Maren

International Director’s 2022 Trip to Africa

By Numbers: 4 Ministry Countries visited (DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania) 3 Mobilization Countries visited (Germany, Netherlands, and England) 10 Team Members (representatives from USA, UK, Netherlands, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) 27 Ministry CarePoints visited 140 Staff Members met with 2,000+ Children Impacted By Specifics: Training With the Staff: Reviewed global activities, strategic plan,

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What is Christ’s Hope?

Christ’s Hope International empowers orphaned and vulnerable children to break the cycles of extreme poverty, AIDS, and spiritual brokenness through family-based care and discipleship in Jesus Christ. To do this, we focus on five essential aspects of a child’s life – spiritual, community, emotional, educational, and physical. We are uncompromisingly Biblical, unashamedly Christian. In Africa, extreme poverty and AIDS are a

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Roy’s Story

When Roy was only a year old, his father passed away from a longtime illness. Sadly, their family couldn’t afford the treatment he needed. For Roy and his mother, brother, and sister, it felt like all hope was lost. Roy’s mother struggled to provide for her family. There were days when just one serving of

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Caring for Our Children, with a New Look!

In a celebration filled with prayer, laughter, new shirts and cake, we were blessed to come together (virtually) with our entire Christ’s Hope team to praise the Lord for all he has done, and look forward to what he will do through this ministry! We had nearly all of our staff members, as well as a

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Standing on Her Own Two Feet

Gisèle became an orphan at a young age. Her aunt wanted to take care of her, but she didn’t have the money. That’s when Christ’s Hope asked her to join the program so she could receive meals, education, and medical care at the CarePoint. The latter proved essential two years later, when Gisèle developed a

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Ride for Hope Sacremento, California

August 21st, 2021’s Ride For Hope Sacramento was filled with excitement, fun, and so much generosity! We had over 100 cyclists ride for hope with us and raised over $24,100 for Christ’s Hope! It was so encouraging to see how a bike ride can have such a HUGE impact for children in Africa! There were so many great stories

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Christ’s Hope Exists for the One

I am reminded of a testimony I once heard from a preacher. He shared how he stood by his father’s deathbed and his father’s last words were: “If I could lead one more person to Jesus…”  One person, that’s what it’s all about. Individuals and their lives. Every human being, every life counts. The ministry

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COVID in Africa

When COVID-19 struck in early 2020, we prayed together for the virus to ‘pass over’ the African continent. Looking back, we have seen God’s mercy in that the virus didn’t strike as hard in most African countries than in many Western countries. We are grateful that God has given us this protection. The lives of

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Worth a Thousand Words

“He did what!?” “Felix sent a picture of himself holding the picture of us that we sent him!” I was amazed at my wife’s words. After forty years of sponsoring children in different parts of the world through different agencies, this was the most personal response we had ever gotten from a child we sponsored.

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