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Changing the Life of a Teacher

Joconal, Guatemala- If you have followed HOPE Coffee for very long, you’re undoubtedly familiar with Lan Vwa, a school we support in Guatemala for the children of coffee farmers. We often tell you stories of the students whose lives have been changed, like Yerlin, Astrid and Julio. This month, we want to share with you the story of Fabiola, a teacher whose life has been transformed for Jesus, and who is now transforming lives!

Her new life with Christ began in 2021 when she attended an end-of-year teacher training seminar at a coffee farm. The Lord captivated Fabiola’s heart as the staff of Lan Vwa spoke of their vision to “empower through education,” and to show God’s love to the community. After hearing this, Fabiola surrendered her life to Jesus and became a teacher at Lan Vwa.

Three years later, Fabiola continues to share the love of Jesus Christ through her lesson plans. She is also teaching her two sons about the gospel and showing love to them in a new way. The leadership at Lan Vwa rejoices at Fabiola’s encouraging transformation as she continues to spread the gospel to those around her.

Please join us in prayer for Lan Vwa as they are currently underfunded. They need to raise $10,000 for this year. In addition, they are looking for 28 new monthly sponsors to sponsor children without access to education. These sponsorships cover tuition, school supplies, and provide a place for these children to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

If you are interested in donating to Lan Vwa or in sponsoring a child, click here. In addition, please continue to pray for encouragement for Fabiola and for salvation for her two sons.

Because you drink HOPE Coffee, we are able to partner Lan Vwa to help provide gospel-centered education to the children of coffee farmers. Thank you!

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Building Trust in an Unbelieving Community

Camolate, Mexico – Marcos and his wife Carmen were shocked when several kind strangers rallied the community together to build them a new kitchen – one they and their four children desperately needed.

Before this kitchen project began, a man named Elpido decided that he wanted to plant a church in his unbelieving community in Camolate, Mexico. Elpido is a believer in Jesus who deeply desired to share the gospel with his neighbors. However, he knew he needed to build trust before planting a church, so he began looking for opportunities.

After meeting with Abelardo, a National Ministry Leader in Mexico, Elpido knew he wanted to do a building project through HOPE Coffee in order to meet needs and build trust in Camolate. He soon discovered that Marcos, his wife Carmen, and their four children did not have a safe, usable kitchen. God revealed the first step in building trust with these families!

Before the project began, Elpido gathered several volunteers from the community who also did not know Jesus. He knew that involving members of the community in the project would create opportunities for gospel conversations. Over the next few months, Elpido, a few of his believing friends, and the community volunteers worked hard to build this new kitchen.

Through these faithful efforts, a foundation of trust was being built right alongside the kitchen. Once the project was completed, Elpido asked Marcos and Carmen how they felt about their new kitchen. They told Elpido that in the beginning, they believed it was too good to be true. Now that it was finished, they were amazed by the love Elpido showed them! With joy, Elpido told them that this kitchen represents God’s unfathomable love for them and that they should thank Him alone.

Though Marcos and Carmen have not trusted Christ yet, this building project created opportunities to talk about Jesus. Elpido became friends with many in the community and plans to do additional projects in the future to continue to build trust and eventually plant a church.

Please pray for Elpido as he cares for the Camolate community and for Marcos and Carmen’s family and neighbors to trust in Jesus for salvation!

Child Nutrition in Rwanda

Baby Zawadi, who lost her mother at birth, is thriving under the care of her grandmother. After the death of her mother, Zawadi received formula and her grandmother received vital support from the Kinsley Blake Hanner Health Post at Rwanda Children – one of the many clinics supported through CompassionTea.

The Fight Against Malnutrition Program, which includes providing infant formula, is a vital resource for children in Rwanda. Families are eligible for this program if they have more than one child born at the same time, a mother with health issues, or families without the means to work.

