We’re Not as Different as We Think
Personal Impact Uganda

We’re Not as Different as We Think

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
Community-to-Community Uganda

Reunited, A Video From Adacar CarePoint in Uganda

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
Community-to-Community

What Happens After We Say Goodbye in Swaziland

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
Community-to-Community Personal Impact

The Power of Following God’s Plan, Not Mine

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
Community-to-Community Guatemala Personal Impact

Powerful Partnerships

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
Community-to-Community Stories of Hope

Raising Leaders In Challenging Circumstances

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
Community-to-Community Uganda

A Day in the Life of the HopeChest Uganda Staff

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
Ethiopia Personal Impact

How to Respond When Bad Things Happen

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
Community-to-Community Personal Impact

Known, Seeing God’s Abundant Blessings

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
Community-to-Community Ethiopia

I Wasn’t the Solution

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
Community-to-Community Ethiopia Personal Impact

She No Longer Felt Alone

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
Personal Impact Sponsorship

The Power of Writing to Your Sponsored Child

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
Personal Impact Uganda

We Hold On to Hope

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
Ethiopia Personal Impact

30 Jobs for 30 Women

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
Community-to-Community Uganda

There Is a Connection Between Our Communities

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
Community-to-Community Uganda

What It Means to Be a Community-To-Community Partnership

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
Stories of Hope Uganda

Silver’s Story

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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Highlights of Hope: 2015
News Stories of Hope

Highlights of Hope: 2015

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
News

About This Blog

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
Community-to-Community

HopeChest Partnership Leader Spotlight: Whitney and Shane Kinne, Bhalekane Connect Community

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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