Recent Stories
The Vision for Medical Care Grants
In 2003, we founded Show Hope with the mission to care for orphans by engaging the Church and reducing barriers to adoption. Through our own personal adoption journey, our hearts had been quickened to the needs of children who had been orphaned. We had quickly identified a financial barrier that stood between waiting children and…
I Want to Give Them All the Money for All the Things by Mary Beth Chapman
I say it almost every time we sit to review applications for Show Hope’s Medical Care grants: “I want to give them all the money for all the things!” And I mean it. If you could sit in one of those meetings—if you could read the stories and see what these families are carrying—I believe…
Before You Apply for a Show Hope Adoption Aid Grant
Show Hope adoption grants address one of the primary barriers standing between waiting children and families—the rising cost of adoption. Today, Adoption Aid grants range from $8,000 to $12,000, covering approximately 25% to 35% of total costs. Before even opening the Show Hope Adoption Aid application, spend a few minutes gathering everything you’ll need. Here…
Fueling Your Heart
Lily Catlett has been connected to Show Hope for almost her entire life. Now a senior in high school, Lily was born in China and spent time at Maria’s Big House of Hope. Lily was adopted at 2 years old and has since attended every Care Centers reunion hosted by Show Hope. At the most…
Long Hollow Church: The Sky’s the Limit
Orphan care is more than a mission for Joey Watson and his wife, Kellyn. For them, he said it’s a calling. “We’ve been adoptive parents now for over a decade and have handled a lot of behaviors and trauma that comes with that,” Joey said, “Our youngest son has special needs, and so we have…
He Will Provide
Elizabeth and Jon McGlathery stepped into adopting their third son, Noah, knowing he lived with medical needs. They said the possibility of receiving a Show Hope Medical Care grant madethe financial weight of their yes feel a bit lighter. “We felt clearly the Lord called us to grow our family solely through adoption, and we…
