From the Exec Director
A Letter From Show Hope’s Executive Director
Dear Friends, At this time last year, we were seeing significant growth in Show Hope’s Adoption Aid grants—a growth, to be honest, that we had not anticipated. We saw those needs growing, and you stepped up, again, to ensure we were able to reduce the financial barrier to adoption. As a result, we had the…
Read More“… and I will give you rest.”
Dear Friends, When you hear, “Be still,” what comes to mind? Perhaps it is a mother, hushing a squirming child during a Sunday morning church service. Maybe it is the peaceful yet powerful command found in the Book of Psalms, “Be still and know that I am God.” Or perhaps it is a familiar whisper…
Read MoreBe Still: A Letter from Show Hope’s Executive Director
Dear Friends, I have a question. Before I get there, though, I want to provide you with a little background. This year, the Show Hope team has been sitting in the Book of Exodus, zeroing in on the Israelites and the Egyptians’ pursuit of them in the wilderness. As they are camped near the Red…
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How is it with your soul? It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves at Show Hope this year. No, Show Hope is not a church. But we are a community of Christ-followers doing ministry work: caring for orphans by engaging the Church and reducing barriers to adoption. It’s important work. It’s kingdom work. It’s hard…
Read MoreOur North Star
Dear Show Hope Family, I recently celebrated five years of service at Show Hope, and what I love and why I am passionate about being here is that Show Hope is an organization that lives and breathes by faith. That call to faith is part of our DNA, if you will. It was our Founders,…
Read MoreFrom Our Executive Director
Dear Friends, And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” — Luke 2:10-11 I recently read these familiar words,…
Read MoreHeroes of the Faith
Dear Friends, In the Book of Hebrews, we find the familiar verse: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” The call to faith is a call to trust in a God we can’t see—to trust he is good and at work in our world. Faith in the…
Read MoreWhy It’s Important for an Organization to Remain True to Its Mission
by Kristin Parks and Emily Chapman Richards This year, Show Hope is celebrating 20 years as an organization, with our mission: To care for orphans by engaging the Church and reducing barriers to adoption. As you can imagine, we have seen changes and faced challenges in the landscape of adoption as it has evolved over…
Read MoreFrom Our Executive Director
Dear Show Hope Family, By faith, we launched Show Hope’s Medical Care grants in late 2020, and today, we stand in awe of how God is using this work in the lives of children and families. As I think about the impacts of Medical Care grants, Taylor Mauldin, whose family recently received a second grant…
Read MoreNo One Stands Still. No One Stands Alone.
Dear Friends, As the Show Hope staff, we embraced a motto earlier this year—No one stands still. No one stands alone. Its origins are taken from the Old Testament when God entrusts a vision of rebuilding the wall to Nehemiah. If you know the story, Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem to begin the work, but he…
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