“Unintended Consequences” is a familiar phrase for anyone who has worked in developing countries. By definition, an unintended consequence is, “A term used to describe a set of results that was not intended as an outcome.” From time to time…
Lots of excitement and a little apprehension. Know the feeling? That was me as I set off for Haiti a few weeks ago. Thank God for a mom gracious enough to drive me to O’Hare airport at two-something in the…
You might have noticed a change in our tagline at Bright Hope recently. On January 1 we started using the phrase, “Helping those earning less than $2 a day,” as a measure for who we are serving. When I became…
Hi there. Are you new around here? Maybe you randomly clicked and page-hopped your way to a Facebook post of ours, saw a cool photo on Instagram, or landed on our website from Google. Hopefully, you were intrigued by what…
“Thank you, that you would come all the way from America, to sit in the dirt with us.” The leader of a network of churches in an East African country once spoke these words to me after we’d traveled by…
I’m guessing that you and I aren’t all that different from each other. Sure, the details of our life may be different – I have three kids, a part-time job, and live in a place where it is cold for…
