Sat 10/18 – We had a full weekend of ministry starting with a Christian Leader’s Conference. The title we chose for the conference was “Word and Prayer.” The title comes from the larger conference theme: Christian leaders fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission to make disciples (Matt 28:18-20) by devoting themselves to the Word and Prayer (Acts …
Wed 10/15 – Our team left Chicago O’Hare at 6pm and landed at Heathrow airport in London at 7am (London time). The entire flight took about 8 hours, but most of us slept very little due to the uncomfortable and interrupted nature of plane travel. Overall the flight was good and we were excited to …
We apologize to those who visited our blog last week expecting to find trip updates. We could not access our website from Zimbabwe and believe that we were being blocked from doing so. Instead, now that we have returned home, we will post some pictures and summaries later this week. Stay tuned to read and …
Later this week a team of us will be traveling to Zimbabwe to visit our friends there. We have a number of ministry goals on the schedule including orphan visits, school outreaches, and a Christian leader’s conference. We plan to post regularly on this blog so that you can follow our trip reports beginning the …
In April, construction materials were purchased and delivered (see post here), and a groundbreaking ceremony was celebrated (see post here). In the few months since then, workers have been busy constructing the New Hope Home’s first building, a chapel. To date, the walls are nearly completed and work will begin soon on construction of the …
We are pleased to introduce our readers to an organization called Engineers Without Borders (hereafter, EWB). For over 10 years EWB has been working in remote places of the world to implement sustainable engineering projects like providing clean drinking water, sanitation, and building structures where needed. In the fall of 2013, EWB and Empty the …
Fresh water has arrived finally at the New Hope Home site in Binga! After digging a well and purchasing a pump in 2013, a few more items were necessary to make the underground water useful. Electricity had to be brought to the site in order to run the pump and a water tank needed to …
We’d like to share a few short videos from the New Hope Home groundbreaking ceremony that took place in Binga, Zimbabwe over Easter weekend. The first video shows a group from the community of Binga singing as they walk to the construction site: [wpvideo Vbtd5uTQ] Dr. Jeff VanGoethem dedicates the land and buildings to …
On Easter weekend, Dr. Jeff VanGoethem from Dallas, TX dedicated the land in Binga for construction of the New Hope Home. A special groundbreaking ceremony was conducted and about 200 people in the community turned out to celebrate and welcome this project. Dr. VanGoethem commented, “They have a garden started, it is all fenced in, …
On Easter weekend, Dr. Jeff VanGoethem from Dallas, TX will conduct a special groundbreaking ceremony at the New Hope Home in Binga, Zimbabwe. Supplies for the first building (windows, roof trusses, etc.) have been delivered to the site and are ready for use. Bricks are being prepared in advance so that the construction can go …