Brunch for Hope Update

With the success of the Tea for Hope this Spring, we have scheduled a Brunch for Hope on Saturday, March 30th, 2019. This event will be held at the Boise Centre East Wing new addition. Looking at the photo below, you can see the view of downtown Boise and the foothills. Funds raised at the Brunch for Hope will be allocated to…

Shipment Updates

Guatemala—On August 8th, we sent Crisis Care Kits, wheelchairs, and crutches to help those displaced by the volcanic eruptions in June. Nazarene Compassionate Ministries arranged and paid for this shipment. We also sent a 40-foot container in July to Guatemala for the Asociación Transiciones de Personas con Discapacidad de La Antigua (Transitions). Transitions provides housing, jobs, and services for the…

Medical Missions Update

As well as the large and small shipments we often report on, each month individuals and groups pack our medical supplies in their luggage for short-term mission trips. Doctors like Dr. Chuck Washington, (St. Luke’s ER), go on regular missions. He will be making another trip to Thailand in the New Year to train Karen medics for the jungles of…

Director’s August Blog

I love the change in seasons we have in Idaho. July was a hot month for us here and I am looking forward to the cooler weather that comes with fall. Farmers have started bringing in their crops, and fresh fruit and vegetables are available everywhere. Farmers plant their crops in the spring and, if all goes well, they reap…