Celebrating Nancy Hemminger, who turned 80 today!
Today we celebrate and give thanks to God for Nancy Hemminger on her 80th birthday. Throughout her life, Nancy has had an impact on countless people around the world through her love, compassion, and determination to make their lives better, but especially by how she...
HOPE~A look back at 2016
HOPE celebrates a year of learning, growing, sharing, changes and saying good-bye to two dear friends. Nadia Tuffaha and Wafa Abu Zant continued to make great strides in spreading Talents Unlimited to schools throughout the West Bank. The result: children discovering...
A very special and memorable moment shared with family and fellow pilgrims
Accompanying the 2016 HOPE teacher/pilgrims allowed me to experience the Holy Land with a wonderful group of people, including my wife, Cindy and our new daughter, Hannah, and to visit old friends in Palestine and to make new ones. The trip also permitted me to...
Video production workshop leads to one teacher’s first video
While in the Holy Land, one of the workshops offered to both teachers in the LP Schools and the teachers from the AOC was integrating video production into the curriculum. I had the honor of working in Nablus with these teachers and was impressed not only by their...
Maya opened her mouth and we heard an angel…
On Thanksgiving Day, Kelly Lomax, Joe Gaston, Sharon Bohlen and Nancy Hemminger went to Nablus, while the rest of our HOPE group went on the pilgrimage that was planned. It was a Thanksgiving none of us will ever forget, because we were blessed with many gifts...
Talents in action in Nablus
As one of the blessed people who loves their job, that love went to a whole new level for me when I joined the HOPE pilgrimage to the Holy Land to teach Talents Unlimited to teachers of the Latin Patriarchate Schools and the AOC. [gallery ids="5044,5046,5040,5031"...
The countless blessings of the priest we encountered in the Holy Land
One of our favorite things about going to the Holy Land is all of the priests we encounter...good, holy, humble, fun and funny too! This year was no exception! Beit Jala Abouna Iyad Twal (left): filled with wisdom, so kind and welcoming Abouna Akthan Hijazen: sweet...
The Charism of Teaching
The work of the Holy Spirit in the ministry of teaching was so evident as I worked alongside my partner teachers at LPS Beit Jala. Mirna, Nuha, and Rula graciously accepted me into their classrooms and it was a joy to work with them and their students. I was so...
My faith has come alive
Our HOPE pilgrimage was amazing in ways I could have never anticipated. I was immersed into a new culture with new friends and colleagues while experiencing first hand the holy places of the Bible and Jesus. The Bible and Jesus were not a new concept to me before...
Connections? No, miracles!
Reflections by Nancy Hemminger When I reflect on my experiences in the Holy Land, some may see the experiences as “connections” but I see the experiences as a series of miracles with my team teachers. Before Fr. Faysal passed away this past August, he and I planned on...