Pot-Luck Dinner

On Saturday March 8th we had our first "official" Mission Hope community get-to-gether. We had a pot-luck dinner and invited families in our community that have been touched by adoption. We had a nice turn-out. There were families in all stages of adoption and it was wonderful to see so many children!! We all shared stories, talked about the future of mission hope, and ate some GREAT food!!

We discussed a little bit about what the families would like to take away from our group and talked a little about what we saw coming in the future. Please check back often as we will post upcoming events on the blog so you can plan to join us.

We were so glad to see so many families join us and hope we can get together again soon! For those of you who were not able to attend, we missed you & hope you can join us next time! Families enjoying some GREAT food!!

Spreading the Word

On February 20th Robin and I agreed to speak about Mission Hope to a small group at Trinity Episcopal Church in Staunton.

Trinity has been having other local Churches from around the area come each Wednesday during Lint to speak about missions those Churches are participating in. On the 20th Robin and I took the girls, a PowerPoint presentation about our ministry, and pictures of our trip to China and Guatemala to share with this group.

This was our first speaking engagement outside of First Baptist. It was a little scary, but we were so excited about sharing our story and our vision (and God's vision) of what Mission Hope is all about.

We are so excited about the future of Mission Hope!!

Melissa