LittlePurpleCow Productions

"Hope is not just about wishful thinking," Jen said as we batted the idea of our dream assignment back and forth this week. I've been thinking about this statement. I hope for many things and I seek to share hope with others, but do I really understand the depth of hope? Do you?

Jen Lemen and I, supported by our Shutter Sisters, are on a mission to find hope in unlikely places. Our dream assignment will take a community of dreamers on a journey to five continents to find the essence of hope – that elusive quality that makes it possible to believe this is not the end of your story no matter how simple your stress or profound your tragedy. We'll search for hope in the lives of the very people who have had every reason to abandon hope as nothing more than wishful thinking. We'll begin in northeastern Rwanda in a quiet village where two young girls wait to be reunited with a mother they've been missing for over three years. Our journey ends in the hills of Nepal where an American teenager became the mother of twenty orphans when she decided to follow her heart.

Won't you please vote to make our dream assignment come true?

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Update March 26: I am completely overwhelmed with appreciation. We are currently ranked #2.

Update March 23: Thank you so, so much for your votes and spreading the word! We have climbed to #32 and continue to pray that we make it to the top 20 finalist list by April 3. Here's Jen's story on the evolution of our idea.