Francis lives in Uganda. He grew up in a large family with twelve siblings. Despite how hard his father toiled to provide for them, there was never enough. Their community looked down on them because they lived like beggars. Though…
The term “sustainability” is used quite often here at Bright Hope, and it’s a value that we believe in. We’re all familiar with the term, but perhaps we’ve not given a lot of thought to what it means. “Sustainability” is…
In the midst of Lent it is important to focus yourself on Jesus. Jesus is the reason we celebrate Easter, the truth that changes our lives and the light that rescues us from darkness. Easter isn’t just a springtime celebration,…
Making a decision to start living with his 18-year-old girlfriend, along with having a distorted image of marriage, was the beginning of Lawrence’s trials. The young man grew up in a polygamous family with an alcoholic, abusive father, who usually…
The Christian Farmer’s Association (CFA) works through local churches in Zambia to provide agriculturally-based, economic-development programs, loans, and training to help subsistence farmers increase their incomes and grow their farming businesses. The CFA has been successful in transforming struggling farmers…
*Guest blog post reprinted from Compassion International Learning about God’s attributes provides comfort in hard times and compels us to love and serve those in need. More than anything, the Bible makes it clear that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). He isn’t…
Listen to the stories of some of the 700 million people living in extreme poverty. *Guest blog post reprinted from GatesNotes It’s the lack of shoes that I remember most. It was 1993. Melinda and I were traveling through Kenya, Tanzania,…
*Guest blog post reprinted with permission from the The Chalmers Center Whenever someone who has never lived in material poverty (like me!) seeks to obey God’s call to “spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed” (Isa.…
You saw the above picture in your email or in a social media post, and we asked if you knew what it was. What you were seeing was a part of this photo: It’s homemade soap from Zambia! In the local villages, the…
As you might expect during an incredibly challenging year, your favorite stories on the Bright Hope blog were those that inspired and uplifted. The most popular blog posts we shared during 2020 were those that showed the resiliency of the…