Through your purchase of Compassion Tea, CompassioNow is able to bring hope and healing to the communities served by Rwanda Children, and eight other clinics across rural Africa. Above all, these clinics share the love of Jesus Christ, the Great Physician, for genuine hope.

When you enjoy Compassion Tea and HOPE Coffee, you’re directly contributing to changing lives like Zawadi’s through CompassioNow.

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Six New Believers in Honduras

6 New Believers in Honduras

Pacayal, Honduras – Two pastors of the church Dios es Amor (“God is Love”) had it on their hearts to bring the Good News to Pacayal, a small, poverty-stricken community in rural Honduras. While making plans to visit the community, they received a call from HOPE Coffee National Ministry Leader, Pastor Carlos Ramos. Pastor Carlos called to ask one question—would they be interested in partnering with HOPE Coffee to bring the gospel message to Pacayal?

The pastors from Dios es Amor were stunned. Only God could have orchestrated this. The three pastors, knowing God was at work, began to work out a plan. On a Sunday last month, they took the trip out to Pacayal, eager to see what God had in store.

They didn’t arrive empty-handed. They brought enough groceries to feed thirty families, a gift that was much needed by many of the families in Pacayal. But inarguably, the most precious gift they delivered was the message of salvation.

God indeed had good plans that day. After the pastors passed out the food and shared the gospel message, six people decided to follow Jesus!

Please praise God with us for our new brothers and sisters in Christ: Otonial, Angel, Benito, Waldina, Obedindo, and Lester. And for a God who has good plans in store and uses pastors, prayers, and a simple cup of coffee to bring many to salvation.

2024 Impact Report

Because you chose HOPE Coffee and Compassion Tea last year, the gospel was shared and lives were changed! We thought you’d like to know and share with your organization.

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Meet Job and Adria

Meet Job and Adria.

Job Gámez lives with his wife and two young kids on their 12-acre coffee farm just 5 miles outside of Siguatepeque, Honduras. He and his wife Adria have backgrounds in horticulture and forestry engineering which make them excellent coffee farmers. But what’s even more unique is how they show their pickers and neighboring farmers the love of Christ.

There are many harsh realities that coffee farmers face in Honduras, but being a coffee picker can be especially brutal. The Gámez’s have set out to run their farm differently by providing each of their pickers with three life–changing opportunities:

Job and Adria provide each coffee picker they hire with a laying hen which not only provides food for their families but also provides a chance for more income when they can sell the leftover eggs.
The children of the coffee pickers each receive a backpack full of school supplies without which they would not be able to attend school.
Each picker receives a water system so their families have safe and clean drinking water.

Before Job began selling his beans to HOPE Coffee, he had no choice but to sell his beans to a middleman for half what they were worth. After making a connection with HOPE Coffee, he receives a higher-than-fair-trade rate which is absolutely unheard of in his area. Moreover, as Christians, Job and Adria feel supported by their brothers and sisters in Christ at HOPE Coffee. They know the HOPE Coffee Team and Partners are praying for them and that we are walking alongside them.

When you drink HOPE Coffee, you are a part of making critical changes to some of the injustices that coffee farmers face in Honduras. You are a part of providing for the Gámez family, their pickers and helping them spread the gospel message in their region. Click here to meet all of the farmers who grow HOPE Coffee.

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Take a moment to send Job and Adria a note to encourage them in their life and ministry to the pickers who work on their coffee farm.

“We love being a part of HOPE Coffee because of our aligned spiritual values. We feel the spiritual support. The HOPE Coffee team takes the time to understand our challenges. When selling to others, they buy your coffee and they don’t care about you the rest of the year. HOPE Coffee is walking alongside us.” Job Gamez

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Eight High School Graduates

Joconal, Guatemala—Before Lan Vwa started in rural Guatemala, none of the children who resided there would have dreamed of an education past the sixth grade or having a career of their choosing. And before 2012, it would have been even more astonishing for a young girl to dream of such things.

