Last Saturday, the day of our 5th annual 5k race, I awoke at 5 a.m. to the beeping of my alarm.  It was dark.  The rain was pouring down outside.  It was cold.  I admit that the temptation to pull the covers up a little higher was definitely on my radar. “So disappointing,” I thought, […]

Five! It’s amazing to think that we are returning to Ghana for our fifth year of camp! Once again, God has answered our prayers and provided an amazing team of people with a plethora of gifts, abilities, talents, and interests.  These diversities will help to make our camp a colorful and exciting place, as we […]

The glory of God… I’ve been thinking about this reality a lot this week since Pastor Kirk at Hope Community Church spoke on the topic last Sunday. There are so many ways that we try to take God’s glory. …by wanting credit and praise for ourselves in any area of our lives …or by not […]

When I think about God doing the impossible, I think of those big kind of moments in the Bible – like Jesus healing someone in an instant, or turning water into wine.  When I think about miracles today, I realize that these quick, instantaneous ones still happen, but there’s another kind too.  The slow, gradual, […]

I would love to introduce you to a new friend our team has made in Ghana.  Here name is Marigold Cobbina, and she is Brother Philip’s new Arm of Hope assistant.  If you were part of our first annual Arm of Hope banquet last October, you will remember that we specifically raised funds to hire […]

Time flies by and before I realize it, I haven’t updated on here in quite some time.  Oops!  Sorry about that.  But the real reason for this?  We’ve been doing more working than talking about it! Our Ghana team of 14 leaves for camp in less than two months.  When you join the team, you […]

“Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.  With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”  Ephesians 6:18 And that includes the Lord’s precious children in the slum of Accra, Ghana! Would you take a few minutes to pray for these […]

Six weeks ago, Arm of Hope held what we hope to be our first annual banquet.  It was a great night of food, fun, testimonies, worship, and a message from our missionary partner and director of Arm of Hope, Philip Darko. Since that night many of you have encouraged us by letting us know how […]

Last Saturday over 200 people gathered for what we anticipate being a first annual event for the ministry of Arm of Hope. It was a sparkly night with lights and lanterns and candles… …and PRESENTS! The theme for the night was Unwrap Hope and as the night progressed, that’s exactly what happened for the children […]