After a refocusing of vision, Show Hope’s Empowered to Connect Conference grew to become the Hope for the Journey Conference, designed to encourage and equip parents and caregivers as well as resource churches, agencies, and organizations in their support of families.

Although Show Hope’s funding of Care Centers in China has ended, children are still met with care at Maria’s Big House of Hope which still stands in operation, and the Care Centers Legacy remains strong in the children and families impacted by Show Hope’s work in China.

Growing out of a rich Care Centers Legacy, Show Hope’s Medical Care grants financially assist families with medical expenses for their children welcomed home through adoption.

With a unique partnership with the late Dr. Karyn Purvis and the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at TCU, the Empowered to Connect Conference became an early iteration of Show Hope’s Pre+Post Adoption Support.

As Shaohannah’s Hope began to grow, the Chapmans realized what began with their family had flourished into a movement beyond their earliest expectations, prompting a more accessible (and easier to spell) name for the organization in Show Hope.

Through countless individuals and families loving well the Chapman family during their time of great loss and devastation, Maria’s Big House of Hope was officially named, built, and opened as Show Hope’s flagship Care Center in China.

With an aim to help parents better understand their children’s unique history and needs, Show Hope launched its Pre+Post Adoption Support work, which also equips professionals, churches, and communities in caring for children impacted by adoption and/or foster care.

With a vision to engage, educate, and mobilize students to advocate for adoption and care for orphans, Student Global Training Trips were the first of Show Hope Student Initiatives endeavors, which have included The Movement Clubs, the Red Bus Project, and currently Pause Campaign.

On May 21, 2008, Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman’s youngest daughter, Maria Sue Chapman, went home to be with Jesus. To honor her life and legacy, Maria’s Miracle Fund was established in support of the Care Centers.

Within a year of Show Hope’s support of the Care Centers in China, ground was broken on what then was known as the Shoahannah Hope’s Care Center.