COMMON HOPE BLOG

Sponsors Chris and Lia Huber just returned from their trip to Guatemala–and already, Lia has posted a great list of trip highlights on her website, Nourish Network. A professional chef, Lia shared her cooking skills with students on several occasions. Lia and Chris also helped with other volunteer tasks like helping build a house with [...]

When asked about their 12 sponsorships and long history of volunteering, Brad and Anne Jacoby are very humble. Brad was hesitant to share their story here, but he was willing to do so if it would inspire others to sponsor. Brad and Anne run a busy ophthalmology clinic in Covington, Georgia. They also run a [...]

We talked last month about the great art fundraiser put on by volunteers from Best Buy, in advance of their Vision Team trips. Two teams from Best Buy will be traveling to Guatemala this year. The first went down earlier this month and took many beautiful photos of their experience. Thanks to the team for [...]

by Marsha Benshoof, sponsor and Vision Team volunteer What an amazing experience, meeting a child and his family that you have known only on paper. Jim and I have been sponsors of Gustavo since April 2010, shortly after a Vision Team from our church, Robbinsdale United Church of Christ, returned from Guatemala and shared their [...]