Hope Foundation Ministries International
    Michael and Sherril Gizinski,
      Founders and Directors of HFMI

     For many years, Michael and Sherril have been working with people,
     through encouragement, friendship and assisting those in need.  
     Sherril, as a Volunteer Coordinator for a refugee agency, worked with   
     pastors / churches in Boise, Idaho, helping to coordinate volunteers in  
     meeting the needs of the  refugees.  
     Michael worked as a Resource Developer, aiding the newly arrived  
     refugees to the United States with friendship and obtaining furnishings as  
     they settled into a new home, community and country.

     Michael and Sherril both served as Chaplains in the Kansas City area   
     working with 22 long term care facilities and serving as Chaplains to a   
     local  Hospice, giving care to the terminally ill, facility staff, families and
     patients.

     Since 2002, Michael and Sherril have been working with individuals, groups
     and organizations who have a desire and vision to help in their own local  
     communities, cities and nations.  They have come along side them to  
     encourage and aide, bringing avenues and strategies, enabling them to fulfill
     their hopes and dreams, to impact their communities and nation.

    Barbara Spence, Director

     Barbara Spence attended Warner Pacific Bible College in Portland, Oregon,
     where she met and married Bill Virgin.  Together they pastored several  
     churches in North Dakota, Minnesota and Idaho.  

     Barbara attained a BA in Social Services at the Idaho State University,  
     caring for her young family as a single parent after the death of her  
     husband.  Barbara later married Chuck Spence and together they raised  
     nine children.  While in California, because of her husband's work,  
     Barbara   taught classes in a local Bible College.

     Barbara is a wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and faith, giving support and
     encouragement to HFMI.
Meet our Directors
. . .If I have in my heart
or hand the avenue to help,
how can I do otherwise.
Making a Difference
          
    Our mission is to equip and facilitate for the journey,  multiplying
        the hands extended in love and giving help to the nations.  
                                                                                 HFMI
      
Hope Foundation Ministries International