Our Story
Hello, we are Larry and Pia. Our story and passion for helping others began in childhood. We both had missionary parents and grew up in India and Ethiopia. In 1992 we went on our first mission trip with our church, and have now been on over 50 mission trips, most of them organized and led by us.
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In 2019 we went on a mission trip to Lebanon. On that mission we visited the Adventist Learning Center (ALC) for Syrian and Kurdish refugee children in Beirut. ​
Adventist Learning Center is a project of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and was started through their support. However, it is only through the generosity of private individuals around the world that it is able to remain open each year. For refugees living below the poverty level, the ability to pay for education is impossible.
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Annie's hope allows people like you to sponsor a student at the ALC!
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Our charity also raises money for special or urgent projects at the school, such as providing winter coats for children or repairs to the school building after the Beirut harbor explosion in 2020. Because of worsening economic conditions in Lebanon, most of the students’ families are out of work and barely surviving. The latest fundraisers have allowed us to help the school with buying some staples for the families and feed the students warm lunches – often their only meal of the day.
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The Lord has blessed our humble efforts in helping several organizations, including ALC. If you would like to help, please look for various ways throughout this site or reach out to use via email at ShareAnniesHope@gmail.com.
May the Lord richly bless you as well.
Larry and Pia
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