Homes of Hope Story by Sean Lambert

FOREWORD by NYT bestselling author Ken Blanchard
"Daddy, are you going to build a house for the bus people too? My daughter's question deeply touched my heart. . . . During my many trips to Baja, Mexico, I had been continually struck by the lack of adequate shelter and sheer human need for the basics of life. All of us are created in God's image, and therefore each individual has great value. I knew it was not God's intent for people to live in ramshackle shelters made of scrap wood, tarps, and cardboard. . . . I soon realized that God didn't intend our home build to be a one-time occurrence. He was calling us to something much bigger."
As a teenager, Sean Lambert left college in 1979 to join Youth With A Mission (YWAM), now one of the world's largest mission organizations. His first overseas mission was to Thailand, where he assisted thousands of Cambodian and Laotian war refugees. His experiences there taught him how to minister to people by addressing both their spiritual and their practical needs.
After Thailand, Sean joined the staff of YWAM Los Angeles, was married, and with his wife, Janet, began mobilizing hundreds of youth each year in short-term outreaches. In 1990, Sean and his young daughter, Andrea, traveled with a team to Tijuana, Mexico, to build a home for a poor family. Andrea's plea for another family living in a nearby abandoned bus led Sean to mobilize a second group to build a home for the poor.
In celebrating the organization's 25th anniversary with their 2-day mega build-a-thon of 25 donated homes by 500+ volunteers, Sean was named "Hero of the Week" by People Magazine who also featured Homes of Hope International in their special "American Heroes" issue in honoring the organization's quarter century of transforming lives globally. CNN also filmed one of their builds on-location in Mexico for their "Impact Your World" series.
As underscored in the Foreword by business leader and New York Times bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, The Homes of Hope Story is also an insightful guide to leadership, chronicling both the successes as well as the occasional failures in the Lambert's journey of founding a ministry and trusting God for its growth. Overall, the book provides a candid behind-the-scenes account of how He has led Sean and Janet in their growing mission during which over 100K volunteers worldwide have joined them in discovering the joy of giving while transforming lives for the poorest-of-the-poor in building 5000+ homes donated to needy families in 19 countries...& counting.
Contains over two dozen color photographs.