After five long hours of driving we finally arrived at the orphanage, Hope Child Care Program and the primary school run there, Bright Hope School. Many of us who were squished in the bus did not know what we would find when we stepped out. What happened next blew us all away. Walking down the [...]
It’s crazy to think that it was only about six months ago we were sitting in our friends’ living room praying for Homes of Hope in Africa. Homes of Hope is an incredible ministry of Youth With A Mission that builds houses for the poor in the name of Jesus. We believe that God loves [...]
We are so excited to announce that we are going to have a baby! Our little Spanglet will be arriving in April 2013! Join us in prayer for our future kid and in thanking God for His awesome miracle of life!
In 2008 Kody and I attended the Leadership Training School run by Jim Stier. During the training, God spoke to me about putting together a book of stories and photographs about the Homes of Hope ministry. Now hold onto that thought and fast-forward three years. Life is a little crazy, we are just moving from [...]
This week we built a house for Milagro, or Miracle; one of two houses we built in La Romana, in the Dominican Republic. Eight years ago her husband died in an accident and left her to provide for her five children on her own. She told us that she had been praying for years for [...]
Jose and Carmen have lived in a small community in Heredia, San Jose for seven years. When they first moved in with their five children, Carmen cried because she did not want to live there. They built a small shack to live in that was made from scraps of whatever they could find. It was [...]
Pulling off the Scenic Road that passes from Tijuana to Ensenada in Northern Baja Mexico you find yourself in the colonias Granjas and Antorcha. Located about three miles from the YWAM San Diego/Baja Tijuana facility, many of the families living in this area have received Homes of Hope. After years of building home after home, [...]
Thanksgiving was a day that we were looking forward to for a long time. Not just because of the turkey and pumpkin pie we were sure to eat, but because we would be giving the home to a family that we built with Kody’s church, New Life. One of the most encouraging things for us [...]
This week we spent some time with the Homes of Hope team from San Diego, Tijuana and Ensenada. It was an amazing time to look to the future and do some big dreaming! Specifically in our office, we have been working on a new 20×20 house instead of the 16×20 and we were able to [...]
A week and a half after moving to Tijuana we had a momentous occasion; our five year anniversary! We celebrated the coolest way by building a house for a family. In fact, this was our first house built here in Tijuana since being married! If I do say so myself, that house was beautiful. So [...]
As we stepped into the boat we could both feel and smell the tropical air of the Panama Canal. Supplies loaded up into small motor boats with bench seating, we traveled through the water to get to the village where we would be building a Homes of Hope house. This small community, made up of [...]
We are moving to Tijuana and we needed a car. In June we flew up to Washington with the idea that after our summer in the northwest, we would drive our “car” back to Mexico. The only stitch was that we had no idea where this car, or money for one, would come from. Now [...]
Those words bring up an emotional roller coaster. We are so excited, so blessed, so thankful, but there are equally strong feelings of being unsure and a sense of loss. Here is a refresher of what has been happening, and what we know so far: We got promoted, but that doesn’t mean we will start [...]
This is an account of the Mission Adventures Plus trip Kody led to New Orleans. Written and Illustrated by William Keomany.
Homeless. That’s us. Sort of. For four years we have been overseeing the YWAM Ensenada base. What a great time it has been! We so love the people here in Ensenada and all of the YWAMers working with us! However, over time we realized that our giftings didn’t quite match up with the campus director [...]
We are going to Cambodia! Some great friends of ours started a ministry called Steps of Justice. It’s a justice based organization that partners with local churches, communities, and activists to bring awareness, education and practical steps that help us engage in serving the poor and oppressed of the world. So we are going on [...]
Christmas Day started early for us when we got up at 3:30 in the morning to drive up to the San Diego airport. We boarded a plane at 8:30 in the morning that took us to Dallas, Texas. After a lovely Christmas lunch at Fuddruckers Express (lunch only because Christmas dinner was plane food a [...]