Stories of Hope & Help

In this edition of Stories of Hope and Help, team members tell us about their experiences from ORH Boot Camp to the field in Guyana, We think you will enjoy hearing these teens testify about what the Lord is doing through them.

In this episode, we hear from James and Rachel as they tell us how the Lord taught them that He is "able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think" (Ephesians 3:19-21). They sacrificed time and money to join the ORH medical mission team to Guyana. Listen to their testimonies of how the Lord blessed them through joining this team.

In this episode, we learn that ORH is finding more folks who have suffered serious loss during the July 2025 flooding in Texas. Yet, by gospel grace, we are able to share the greatest news of all with them. Jan Milton reports on the way that ORH has learned about more survivors by talking with other organizations.

How is it possible for Operation Renewed Hope to conduct medical mission clinics in remote regions of the world with the full cooperation of  each nation's government? And once the national government agrees, how do we work with local officials?  In this episode, Mike Kinnon tells us about his ministry with ORH. Trained as a civil engineer with years of experiences in logistics, Mike is the first...

Pastor Thierbach continues to find people who have been devastated by the flood on the Guadalupe River in Texas. Here are their stories. In this episode, we hear the report of a woman who was away during the flood. Yet when she returned, she discovered that her father had passed away in their house. After a diligent search of the riverbank, the found the body of her stepmother. In times like these...

God's  amazing grace is on display in this episode of Stories of Hope and Help. Jan Milton brings us up to speed on the recent relief efforts of Operation Renewed Hope. A believer praises the Lord for saving his life: "Greg Adkins was awakened by popping noises and flashes of light. He went to the front door and upon opening saw a power pole with transformer fall and explode when it hit the water....

Christy Holshouser ministers on a trip to Bolivia   In this episode of Stories of Hope and Help, Christy Holshouser tells us about what motivated her to invest her time in so many ORH medical mission trips. We think you will enjoy hearing how God's grace has worked in her life. To learn more about our recent medical mission trips, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Bolivia--Per...

(Pictured above is the first church service of a church planted as the result of an Operation Renewed Hope medical clinic working with Missionary Kenneth Ellzey) Pastor and Missionary Kenneth Ellzey tells us more stories of hope and help in Bolivia. He describes how the Lord has worked through the three ORH medical mission clinics conducted there in his area of Bolivia.   For more information abou...

  As 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 reminds us, the Lord can use believers' trials to help them help others! We think you will enjoy listening to this remarkable story of hope and help. As Pastor Ellzey reminds us, the Lord can demonstrate His amazing, sufficient grace even when we face the painful thorns of life (2 Corinthians 12:1-10). For more information about this episode, please see these updates: http...

In this episode, we learn how the Lord led Kenneth Ellzey -- through significant trials -- to become a missionary in Bolivia. At ORH, we count it a privilege to be colaborers with Brother Ellzey. As you will hear in this podcast (and the next two), the Lord has given us a unique relationship that we have learned to treasure. Through our combined efforts, we have seen how the Lord has produced frui...

Bolivia In this episode, Daniel Jones reminds us that the Lord is in charge of this ministry. We had orginally planned to serve in a different country, but the plans fell through. But Missionary Kenneth Ellzey had appealed for ORH to return to minister in Bolivia, and it turned out that this is exactly what the Lord wanted us to do. We think you will enjoy this interview with Daniel Jones as he te...

Here are more stories unfolding from the devastating flood in Kerrville, Texas in early July 2025. This episode includes stories from Texas, Myanmar and Israel. For more information about this episode, please click one of the links below https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Kerrville--TX-Families-Still-in-Need.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=pX8V0HTXxm8 and https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Texas-Gua...

  In this episode, Jan Milton and Gordon Dickson discuss the stories coming out of the recent devastating flooding in Texas and the recent ORH medical mission trip to Bolivia. For more information about this episode, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Kerrville-and-Myanmar-work-becomes-stronger.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=8UenetZUzZc   and here: https://myemail.constantcontact....

Ken and Cindy Colliers' story: While yet dark in the early morning hours of the 4th of July, Ken and Cindy were awakened by the sound of "something" hitting their home in Hunt, Texas. They couldn't imagine what was hitting their house with such fierceness. As they got oriented in the dark they realized that their house was actually moving, floating away from their property and striking debris as i...

In this episode (recorded while walking in Washington, D.C.) Evangelist Byron Foxx tells us about his experiences working with Operation Renewed Hope.

Ken Higgins is an optical specialist and a veteran of numerous Operation Renewed Hope Mission trips. We think you will enjoy this episode of Stories of Hope and Help as we discover what motivates someone to sacrifice time to join one of our medical mission teams. For more on this episode, click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/God-shows-Himself-Strong-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=V4ahbBjh...

God is bringing the Kerrville situation into a manageable effort. ORH is thankful that there are good churches with evangelistic hearts as well as good ministries with which to partner.   Will Cover - Arise Baptist Church, Houston Matt Green - New Life Baptist, San Antonio, TX Ed Thierbach - Ranchero Drive Baptist, Kerrville. TX Alan Jenkins - Nehemiah's Network, Cleveland, OH Greg Lintz - Hearts...

On July 4, 2025 a violent flash flood crashed through the Guadalupe River valley in Kerr county, Texas. The flood waters rose more than 26 feet. One official reported that the area received so much rainfall that the same amount of water that would ordinarily go over Niagra Falls in a month and a half crashed through that narrow river valley in just 24 hours. Ultimately 21 counties were affected. A...

Why do so many doctors and nurses sacrifice so much to join Operation Renewed Hope medical mission trips? In this interview Jennifer Schilling tells us what has motivated her to travel all over the world with ORH.

This is the last of a three part series describing the remarkable ORH mission trip to northeast Uganda. Serving the people who live near the border of South Sudan required arduous travel. But as you will hear, those who invested in the trip were richly rewarded with the knowledge that they were able to offer genuine hope and help.   For more, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Grace-in-Disast...

Missionary Joe Risinger continues to describe the remarkable ORH medical mission trip to help those who needed medical care in northeast Uganda, near the border with South Sudan.   https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Grace-in-Disaster-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=Iwfkj8FVqQk   In 2023, missionary, Joe Risinger, contacted ORH about coming to his mission field of northwestern Uganda. Brother Risinge...

Missionary Joe Risinger tells us about the ORH medical mission trip to northwest Uganda, near the border with South Sudan.   To learn more about this episode, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Grace-in-Disaster-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=Iwfkj8FVqQk   In 2023, missionary, Joe Risinger, contacted ORH about coming to his mission field of northwestern Uganda. Brother Risinger a...

In this interview, Pastor Griffis tells us about his experiences during our medical missions trip to Guyana.

Would you like to learn how the Lord could use you on a short term mission trip in some distant part of the world? If so, we think you will enjoy this report from Daniel Jones. The Lord did remarkable things for our medical team in Guyana as we shared the good news of the gospel of Christ.

If you threw your energies into helping with a medical missions trip, what would you expect to happen? In this episode, Daniel Jones tells us about the ORH mission trip to an area in Bolvia where medical help was hard to find.     To learn more, visit  www.operationrenewedhope.org