could not reach these kids. Their lifestyle, their slang, their detachment was just too strong. Then we found João…”⁠ ⁠ Read how João was our model for partnerships, and learn how to give the Gift of Support at the link in our bio.