Elim’s adults with disabilities love to serve.  It is a joy for them to make you happy and bring a smile to your face.  As God’s children, Elim’s adults make an impact every day in the lives of thousands of children around the world through HOPE Packs. Yet, the impact of their work of assembling HOPE Packs became clearer in a recent discussion with a faithful ministry partner.   
 
According the HOPE Partner Global Aid Network, sending HOPE Packs to developing countries is so much more than providing simple school supplies for children.  The impact is an eternal one. 
 
Many communities throughout the world will not allow Christians to enter and preach the Gospel of Christ.  But, when Christians can bring gifts and offerings, like HOPE Packs, those obstacles are broken and Christians are allowed to enter into the community.   
 
These missionaries are granted passage because of the calling that God has placed upon His children with disabilities to provide a gift offering of school supplies.  Christian missionaries are given the opportunity to share the Gospel of Christ and bring more into the Kingdom of God.  I guess that makes Elim’s adults international missionaries too! That’s the impact of HOPE!