HOB HOME OFFICE STAFF
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Amy Bishop
Office Manager
Amy helps establish and oversee HOB office systems. She is also the front door to the ministry providing help and information to all of our contributors. Amy is the person that you contact if you have a question. She is the wife of Steve and the mother of Ryan and Cassie.
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Carol Boykin
Director of Childhood Development
Carol joined the HOB full time missionary staff in 2006 as Director of Childhood Development. She provides oversight of our Child Sponsorship Program and develops discipleship resources to be used by the teachers and children in our homes. Carol is the wife of Steve and the mother of Brad and Janice. Prior to joining HOB Carol served in a position of vocational Children's Ministry.
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Clint Sibbitt
Director of Development
Clint is involved in developing opportunities for churches, organizations, and individuals to become more involved in our ministry. In addition, he leads our efforts in web development. Prior to joining the HOB staff he was a Director of Web Development for a large student ministry. He and his wife Eve are the proud parents of Zac and Noah.
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Holly Moore
Financial Assistant
Holly is a CPA practicing in Fl. She has extensive experience in working with non profit organizations. Holly has a degree in accounting from Auburn University. She is married to Billy and has 3 children, Josh, Becca, and Hannah.
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Jeremy Kagan
Computer Systems
Jeremy currently services the computer network for a contractor at Eglin Air Force Base. He also faithfully serves this ministry by establishing and maintaining all of our technical systems. He is married to Melissa and they live in Niceville, Fl.
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Maribeth Wollard
Financial Oversight
Maribeth is a CPA practicing in Niceville, Fl. and has served the ministry part-time since 2007. Maribeth plays a crucial role in overseeing our independent financial audit and ensuring HOB adheres to the highest financial reporting standards. She is married to Randy and has a daughter, named Maggie.
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Our Long Term Missionaries
Serving in Kenya
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Jason and Lisa Hovingh
(and Laura, Aaron, and Andrew)
Serving in Naivasha, Kenya
The Hovinghs are veteran missionaries. With the exception of a few years in the U.S. to attend college and begin a family, Jason has lived in Kenya since he was 3 years old. The Hovinghs are the Directors of our African Missionary Base Camp that will house training, orientation, and retreats for our missionaries and international partners. Jason also oversees a number of ongoing ministries in the Naivasha community and works with our regional partners.
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Serving in ZamBia
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Bob and Candace Walker
(and the Walker tribe)
Serving in Kitwe, Zambia
The Walkers joined the HOB Team in 2006 to become the full time directors of the Nehemiah Boy's Ranch for street boys in Kitwe, Zambia, Africa. Prior to joining HOB the Walkers worked for many years as camp directors in a variety of cultural settings. HOB is thankful for the experience and commitment that they are bringing to the overwhelming needs of orphans in Africa.
VIDEO: Learn about their ministry
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Karen van de Voorde
Serving in Kitwe, Zambia
Karen has been serving in the HOB Home Office as the Director of Field Operations since joining the full time missionary staff in November of 2004. In 2011 Karen joined our international mission team and will serve in Kitwe, Zambia. Karen is a former school teacher with extensive foreign mission experience. Karen will be missed around the office but we're excited to see how God uses her operational and teaching experience as she works with our ministry partners to disciple and care for the daily needs of the orphans living at Sara Rose.
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Rachel Donahue
Serving in Kitwe, Zambia
Rachel joined the HOB Mission Team serving Zambia in Fall 2010. Rachel is serving as the full time teacher for seven of the Walker children. Rachel is also working with the ministry at Nehemiah Boys' Ranch. HOB is excited to have Rachel as part of our ministry team, perhaps no one more excited than the Walker's, as she serves a vital role in support of the ministry at Nehemiah Boys' Ranch.
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Andrea Burns
Serving in Kitwe, Zambia
Andrea joined the HOB Mission Team serving Zambia in Spring 2011. Andrea was part of our summer 2010 DO Justice team and she has answered the call to full-time ministry as a Social Worker serving the children at Sara Rose Children's Home. HOB is thrilled to have Andrea join our growing team of missionaries in Zambia and excited about the professional expertise she brings to our Zambian partners as she serves orphans in need.
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Stephanie Barron
Serving in Kitwe, Zambia
Stephanie returned this spring from an internship at The House of Jerusalem Girls and Maternity Home in Kitwe where she discipled and encouraged the young women living in the home and ministered to girls living on the street. Stephanie will return in December 2011 as a full-time missionary working exclusively at The Maternity Home. HOB is excited that God provided a caring person like Stephanie to minister the girls as they deal with healing and transitioning to a new life.
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Our Interns
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Austin and Cami Loveys
Serving in Kitwe, Zambia
The Loveys returned this summer from a six month internship at The Nehemiah Boys' Ranch in Kitwe where Cami worked on developing income-producing crafts with the boys and Austin served as a project manager for several ministry construction projects. They also spent time discipling and encouraging the boys. HOB is excited that Austin and Cami will return for another year of service in early 2012 to continue their work with this growing ministry.
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Our International Partners
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CHRISTIAN HUMAN CARE - HAITI
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Edner and Rosena Veus
(and son Sael)
Serving in Mare Rouge, Haiti
Edner and Rosena are the directors of Christian Human Care in Haiti, an organization that Edner helped form with HOB to care for orphans in Northwest Haiti. Edner grew up in an orphanage and has a passion to help those who would otherwise have no hope. He and Rosena are vibrant Christians, and they are the parents of Sael and are currently expecting another child.
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HOUSE OF HOPE HOME - KENYA
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Joel and Susan Karanja
(shown holding Wamae)
Serving in Naivasha, Kenya
Joel is a great man of faith who has pursued the burden care for orphans since he was twelve years old. He never lost faith in the Lord in porviding for this calling until God connected him to Heart of the Bride in 2005. Joel and Susan pour their lives into the children as their very own and they also minister passionately to the surrounding community. The Karanjas are the proud parents of Mary and Joann and of Giffin who they adopted as an infant.
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NIZHNIGORSK CHILDREN'S HOME - UKRAINE
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Alexie and Tanya Zurhovlov
(shown with Roma)
Serving in Nizhnigorsk, Ukraine
We met the Zurhovlovs through missionary friends in Ukraine who knew about the ministry focus of Heart of the Bride. Both Tanya and Alexi became Christians as adults. For many years after her conversion, Tanya and her children prayed for Alexi who was an alcoholic. Years later, he had a radical conversion experience and began a life dedicated to Christ and free from alcohol. The Zurhovlovs lost a baby later in their marriage and from that a desire to help other children was birthed. The Zurhovlovs are the parents of two adult children, Alena and Andrew; and have adopted 11 children into their home from institutional orphanages.
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SARA ROSE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION - ZAMBIA
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Edward and Barbra Mwansa
Serving in Kitwe, Zambia
Besides establishing and leading the Sara Rose foundation inspired and named after the infant daughter that they lost, the Mwansas lead many other ministries. Edward is the pastor of Church on the Rock in Kitwe and Barbra is a national director of Silent Voices, a leading ministry in the country that provides help in crisis pregnancies by teaching God's plan for life and abstinence in schools. Barbra also leads the New House of Jerusalem Maternity Home supported by Heart of the Bride. The Mwansas are the parents of Alpha, Issac, and Mulenga. Mulenga was left in the bush to die as an infant and covered with ant bites when the Mwansas learned about her and began the adoption process.
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