Dear Sponsor,

Thank you for your care for me. I am excited that I helped build the first house with the Americans. I learned how to build and I will help in the future.

I play the guitar in church services and I help brother Leandro with anything I can. I am older now and can be more responsible to provide help.
I want to thank you.

Gary and Sonda Haldeman
Child Sponsors Since 2002

In 1997, I first learned about Living Hope Adoption Agency (a sister agency of Living Hope Global Ministries) when my mother and I attended a meeting in Lancaster County, PA. I did not know God had plans for my husband and I to adopt, but in 2001, it became very clear! As part of this journey, we decided to sponsor our first child from Living Hope.

When the Living Hope’s Angels came to the USA, each time our daughter thought we needed to sponsor another child! Through these performances, we added Sarah, Hannah, and Keira. These programs also touched my mother’s heart, and she sponsored Noah. As Living Hope expanded their vision, we added children from Honduras and Ukraine.
Throughout the past 22 years, we had the privilege of sponsoring 12 precious children. Each child has a story etched with circumstances that are unimaginable. We are grateful Living Hope provides opportunities for others to catch a glimpse of children in our world that need sponsorship to help improve their lives and give them hope for a brighter future.

"I want to highlight, first of all, that without the support of our God, this would not have been possible, just like the support received from Living Hope in the last 5 years has been of great value in fulfilling the mission that my Lord placed in my heart for more than a decade. It is important to mention that each of the visits we receive from the groups in various months of the year motivates the brothers inside the prisons to continue their path of following Jesus as the Lord and Savior of their lives. Besides the support provided to every inmate by delivering a personal hygiene kit and some food, most importantly,  with each testimony shared by several of the brothers on their visits and, of course, the gospel of the Kingdom,  more inmates have put their faith in Jesus. It also allows Christian inmates’ faith in Christ to be strengthened every day."

This is my fourth mission trip to Honduras. The motivations for me to come again and again are as follows:

1. Faith requires sacrifice, and a believer should be involved in the Great Commission.
2. Long-term participation in a cross-cultural mission allows one to become part of the ministry, share in the joy of success, and support coworkers facing difficulties;
3. Each experience is new; whether successful or challenging, it is an opportunity for growth.
4. Every time, I meet old friends and make new ones. There is something to learn from everyone, and God has a purpose in bringing us together to work side by side.
5. Sharing joy—every day is filled with happiness, and each day is lived in laughter, which is something often not found in regular church life.
6. Seeing the growth of new believers is a great encouragement to me;
7. Discovering my potential and asking myself, what can I bring to the team?

Every short-term mission trip is a unique experience, and I look forward to the next one as a new beginning.

" I have participated in various missions of Living Hope Global Ministries since 1995, and later became a board member of the Living Hope Board of directors. 18 years ago, my wife and I adopted a Chinese orphan through Living Hope Adoption Agency. Now, she is a first-year college student and a devout Christian. I’m grateful to Living Hope, Dr. Fang and all the staff and volunteers who have served the Lord so faithfully in this work. Thanks to God using them, more than 1,300 children worldwide have been given a chance for a forever family. In addition, thousands of adoptive family members, like my wife and myself, have been given a blessing that only God could have provided."