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  • Bread of Hope

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Before Thanksgiving, we last left off with the story of the Community Gardening Entrepreneurs from El Canon, who had found tangible hope in the form of beans and tomatoes. In today’s post I will focus on a friend of mine, Danilo, who found and spreads tangible hope in the form… Read more

  • The Thankfulness Equation

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Why does it seem that thankfulness is becoming less and less prevalent in our world today? Could the formula be the problem? Pre-Algebra. I actually took the class twice in middle school. Let’s just say I was well prepared for Algebra 1 when I entered high school. My issue was… Read more

  • Harvesting Hope

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Last time we left off with the community gardening participants from El Canon, a small, impoverished community on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua’s capital city, beginning the process of making the project their own. This process was full of many challenges, but ends up with a picture of tangible hope.… Read more

  • The Emergence of Tangible Hope

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! How can a bean make a difference in a person’s life? Today we will continue on this journey of hope through the community of El Cañon. We left off with the North American team from Crossroads Community Church and the community gardening participants from El Cañon heading to the first… Read more

  • Beginning to Grow Hope

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! In the last post I began to tell you about how a request from an orphanage director for a few seeds led to the opportunity to impact the community of El Cañon through smalls scale agriculture. I left off with the question, “what does all of this have to do… Read more

  • Beans for Change

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Over the past few posts I recounted the story of Brenda, the young girl from the remote village of Albellanas, and her life-changing encounter with practical hope. Practical hope can take different forms in different situations, even the form of a bean. A plant and hope have a lot in… Read more