What I’m realizing is this: no way is right; no culture is ideal. We’re all broken, we all just have a little harder time seeing our own brokenness.
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Reunited, A Video From Adacar CarePoint in Uganda
By Melanie Dale
/ September 27, 2016
If you’ve ever been on one of our trips, this video gives you a peek into what it’s like when a group of long-time sponsors is reunited with the community they’ve grown to love.
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What Happens After We Say Goodbye in Swaziland
By Tara Ross
/ September 20, 2016
In a land with 40% unemployment and omnipresent illness and death, these Shepherds are walking monuments, beacons of hope to thousands of children.
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The Power of Following God’s Plan, Not Mine
By Jennifer Belland
/ September 13, 2016
If I would have pushed my agenda then God would not have been able to use me in the same way to bless and speak encouragement to the many children I was blessed to serve.
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Powerful Partnerships
By Kelly Stahl
/ September 6, 2016
Colegio de Israel is an amazing school spreading the love for education and Jesus throughout Tecpan, Guatemala. Our church, 1910 Church, in Boerne, Texas, is privileged to partner with them in making this possible for any child regardless of economic status.
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Raising Leaders In Challenging Circumstances
By Sally Townsend
/ August 30, 2016
In a culture where fathers are often absent and male role models are few, it is such an encouragement to see the men who are stepping up as leaders for their families and serving their communities.
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A Day in the Life of the HopeChest Uganda Staff
By Ansley Mayson
/ August 23, 2016
I may be a little biased towards Children’s HopeChest in Uganda, but these people get the message and purpose of Children's HopeChest. They're not simply maintaining the HopeChest model, they're going above and beyond to develop and create new sustainable programs that will make an impact in these communities for a lifetime.
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How to Respond When Bad Things Happen
By Melanie Dale
/ August 16, 2016
As they’ve developed their community’s resources, God has healed their material poverty. In both communities we have empowered one another to pull ourselves out of our poverty.
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Known, Seeing God’s Abundant Blessings
By Sally Townsend
/ August 9, 2016
The giant smiles and enthusiastic embraces signified so much more than people happy to see one another; it was evidence of the power of relationship, investments of the heart made over the last several years.
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I Wasn’t the Solution
By Anna Kerr
/ July 26, 2016
I certainly was not prepared to be pursued as a solution to their desperation, mostly because I knew I wasn't the solution. I was grossly uncomfortable with the thought that anyone might think I actually was.
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She No Longer Felt Alone
By Anna Kerr
/ July 19, 2016
The story she shared with us was no light matter; we were all in tears. Abneezer’s mother and sister are ill, and they cannot afford the necessary medical care, nor is there easy access to it.
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The Power of Writing to Your Sponsored Child
By Laura Marshall
/ July 12, 2016
I'll admit I'm not the best at the writing. It has been hard to get my family in a good habit of writing to our sponsored kids on a regular basis.
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We Hold On to Hope
By Ansley Mayson
/ July 5, 2016
Hope is why we, as God's people, serve. It's why we, at Children's HopeChest, go. Not to meet physical needs and leave, never to return again. We go to build relationship.
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30 Jobs for 30 Women
By Melanie Strobel
/ June 28, 2016
It was the smile in their eyes contrasted with the extreme conditions where they sat crouched, gripping babies. I was drawn to want to know the story of women in Ethiopia who make painful and difficult decisions about survival every day.
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There Is a Connection Between Our Communities
By Kate DeAndrea
/ June 21, 2016
Point Community Church and the people of Kaberamadio, Uganda have become a family. A family brought together because of His love, sharing in His provision and finding belonging, beauty, and hope in His promise.
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What It Means to Be a Community-To-Community Partnership
By Lindsey Andrews
/ June 14, 2016
I've sponsored the same child through Children's HopeChest for almost seven years. He'll be a grown man in a few more. Literally, I have watched him grow up through pictures from the other side of the world.
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Silver’s Story
By Childrens HopeChest
/ June 7, 2016
Silver had always been interested in electronics. He began by building his own radio. Then, he built his own cell phone watch.
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Tags: Uganda
Highlights of Hope: 2015
By Ken Sparks
/ May 18, 2016
By God’s grace, 2015 was an exciting year for HopeChest. There have been so many stories of impact, transformation and restoration of dignity and hope.
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About This Blog
By Ken Sparks
/ May 18, 2016
Relationship. At our core, this is what HopeChest is about. We exist to restore hope and human dignity to the most vulnerable people living in some of the most challenging places in the world, through highly-relational, Community-to-Community partnerships.
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HopeChest Partnership Leader Spotlight: Whitney and Shane Kinne, Bhalekane Connect Community
By Erin Blad
/ January 11, 2016
Our prayers for Bhalakene are multi-faceted. On a micro level we pray the CarePoint will be fully sponsored and sustainable in the future.
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