Nearly, two weeks have gone by and this is my first blog post! It’s not that there hasn’t been anything to write about, but no time to write it in! The first 12 days have flown by. I can hardly believe it. I’ve yet to have a day without guests and a full schedule of [...]
Building a Home in Kenya
by Larry Beer
Where to start? So much has happened! Global Hope provides monthly operational support for a growing Kenyan orphanage called Hope for Orphans Rehabilitation Centre, or HOREC. HOREC began when a woman named Christine took in a handful of abandoned children into her home because they had nowhere to go [...]
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 [...]