Early this year Nancy and I had the opportunity to visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ. We visited the typical tourist destinations, including the chapel that marks the spot where the angel appeared to the shepherd–how they know that beats me. We saw the church of the Holy Nativity; thankfully we didn’t stand in […]
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Beauty comes from some of the most unexpected places. This plant has grown out of a small crack in the concrete. We don’t have to water or fertilize it, it just grows. * In the meantime for the past year we have been trying to grow the same plant in a flowerbed with little success.
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The responsibility of ensuring every VOH child is safe from every form of abuse is something I take very seriously. All Village of Hope locations are blessed with staff that feel just as strongly about our responsibility to ensure all of our locations are child friendly and safe. Villages of Hope Africa’s Child Protection Policy statement
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Nancy and I had the privilege recently to tour Israel with Pastor Mark Francisco and the Fifth Gospel Encounter. It was an amazing two weeks of wandering in the desert, visiting places where Jesus would have walked, lived, and taught and, of course, visiting Jerusalem. During these two weeks we were stretched both spiritually and
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The author of the book of Ecclesiastes writes, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven… a time to give birth and a time to die…a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance… a time to
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