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Katie at Hope for Home
Moving to a new address!



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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Jul 30, 20243 min read
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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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Jun 19, 20242 min read
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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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Jun 17, 20245 min read
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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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Apr 30, 20244 min read
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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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Mar 22, 20243 min read
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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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Mar 14, 20243 min read
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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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Jan 31, 20243 min read
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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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Dec 22, 20235 min read
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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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Nov 7, 20236 min read
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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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Oct 2, 20234 min read
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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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Aug 18, 20234 min read
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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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Jul 27, 20231 min read
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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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Jul 7, 20236 min read
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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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Jul 2, 20236 min read
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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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Jun 7, 20234 min read
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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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May 18, 20233 min read
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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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May 8, 20236 min read
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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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May 4, 20232 min read
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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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Apr 18, 20235 min read
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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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Feb 6, 20232 min read
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