Update from Debra Merrill, Christ Church on Hope Educational Centre
This is a post from Debra Merrill regarding a new scholarship Christ Church is starting for the graduating students of Hope Educational Centre. The purpose is to ensure that deserving students can continue their education beyond the 8th grade level. See the original post HERE (in the Christ Church Community Update) FROM DEBRA in the CHRIST CHURCH COMMUNITY UPDATE: News from Hope Educational Centre The roof is on and the building is almost ready for use! Our missionary part
Snow Shoveling for Kenya
It’s hot in Africa, but SNOWY in Virginia! So Alex Jones went out to shovel to help raise money for the Hope Africa Mission trip in March to work with the Hope Educational Centre in Sakwa Kenya and the Mumomatei Foundation in the Dandora slums in Nairobi. Please visit https://www.gofundme.com/hopeafricamission
Mission Trip -March 2016
As some of you may know, we are planning a trip to Kenya in connection with Hope Africa Ministries for late March 2016. Going on this trip will be Tony Jones and his son Alex. Tony has been involved with this mission since it’s inception in 2007, both with Hope Africa Ministries and Christ Church, and he is currently a HAMI board member. Watch this blog for updates from their trip! ******************
LETTER FROM TONY RE: THIS TRIP: Only the two of us are going, but we w
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