Kenya, Africa
www.kupenda.org
Hope Connector: Sue Hanscom

Kupenda (“love” in Kiswahili) for the Children in Kenya equips children with disabilities to achieve their God-given potential through advocacy, education and medical intervention. Their mission is to transform harmful beliefs surrounding disability, considered a societal curse that leaves children vulnerable to neglect, abandonment, abuse, rape, and murder.

The protected living environment and services at Kupenda provide a Christ-centered oasis for children to see the power of deliverance through the gospel to this highly marginalized people.

Arcahaie, Haiti
Hope Connector: Sue Hanscom

Hope Community Church has a sister church partnership with this Church in Haiti. Through partnering with local believers a world away we hope to enrich our understanding of God by loving our brothers and sisters in Christ.  Nouvelle Alliance Church is one hour outside of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.  We are seeking to partner with them in job creation, medical support, and other ways to encourage the love of Christ in coastal Haiti.

Worldwide

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child
Hope Connector: Pat McGowan

Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is one of the ministries of Samaritan’s Purse, where folks, like us, pack items into a shoebox, and Samaritan’s Purse ships the boxes to pastors and church planters world-wide.  They in turn place each gift-filled shoebox into the hands of a child in need along with a booklet written in their native language about the life of Jesus and the hope of the Gospel message. 

This is a weary world, and here's our opportunity to offer hope in form of a gift.  Remember… We CAN share the light and good news of Jesus Christ!

Turkey, Asia/Europe
www.turkishconnections.org
Hope Connector: Sue Hanscom

Rich and Laura Freeman work with Turkish pastors and key Christian leaders to see the church in Turkey flourish. They identify new potential pastors that are well trained and able to plant churches among the 9 million refugees, mostly with Muslim backgrounds. Hope currently supports a particular work in Instanbul. 

Moldova, Europe
www.wordmadeflesh.org/communities/moldova
Hope Connector: Sue Hanscom

Vitali and Rachel Dyachenko have served with Word Made Flesh in the Republic of Moldova since 2010. Together with a local team they run La VIA Community Center which offers Christian summer camps, social support to vulnerable families, and an after-school program for 25 children all year round.

“VIA” stands for the values of healing, integrity, and action. La VIA is a safe place for children and families to be loved, valued and empowered to achieve their full potential.