Moving Day- Virtual and Physical!
For the virutal move, I have a website! I'll continue short blog updates and fun stories there and through social media or email. But...
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Katie at Hope for Home
Moving to a new address!
rileykrn
Jun 192 min
Rainy Season
This year, the rains have sure taken their time in coming, and even caused a drought. But now that the rains have come, they have come...
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rileykrn
Jun 175 min
A taste of the city
Soooo, I am NOT a city person. I don't know all the best places, and I don't like all the business! A few times though, God has shown me...
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rileykrn
Apr 304 min
New beginnings and finishing races
You know the saying "April showers bring May flowers"? Well, in my pocket of Guatemala, Rainy season doesn't really get started until...
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rileykrn
Mar 223 min
Water Day!
It's been pretty hot in our area lately, as often happens shortly before rainy season starts. So, our teams in the Fulp's home and the...
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rileykrn
Mar 143 min
Selfies! Sharing smiles with the Fulplets
If you spend time around kids, then you know how much they can enjoy taking photos. Our little humans are no different! Especially when...
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rileykrn
Jan 313 min
This one's boring- well, almost!
Boring feels pretty good after the rough finish of last year. See, over Christmas we had 4 separate medical emergencies. Pedro gave us a...
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rileykrn
Dec 22, 20235 min
Thank God that messes still happen
I didn't know when I wrote last update about losing children that we would, so soon, lose one more. Writing about all the children we've...
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rileykrn
Nov 7, 20236 min
Tiny Graves
***Please do not save or share any photos from this post*** My heart is especially heavy, but also encouraged after this week marked with...
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rileykrn
Oct 2, 20234 min
Moving the adult home - not chaotic at all
Each of our group homes are licensed to house children from 0-17. When they turn 18, a few things can happen, and it all depends on...
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rileykrn
Aug 18, 20234 min
A Most Precious Birthday Gift
I've been in Guatemala, a good while now and I remember when most of the kids came to Hope for Home. Not all though- Ruavis is one of a...
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rileykrn
Jul 27, 20231 min
Skim through July with me!
First, please check out the documentary Dayton Children's Hospital made of the separation of Pedro and Augusto; two incredible boys now...
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rileykrn
Jul 7, 20236 min
Water- both too much and not enough!
This is a story about a wild run across town in the rain with 4 wheelchairs while in church shoes! But I'm getting ahead of myself--...
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rileykrn
Jul 2, 20236 min
Wild hair and wonderfully unique
So there's this little lady who has my heart. She is small, has wild hair, and is quite strange. She is pretty fantastic. I'm being a...
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rileykrn
Jun 7, 20234 min
So, Let Me Tell You About the Pineapple Guys
So, if you are lucky, you get a knock on the door and you open it to find a young man holding out a knife. He asks if you want to buy...
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rileykrn
May 18, 20233 min
Empty wheelchairs
I absolutely love empty wheelchairs. See, when a chair is empty, its owner is up to something. Maybe it's just for a moment like for a...
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rileykrn
May 8, 20236 min
We took the kids to church. All of them.
See, generally we take turns. Each home has their own system. In the Fulp home there are more kids, higher aquity, and 5 of us who...
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rileykrn
May 4, 20232 min
Simple Summary
I've really enjoyed sharing short stories, or aspects of what others on our team have been doing. Generally, I share in these ways: It's...
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rileykrn
Apr 18, 20235 min
Celebrating the small steps
The first thing I learned when I started working in hospitals was that The more you want to help people, the more you are exposed to...
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rileykrn
Feb 6, 20232 min
Quiché
Quiché is a department north of us, but much closer than it was 5 years ago before an essential bypass was put in, and a main road was...
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