Update From Our Ukraine Interview Team
Regional coordinator Marty Shoup is part of our interview team in Ukraine, below she shares a little about their trip so far and a few of the kids they have met! We’re about halfway through…
Update From Latvia Interview Trip
An update from Stephanie Norman who is currently in Latvia interviewing children for summer hosting! Stacey asked me Monday night if I could share about the trip and give her some blog material. I had…
A Father’s Love
The Stonick family in California is hosting Nastya from Ukraine. When I asked host mom Stephanie if she’d blog about Christmas with Nastya she replied that she felt she was being led to write about…
Cardboard Promises Photo Project
This could be REALLY powerful if everyone gets involved! The end result will be a video that NHFC creates using your photos. All these photos of messages of HOPE will be pulled together into a…
Son of the King
One of our winter host families shared a story with us yesterday and we just had to share it here as well! The Bohannon family in Georgia is hosting a teenage boy named Igor from Ukraine.…
Moments to Remember
Our 21st hosting season is now underway and already memories are being made! Even though it’s only been a few days choosing a favorite memory proved challenging for many of our host families, luckily they…
The Starfish
Among the New Horizons staff, there is a well known poem about an old man who found a boy throwing washed up starfish back into the ocean. He continuously bends down to pick up another…
116 and Each One Matters
116. One hundred sixteen. Just think about that number for a minute. Think about ‘Hundreds Day’ when elementary school students need to collect 100 of one item to bring to school that day. To celebrate…
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
This is a guest blog post by veteran host mom and Western/Central Great Lakes area Regional Coordinator, Marty Shoup. One of the “hang-ups” people have about orphan hosting is that they don’t think they can…
What Chrismas Means To Me
Everyone who knows me tends to associate me with Christmas. I get random texts that usually go something like this… “I saw a blow up snowman at Lowes today and thought of you.” Or “I…