Slow Growth, Deep Roots

When our team prayerfully chose the word GROW as a theme for 2022, we didn’t plan for growing pains! At Mercy House Global, we have made it our mission to respond to vulnerable families in crisis. Rather than provide temporary relief, we intentionally stay and develop deeper roots. It’s as challenging as it is beautiful.

Growth comes in all forms and you’ve read about the massive impact Mercy House Global is having in Kenya and around the world, but even growth can expose weaknesses.

The year 2022 has been a year of shoring up weak areas in organizational structure, programs, and daily operations. The USA team is in a two-year process of implementing EOS, an entrepreneur operating system, clarifying our brand, and becoming a healthier ministry.

With this implementation, restructuring was necessary to combine some roles and add new ones. In this process, it confirmed to CEO and co-founder, Terrell Welch, that it was time for him to transition to employment outside of the organization. He will remain a board member and support his wife, Kristen Welch, in her new role as Visionary (CEO). Mercy House Global celebrates Terrell’s enormous contribution over the past eight years as he led the organization to a $5+ million non-profit. He is excited to be joining the efforts of Sports Catalyst to focus on their work in Ukraine.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV