We have been busy here at the Show Hope offices in preparation for the A Night with the Chapmans tour! Luckily, we have the most amazing and faithful volunteers one could ask for! So many details go in to growing our sponsorship program through the tour. Over the past few weeks, we contacted Show Hope supporters who expressed interest in volunteering, and used Facebook and Twitter to call on people to generously lend their time to help us. The response has been wonderful!

The ladies pictured are putting together sponsor packets for people who are interested in becoming Show Hope sponsors. Once these are completed, there will be 16,000 packets total. These packets will be handed out at the thirty-two A Night with the Chapmans tour stops over the next three months. The tour had a successful kick-off this past weekend, and we have already received notes of encouragement from new sponsors who joined the movement to care for orphans at the Pennsylvania and New York shows!

Not only do we have volunteers here in the office helping to get us ready, but we are also utilizing the assistance of up to 25 volunteers at each concert. Without each one of these special people, our orphan care and adoption aid work would not be possible! We are so blessed by the willingness of our supporters and sponsors to serve this ministry that we believe so deeply in. To all of the volunteers that are involved, Show Hope would like to say THANK YOU!

When I first heard that there are an estimated 140,000,000 orphans in the world, it seemed like an astounding and shocking number that I couldn’t wrap my mind around. The challenge seems so great that we often give up and decide that we can’t make a real difference. I believe that alone we can do little, but together we can accomplish GREAT things! It is through this desire to become a part of the movement to care for orphans that I learned about Show Hope.

I was a stay-at-home mom who longed to find a place of valuable service to a ministry here in Franklin, Tennessee. I didn’t know what that would to look like, but I knew that God was calling me in the direction of orphan care and adoption. My husband and I were not in the position to adopt at the time, so this would be my way of addressing the orphan crisis in the world. Through much internet research, I found myself on Show Hope’s website, and instantly knew I wanted to help this ministry in any way I could. I contacted Show Hope and they just happened to need volunteers at the time.

As I was entering data into a computer system, as small as that seemed, I knew I was passionate about this cause. Eventually, I was hired, and I feel blessed to be able to serve God through this ministry each day. If everyone contributed in some way, no matter how small or large, we could truly make a difference in the lives of orphans. There are so many different ways to get involved: volunteer your time, go on a mission trip, give financially, adopt, foster, pray, and the list goes on. I urge you not to numbly look at the numbers as statistics, but to let your hearts be stirred and to become a voice for those that do not have one.  I thank God every day for Show Hope and what this ministry is doing in the lives of orphans daily and for letting me play a small but vital role.

“Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Deliver the weak and needy from the hand of the wicked.” Psalm 82:3-4