This year’s graduation ceremony felt significant to Karina Leiva, the director of Lav Vwa, who oversees two Christian schools for the children of coffee farmers. She witnessed eight seniors graduate from high school, which is truly unheard of in this area of Guatemala. Even more shockingly, seven of the graduates were young women! To see all of these young people break the cycle of poverty through education is a miracle.

Among the graduates is Yerlin who wants to further her studies and become a gynecologist. She has seen the need around Joconal and the surrounding communities and feels God is calling her to help. She even earned a scholarship to a university. Yerlin would have never even thought about anything other than going into coffee farming with her family before Lan Vwa.

You are a part of this miracle! When you drink HOPE Coffee, you are helping the children of the families who grow our Guatemalan coffee dream of a future

New Home and New Hope for a Family in Honduras

In a small village of rural Honduras, Heberto and his son, Will, lived in a home that was little more than four walls. With no floor, roof, or windows, their living conditions were dire, offering minimal protection from the elements that surrounded them.

Heberto and Will’s condition came to the attention of Pastor Lenin, a local pastor who regularly visited their village. Moved by their circumstances, Pastor Lenin decided to take action and partner with HOPE Coffee to provide the family with the basic necessities that every human being deserves: a solid roof over their heads, a proper floor to stand on, and windows to let in the light.

As Pastor Lenin and his congregation planned the work to provide the physical shelter, they also shared the love of Jesus. However, the father and son seemed unresponsive to the teachings. It was at that time when tragedy struck.

Heberto faced a near-death experience that shook him to his core when part of the original walls of his home fell in on him. Overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty, he turned to the one place where he had found solace and compassion: Pastor Lenin’s church. After rushing to the church to find comfort, Heberto confided in Pastor Lenin that he felt God calling him there.

Please pray with all of us at HOPE Coffee, as well as with Pastor Lenin and his congregation, that Heberto’s heart would turn completely towards Jesus. Pray also that his son Will would turn away from a life of sin and that God would soften his heart to the gospel message.

Clean Water for 38 Families

Chiapas, Mexico—For the 38 families in a remote village near the Guatemalan border, clean water is a distant dream. The villagers of Nueva Tierra y Libertad endure a half hour trek down the mountainside where they gather water from a salty river. Not only is this time-consuming and exhausting, but it also leaves the villagers open to various diseases.

But that’s all about to change. HOPE Coffee is partnering with Florentino, a local Christian leader who regularly ministers in Nueva Tierra y Libertad, to provide each family with a clean water system of their own. Along with access to clean water, Florentino will share about the love of Christ. Pray with us that God would use Florentino and that many would respond to the gospel message.

The rich, flavorful coffee you enjoy each morning has played a vital role in making this project possible. It’s your support that has fueled this mission, enabling Florentino to bring clean water, hope and the gospel message to Nueva Tierra y Libertad.

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Prayer Request from our President

Dear HOPE Partners,

I have a specific prayer request to share with you for a family in Honduras. Cristina and her family live in deep poverty in the village of Pena Blanca Colinas, Honduras. Pastor Juan Carlos met Cristina and wanted to build her family a proper house instead of their current mud and stick make-shift house. This project started in January, but it stalled out this spring when the family couldn’t find a temporary place to live while a new house was constructed. The church was praying for a solution, and in May an unexpected fire took place and destroyed their mud stick house. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Unfortunately, some of the materials for the new house were also destroyed.

One of the results of this fire was that Pastor Carlos (the national leader who helps HOPE Coffee find these projects) was interviewed by the village leader. This leader named Yuler was amazed at the good work and intentions that the Christians had to help Cristina and her family. He was moved to do everything in his power to also help Cristina.

While this project is not finished, we are praying for Cristina and her family to trust in Jesus as her house is built. We are also praying that Yuler and the other village leaders would hear the gospel and trust in Jesus.

This situation has also been a good reminder and encouragement to the local church there that Matthew 5:16 is indeed true when we live out our Christian faith by helping others.