Samson with Home of Hope Kids (pictured above) ...and Im so proud of them!! And now let me share why. My husband often says about questioning God: Its ok to question God as long as youre looking to God for answers. Samson, who grew up in...
Ask anyone - I'm NOT a morning person and so it follows that I often dont make my most intelligent decisions in the morning. One particular early morning some time ago I realized that needed to go to the ATM to take out cash for a certain projec...
We probably all have seen pictures of cute kittens encouraging us to hang in there. Recently, I was in Bangkok with my husband for one week as he completed his radiation treatments. As we left to return to Bangladesh, in the hustle of transferri...
Hebrews11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see. There is hope, and then there is HOPE! I like to practice the simple hope a lot--you know, hoping that traffic will be better tomorrow, hoping my gr...
An earthquake one day, an armed robbery the next, and then we arrive. This Is Bangladesh (TIB). The day before we left the states, there was a sizeable earthquake in India felt by those in Dhaka and at HOH more than any in the past. The children...
Sometimes, I wonder where God is in all this mess- where He is the enormity of the suffering that is Bangladesh. One winter, I was teaching a seminar on campus (in Bhadun, Bangladesh). I realized that I had left my textbook in the classroom, so I ...
The Christmas star....we see it on tops of Christmas trees, decorating our Christmas cards. In Bangladesh, almost every believer will hang a homemade star above their simple home or church. The star is one of the few symbols of Christmas that is...
The current Home of Hope building is 20 years old, and it was time for a reunion! Samson and Alfred grew up at the home and both are now serving in director positions at the home. They have become amazing adults that are showing what great leade...
Holli with some of the Home of Hope girls It’s truly difficult to put into words how deeply meaningful and life changing this trip to Bangladesh was for me. I’m still waiting for the day to come that I don’t cr...
Current and former Home of Hope children pictured: A couple of our former Home of Hope (HOH) "kids" recently noticed that it was 20 years ago that the HOH moved to our current facilities north of Dhaka. They asked if...