From our Founders
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Dear friends, Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. — Matthew 10:29–31 A year ago, we shared this passage…
Read MoreThe Vision for Medical Care
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…
Read MoreWhat is Most True
To our Show Hope friends, Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. — Matthew 10:29-31 What strange and unpredictable…
Read MoreUpcoming Changes to Show Hope’s Work in China and Care Centers Program
To the Show Hope Family: In 2000, when Shaohannah Hope joined our family through the miracle of adoption, we began to pray that we would one day be able to help provide care for orphans in China as a way of expressing our gratitude to a country that had given us so much. We soon…
Read MoreGloriously Hard
By Mary Beth Chapman, Co-founder of Show Hope I cannot believe we are here … 2019 … 10 years of caring for children at Maria’s Big House of Hope! I clearly remember the day we stood on a bare piece of land in China, dreaming of someday taking care of children who are medically…
Read MoreThe Vision for Adoption Aid
Our Founders, Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, reflect on the early days of Show Hope and the vision for our Adoption Aid program.
Read MoreThe Vision for Pre+Post Adoption Support
As followers of Christ, it seems that God often invites us into journeys where only the first few steps are clear. Without any real idea of where a journey will lead, we follow, hoping the path will be filled with awe and wonder, and often it is. But that journey can also turn out much…
Read MoreReturn: Thoughts from Mary Beth Chapman on walking into a new year
Last year, as we turned the page to 2018, each Show Hope staff member named a word for the new year—one to guide him or her into the new year, one to remember while navigating a new year of changes, obstacles, and triumphs. This year, as we turned the page to 2019, the Show Hope…
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