Posts by Alice Skaff
FEET to FEAT Klimbing for Kids Campaign
At Haven of Hope International this September 16-27 we are using our feet to bring awareness to the worldwide orphan crisis, energize a movement, and ultimately accomplish an awesome feat. We invite the Christian community to join our Klimbing for Kids campaign to respond to this crisis and become part of the solution. The HOHI…
Read MoreHelp Us Celebrate Mother’s Day
Help Us Celebrate These Amazing Women This Mother’s Day By Pastor John Sweet It is hard to describe all that mother’s pour into their children. Most are so deserving of honor. For the children I have served over the last 25 years, many of them are missing those motherly gifts. They are often missing the…
Read MoreFor Such a Time as This
For Such a Time as This By Sherry Bullock. Esther’s story is the orphan’s story. And the orphan’s story is the King’s story. Born into exile in Persia, far from her homeland of Israel, the early years of Esther’s life read like a series of unfortunate events. Tradition states that she was orphaned as a…
Read MoreTechnology Access–To online school and medical resources
Why we do what we do. Tumaini lived just outside the city of Nairobi with his parents and younger sister. The family’s dwelling was a twelve-by-twelve shack with mud walls, a corrugated tin roof, and dirt floor. When he was seven years old, his parents died of AIDS. He and his five-year-old sister lived in…
Read MoreRestoring Spirits–Our children learn to dream, to smile, and to play
Why we do what we do. What is visible: Annelise, age twelve, has golden-brown curls that form a wild, tousled halo around her head. Her eyes are a soft green, and she’s skilled at pushing out her bottom lip to create the most heartbreaking pout. What can’t be seen: To survive and care for her…
Read MoreThe foundation of our care is LOVE…and we share it everyday
Why we do what we do. Diego, age eight, was living alone on the streets of Peru. By day, he begged for food and water. By night, he sought out dark corners where he might be safe from predators. Consumed by fear and a growing sense of hopelessness, he lost sight of everything but the…
Read MoreOut of Poverty– Our young people graduate with skills to lead successful adult lives
Why we do what we do. Gabriela is ten years old. The only life she and her three younger sisters have ever known is one of extreme poverty. A year ago, Gabriela’s parents forced her into the labor market to help bring in money to feed the family. She soon became a domestic servant. In…
Read MoreWe Rescue, Love, Restore & Equip The Least of These
We Rescue, Love, Restore & Equip The Least of These On Giving Tuesday, our goal is to raise $5,000 to give the gift of a joyful Christmas celebration to 200+ children who live at our partner orphan care homes. Your contributions can make that happen. The Christmas feast is one of the few times that…
Read MoreVinnie’s Garden at Haven of Hope Bolivia is a Delicious Success!
Vinnie’s Garden was created in 2020 at the Haven of Hope Bolivia campus as a sustainability project that not only feeds fifty-plus children, teens and staff, but provides valuable lessons in reaping and sowing. The children experience first-hand the faithfulness of God’s love and provision in their lives as they harvest the rewards of their…
Read MoreHonoring Emma Bullock
I don’t think I can write about Emma’s experience in Bolivia without backing up to the few weeks before she left for Bolivia, and then moving forward to how mission trips like Bolivia ultimately framed her. It would be easiest to say that she was simply a great kid who loved Jesus and people, went to Bolivia, served with joy, was transformed…and then leave it at that. Nice and tidy and easy to fit onto one page. And whereas all of that is true, I don’t think it does justice to her, the beautiful kids in Bolivia, or her God. Most of us are a little bit messier than that. And so was Emma.
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