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For those of you who don't have a lot of background information as to what the School of Hope or Hacienda of Hope is, here is the scoop:

• The Hacienda of Hope (HOH) orphanage was started by the Twickenham Church of Christ in Huntsville, Alabama.
• It currently houses 20 kids, but the plan is to start adding more soon.
• The School of Hope was started 7 years ago as a boarding school because of the difficulty in having a legal orphanage in Ecuador.
• The school quickly earned a reputation for excellence, largely due to its bilingual approach and now has an enrollment of 200 students.
• The School of Hope currently uses the A.C.E (Accelerated Christian Education) curriculum. This is a Bible based curriculum that includes chapel, memory verses and weekly character traits.
• The HOH is currently being run by Jerry and Pat Snyder and the School of Hope by Justin and Amanda Snyder.

For more information on the Hacienda of Hope Foundation, check out their new website!

And some information as to our timetable:

• Our date of departure is July 29th, 2013
• We will spend the first few days of August in Lima, Peru for ACE curriculum training.
• During the month of August, we will be staying on the HOH property to be a part of teacher training and the first days of school.
• In September we will be moving to Quito, the capital of Ecuador, for language immersion training.
• We will move back to the HOH property in January and officially begin our time as Director/Teacher at the School of Hope.

Please continue to pray with us about our move and the work being done in Ecuador. God has done amazing things through the Snyder family and we are looking forward to continuing His work.

We are still fundraising for one-time contributions and monthly support. For more information or to donate, please visit our website.