Shared Experiences

Our Story in Pictures

Life in Sierra Leone

Life in Sierra Leone

Every piece of charcoal is a piece of a tree that has be processed in a smoldering fire. In addition to the smoke released into the air, both in making and using the charcoal, the loss of forest to make charcoal puts people’s health and well-being at risk. These are...

Life in the Dominican Republic

Life in the Dominican Republic

The team was greeted at the door by girls holding the Dominican flag and dressed in its colors. Inside, youth had prepared a worship service which included liturgical dance that spoke to issues they face as youth in the Dominican...

Workshops

Workshops

Volunteers work to create the pieces that come together into solar ovens. In Montrose, volunteers begin with large sheets of insulation and cut them to the right size and angles so that they will fit snugly into the ovens. Volunteers slice pieces off of a gigantic...

Life in the Navajo Nation

Life in the Navajo Nation

Travel to our distribution sites on the Navajo Reservation brings us through the uniquely beautiful desert countryside. This traditional hogan alongside a trailer home are a common sight in the Navajo Nation. The women treated our team to traditional Navajo kneel down...

Our Partners and Friends

Our Partners and Friends

God has provided extraordinary leadership for the Solar Oven Partners ministry in the Dominican Republic. We give thanks for Rev. Erasme Fígaro’s dedication, wisdom, kindness, firmness (there are times that is necessary) and ethics. We could not have found a better...

Solar Cooking Seminars

Solar Cooking Seminars

In preparation for the day’s seminar, the team joins in prayer The United Methodist Church in Bo, Sierra Leone that hosted this seminar has a large school. This presented an opportunity for us to share with the school kids about solar cooking as well as the adults who...