I think it’s something I got from my mom, but I love maps. As a child, I remember her excitedly poring over them and talking her way through them—whether tracing and explaining to us the journeys of Paul the Apostle…
March is chicken month. I basically feel like I’m one of the flock at this point… I’m writing about chickens, sifting through pictures of Bright Hope chickens, looking up chicken jokes, and throwing out random chicken facts. Such as: “There…
Harriet faced a lot of resistance from her non-believing husband when she first joined the grandmothers’ club at Namasujju Community Church in Uganda. Her husband was constantly angry at her for attending the church, and he made it well known…
The rural Ugandans had come for medical care at our free clinic, but so many people had come that we had to turn some away. It was getting dark, there was no electricity, and we had to leave travel time…
I can’t remember exactly why it was decided that I should talk with Grace* on my last trip to Kenya, but I am so glad it happened. There’s always at least one person you meet on a trip that you…
C.H. Dyer was born on an airplane from LA to Sydney. As a result, C.H. was granted dual citizenship as an Aussie and American. However, he grew up traveling on the road in a RV with his father as an itinerant preacher and a home-schooling mother. He sailed around the…
There is a story that John the apostle, who lived to be nearly one hundred years old, had some people carry him into the church at Ephesus every week when he could no longer walk. As they brought him in,…
Look at these Turkana, Kenya, farmers go! They’re being trained on how to plant tomato seedlings on our partner farm. The goal is for these farmers to plant their first seedlings by mid-February! (Click or swipe on the right side…
A wife. Six children of his own. Three orphans in his care. Martin has many people depending on him, but as a farmer in rural Uganda, whose only source of income was the crops he grew in his garden, the…
Bright Hope unites Christ-followers from around the world to bring hope and help to those living in some of the poorest places on earth. For 50 years, Bright Hope has been partnering with the local church to serve the extreme…
Thousands of children are branded by these labels and bound by their chains, even though their medical needs are treatable and oftentimes free! This was the fate of twelve-year-old Obed before he met Ivor. Ivor is a Bright Hope partner…
If you are 70½ or older, you can make gifts directly from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to Bright Hope without paying income tax on the withdrawal. In summary: You must be at least age 70½ or older on the…