Shake Your TailBone

Hope Ministries would love to invite you to a fun evening out at The Bodega in Sioux City, IA on September 8, 2018. Come listen to music from the “Spinal Chords” and “Little Red and the Medicated Moose” as you take an evening to invest in the lives of the poor and underprivileged of Tanzania.  … Read more

Dr. Fidelis Visiting in the US

Hope Ministries believes that education leaves a lasting imprint in the medical care in Tanzania.  It increases the medical skills, knowledge, and technical procedure which provide a hope for future patients.   Dr. Fidelis, an ENT physician, from Bugando Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania, traveled back to the US with me and the May Missionary team.  … Read more

The God Who Hears and The God Who Heals

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that our God is a God who listens, feels and sits with us in the most agonizing of discomfort. If we look through the Bible, we can see story after story of how God heals, provides, and reveals Himself through many horrific situations.  One particular story touches many hearts. In … Read more

No Victim

We are not defined by the labels this world gives to us, the trials this earth hands to us, or the darkness this world surrounds us with. No, we are defined by the One Almighty God, who tells us who we are and tell us who He is. God said to Moses, “I AM WHO … Read more

Prayers for Home

As our Tanzania team makes their adjustments settling in back at home this past week, we continue to shower them with our prayers. We ask God to provide clarity and discernment over their entire experience serving along side of Hope Ministries in Tanzania.  We ask God to give them rest and rejuvenation from the long … Read more

Sunday, June 3rd

Sunday,  June 3rd Today I say good-bye to a country I love and people that are like family to me.  As they say in Africa, “It is not good-bye, but until we meet again”.  We never know when that will be, but all believe we will be together again. Africa is where my heart resides … Read more

Friday, June 1st

Friday, June 1st Hi is is Gayle again.  Well as I awoke early to get all the bags packed, I was saddened to think that we would have to say our goodbyes today and would be departing to go back to Arusha.  Mark and I headed to the hospital and started our day listening to … Read more

Thursday, May 31st

Thursday, May 31st Hi this is Gayle.  What a busy day we have had today and our time is drawing to a close here in Mwanza.  A group went to Fonelisco Orphanage and they were excited to see the progress on the dining room that Hope Ministries is helping remodel for the children so that … Read more