Living Letters: The Final Schoolbell
by “Mama Rodi” Stepan (translated by Jacci Knight)
According to the calendar, it is the middle of summer, when generous Mother Nature encourages us with warmth and amazing riches of color and smells. In this mother’s heart, it is the end of one season and the beginning of another ~ but neither [...]
Living Letters: Letting Go of the Kite String
by Jacci Knight
American humorist Erma Bombeck made a beautiful observation about raising children:
“I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you’re both breathless…they crash…they hit the rooftop…you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch [...]
Global Hope in Kenya
by Larry Beer and Jacci Knight
As we drove each morning to the Hope for Orphans Rehabilitation Centre, or HOREC, we saw
countryside green with recent rain. A striking feature of the landscape is the acacia tree. One
morning, one of the mission team members mentioned that it is believed that Christ’s crown of
thorns was [...]
Going Where God Leads
by Marty Sheppard
Anxious anticipation filled us as we turned onto the dirt road. After a 40-minute van ride, we were now just minutes away from meeting the children living at the Global Hope sponsored Rescue Center (HOREC) near Ruai, outside of Nairobi, Kenya. Dressed in their best clothes, the children greeted us [...]
Ordinary Miracles
by Jacci Knight
Sometimes I get to work each morning, pull into the parking lot and realize that I’ve been on autopilot for the last 10 miles…just driving down the highway, thinking about something probably not so important as the road in front of me. I park my car, pull the key from the ignition [...]