RayofHopeInc.org
Ray of​ Hope
Home, School and Community Church
Our Sto​ry is "His Story"
A Promise is Born... and Fulfilled Fifty Years Later
The "Ray of Hope Family Home" opened June 3, 2018.
In 2023, by God's grace, we first built the Pre through Primary 1 - 7 School for 218 students. Four more classrooms are in the process of being built for the January, 2025 dedication. We will be able to educate more than 300 students then!
Tom Stanton and Bev Ecker, who live in Beaverton, Oregon, have traveled to Jinja, Uganda for nine years now. When Bev was nine years old, a woman came to her church and invited those who felt called to serve as missionaries to come forward. Bev strongly felt God's calling to start an orphanage. Now, 50 years later, God has fulfilled that vision to start the Christian orphanage and school that she dreamed about as a child.
Our First Five Orphaned Children...
In 2015, a "Jajja," or African grandmother, brought five orphaned children to the home of George and Phionah. Their Christian parents had been murdered by their own Muslim relatives. Bukenya and George were partners in the Ray of Hope Children's Ministries program. They prayerfully decided to trust God to provide for the needs of these children. Soon, many more orphaned and needy children came to join this family, and they were no longer "orphans", they were all part of a loving Christian family!
​
