Yesterday afternoon, the Discover team went to visit House of Hope, a vocational rehabilitation center and shelter for women and young girls who desire to get out of a life of prostitution. The team started off by meeting the director April Havlin and hearing about the history of HOH and how God has been working through this ministry.

Afterwards, we put on a kids program for the 40 little girls and boys who live at HOH. We played games like musical chairs, sang worship songs, and had a lesson about putting on the armor of God from One by One staff member, Ileana. 

After the special event, the team handed out gifts to all the children, which included notebooks, pencils, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. In addition, Mary, one of the mission team members, got to meet the girl that she sponsors at House of Hope, Reyna. Reyna was excited all day at school, telling everyone that she was going to meet her sponsor that afternoon! What a blessing from God! After the program, the team spent some more time with April and several of the girls, ladies, and families that live at HOH, including Alma, Sisney, and Maria José. These three girls had been coming to our Niños de Vida service, when we found out that they were being forced into prostitution. Since the Refuge Project has not opened yet, we asked April if they could come live at HOH, and she said they could if we could pay for their monthly expenses. We asked Discover Church to help us with this, and they have been supporting these three precious little girls since March, helping provide food, school supplies and a shelter for them. Alma (on the right) has been able to start attending school for the first time in her life! Praise God for Discover, One by One, House of Hope and the ministry partnerships that have formed to make a difference in these girls lives.