Francis and Joy

Francis and Joy

Francis and Joy found each other late in life. Widowed and alone, having suffered but not yet ready to give up on joy, they gave each other everything they had: themselves. Together, Francis and Joy dug a meaningful and beautiful life out of Uganda’s red dirt....
Giving Hope with Goats

Giving Hope with Goats

Sole Hope is fighting jiggers in Uganda, and we’re not in this fight alone. Jiggers are gross.  They are a parasite, burrowing under the skin on people’s feet and hands.  Once there, they swell with eggs and subsist on people’s blood.  For low income...
Update on “The Next Step”

Update on “The Next Step”

The following is a letter that went out to everyone who supported “The Next Step” and the desire of our Ugandan team to build a permanent home for Sole Hope on the land that we own. I’ve heard it said, “If plan A doesn’t work….the alphabet has...
Abdullah’s Fight

Abdullah’s Fight

I met 7-month-old Abdullah at the Sole Hope outreach house just over a week ago when someone handed him to me. As his family piled out of the van fresh from the village I didn’t know right away who he belonged to, and he surely had no idea who I was. As his...