This post was written by Kristie Reville, a long-term missionary doing Beauty for Ashes ministry in Cambodia. I have been in Cambodia for a little over a month now. Every day is a new day. A day to chose joy. A day to chose mourning. A day to chose frustration. Every day is a new day. What are you choosing in your new days? I firmly believe the Lord has purposes and intentions every day. Every time we wake up there are new revelations to be had.  Being overseas is literally the best thing. And the hardest thing. Its a roller coaster of emotions, disappointment, and of course, the what...

This blog was written by Rachel Witt a member of World Race X Squad doing Beauty for Ashes in Zimbabwe.  Last month, my team and I hosted two Beauty for Ashes retreats in Zimbabwe. Both retreats were a huge success! The first retreat we hosted was in Gokwe, a very rural town in northern Zimbabwe. The retreat was two full days where women from far away villages could spend the night. The second retreat we hosted was in Kadoma and it was 3 half days. I loved the opportunity to get to know all the women that came. We met many different women from different places and backgrounds. It was really...

“I am HIV positive and my ten year old son is HIV positive. I have seven other children. I am sick.”  This quote came from a woman who shared her pain during February 2009 at the first Beauty for Ashes retreat in Manzini, Swaziland.  It was a story that echoes thousands of other women across Africa. For years, God had been speaking to Seth Barnes, the founder of Adventures in Missions about the women of Swaziland being the hope for this nation.  In a culture where there is so much brokenness (a large population of orphans and widows) and many people hiding behind...

There is a movement of God on the earth that is calling women into the reality of who they are and into the healing and freedom that was always intended for them.       Beauty for Ashes is a part of that movement.   Beauty for Ashes is an opportunity for women to be restored to wholeness through Jesus Christ.  We aim to provide women with safe communities worldwide where they can exchange their ashes of isolation, shame and wounds from the past for the crowns of beauty that God promised us in Isaiah 61.  The vision of B4A is to see restored women of all nations...