When You Give, You Double & Get Back!!

Posted on December 27, 2020 by 1HopeMKE

+-*This week is the last week of our fundraiser and what a fun, encouraging, and successful fundraiser it has been so far! We want to thank all of you who have already donated, shared posts, started following us, sent encouraging messages, tuned Read More →

Beauty In The Journey, In The Coming

Posted on December 8, 2020 by 1HopeMKE

+-*We are in an advent season and as we prepare for the coming of Jesus we are also in our own preparing season as an organization. What a gift it is to be laying the groundwork to really start to fashion and Read More →

Brining HERhope

Posted on November 12, 2020 by 1HopeMKE

+-*2020 has been a year of the unexpected, the unsettling and the unknown. We could not have foreseen all this year would bring and the resulting timeline setback we would experience for the opening of our home. However, it has given us Read More →

Why I Said Yes

Posted on November 6, 2020 by 1HopeMKE

+-*The following post was written by our new team member Natalie. We asked Natalie to write about why she has and continues to engage with vulnerable women and their children and she shared her heart and experience so beautifully. I know you Read More →

When a Community Comes Alongside the Vision

Posted on March 9, 2020 by 1HopeMKE

+-*This winter we hit a mark in our fundraising and planning for the support home. Funds were not coming in from some of the categories we expected as quickly as we expected. We also had some personnel and logistic changes that impacted Read More →

Posted on January 10, 2020 by 1HopeMKE

+-*Recent research has shown an increase in children in foster care leaving due to adoption or guardianship and less due to reunification with one or both parents. We know that most children are removed from their parents care due to neglect that Read More →

Beautiful Girl You Can Do Hard Things

Posted on September 9, 2019 by 1HopeMKE

+-*As a mom my heart breaks when my kids are experiencing difficult things and I tend to want to shield them from the pain. Sometimes I wish I could keep them in a little protective bubble away from the hard stuff of Read More →

We Need Each Other

Posted on June 4, 2019 by 1HopeMKE

+-*This weekend we had a gymnastics banquet to attend with our daughter. We picked out a new fancy dress that she was excited about but what she really wanted was her hair braided. While I have learned a great deal about caring Read More →

Complex Needs Require a Complex Solution

Posted on March 25, 2019 by 1HopeMKE

+-*When OneHope27 began there was an average of 200,000 kids in foster care across the country. Today there are more than 437,000 (growhope.net) and the numbers continue to climb in large part due to the heroin epidemic. From 2006 to 2016, there Read More →

Building a Memorial of Memories

Posted on March 25, 2019 by 1HopeMKE

+-*The following guest post was written by one of our incredible volunteers Jenny Deller. Jenny, thank you for sharing part of your story and for all you continue to do to bring hope to kids and families involved in foster care. After Read More →