Have you ever had something unexpected happen to you? Growing up in a small community my goal was to build my own house and get married as soon as possible. Neither of those things happened, but that was my dream. I didn't care much about people outside of Fallbrook, and really didn't think about orphans. But when my parents adopted from China God began to change my heart. The desire to start helping orphans led me to volunteer in China for a summer teaching preschool for orphans. This was the best summer of my life, and also the summer that Bring Me Hope began.
Who we are:
I decided that I'm really tired of trying to pretend that we are
a huge organization. We are a small team of about 10 people that want
to help orphans. And that's our story. Our office doesn't have an
elevator, a phone system with extension numbers, or a room full of cubicles. We
have one phone line (which we unplug when we want to send a fax) and our
office used to be a guest house that we converted into a work area.
Currently, I work at a Costco plastic table and have a thick piece of wood setup
to support the weight of the monitors.
We are Christians and believe that God created every person with
value. It breaks our hearts when children are rejected, abandoned, and
abused. Their reality is that no one is coming for them. They have no mom or
dad or family. And I imagine that you would feel pretty lonely all by
yourself. We want to use the amount of time we have on Earth to change
that as best as we can. We want to find little girls and boys that are down on
life and pick them up and look at them in the eyes and tell them
that they have value and they are loved.
Originally I thought that starting an orphanage would be the
best way for us to help orphans. But some amazing doors opened
for us to become an organization that runs summer camps for
Chinese orphans. I'll always remember one of the very first
camps we organized. An orphan named Ben spent the day with us
playing simple games, singing, and making a craft. At the end of
the day he told us that our day with him was the best day of his
life.
(Click here
to read more about Ben and our exploration trip)
Ben's day with us turned into more camps and more orphanages
wanting to send children which led to a need for more volunteers. People that
would be willing to take a 1 or 2 week trip to be a camp counselor. So as
you finish reading, please consider coming to China. I guarantee, if you
come to camp and risk loving an orphan, you will never be the same.
Feel free to email me with any questions. My personal email is
on my blog:
lifeonaraft.blogspot.com
David Bolt
Executive Director - Bring Me Hope
Bring Me Hope Founders:
Steve & Cathy, David, Christy, Bethany, Rebecca, Jason, Mary, &
Abby Bolt
Bring me Hope Staff:
David Bolt - Executive Director
http://lifeonaraft.blogspot.com
Christy Bolt - COO
http://christybolt.blogspot.com/
Kristen Chase - Office Manager
http://kristensjourney07.blogspot.com/
Nate Pache - Documentary and Film Producer
http://natesroad.blogspot.com/
Anna Yoder - Office Manager
http://annaupdates.com/
Kayce Preston
Volunteer Coordinator
Patti Diaz
Accountant
Rebecca Bolt
College Student Outreach
Bethany Bolt
Mentor Program Director
Jean Chen
Beijing Chinese Staff Leader
Perilla Lu
Beijing Camp Operations
Echo Xia
Nanchang Chinese Staff Leader
Harry Shu
Nanchang Camp Operations
Bring Me Hope Board:
Steve Kettering
President of Board
Steve Bolt - Secretary
William Byrne - Treasurer
Christy Bolt - Non-voting Member
David Bolt - Non-voting Member
Contact Information:
Phone: (760) 723-5885
Fax: (760) 723-4433
E-Mail:
info@bringmehope.org
Mailing Address:
Bring Me Hope
2169 Green Canyon Rd.
Fallbrook, CA 92028, USA