THE ABOUT US AND THE WHY
After resigning my collegiate career as Department Head of Medical Microbiology & Special Chemistries, I became an entrepreneur for the first time. I jumped in head first and budgeted all I had saved from years at my job. I was told "are you crazy?" "Are you nuts?" "Giving up a good job!" "Using up your savings!" by everyone except my parents who paid for my 6-years of education to get a Masters in Laboratory Medicine.
They encouraged me to go after my dreams ....
..... So I did.
I took a hobby and opened a retail store and we made it. Beat the odds (there is a bigger story here of trial and error and time). I was free from having a boss (or so I thought). I knew nothing about business or marketing, timing, yet I was a sponge to learn. 20-years later I sold to my employees and walked away with a successful exit and a chunk of change in the bank.
-- Now what ?? --
Kids were gone pursuing their dreams. So we sold our home in Maine. Sold our boat and everything attached to this. The boating season in life was over....I thought, and moved to Arizona. Something my bride said about "living where water doesn't freeze."
We dove into Real Estate so we could work from home, yet the franchise provided professional office space for clients and tons of training. One must always be willing to educate oneself and learn and we were a sponge to learn all we could (there is a pattern here).
I took on the online and local print marketing. My bride did some meetups with locals that were from Maine ... a natural connection. We did well. Teamwork.
Then my girl got sick. You can read about that on the home page.
Then, seemingly out-of-the-blue, God gave me a revelation ( I mean it was like an actual 10-minute download that seemed like hours), a calling that I would be granted my former dream, yet instead of just fun, it would be for His glory and the Kingdom.
Let me backup a bit... ..............actually way back.
My brother, Joe
Why Hope Of Joe?
Joe and I are 2-years apart. He is the younger one. We were inseparable since we were toddlers. Did most everything together. Experienced most everything together.
As adults in our late 20s early 30s, we both took risks, resigned jobs and started our own businesses in separate towns in the State of Maine. We were successful and with hard work, grew them and were both able to get boats on the ocean, Joe a 37’ power boat and me a 36’ sailboat. I believe out of 6-kids, we were the only 2 to love ocean boating. Got it from our dad. I also earned a USCG, Master 100 Ton Captain's license, power and sail.
We cruised weekends everywhere together, sometimes separately as I was able to take a month off every summer and travel, and Joe’s business was high-season in summer. As we grew older and were getting a bit burned out with retail, especially as the US economy had changed, we talked endlessly of moving aboard passage-makers and cruising the world together … or at least part of it. Seems to be the BIG thing today!
Joe got sick with something the doctors could not figure out until it was too late. He kept getting weaker and weaker, Finally a diagnosis … ALS....
Lou Gehrig's Disease.
I flew from Arizona to Maine twice for him that year. Once to make sure he had all his affairs in order for his family and business transition and that he was right with God and to love and hug on him.
My second flight was to be the leader at his funeral.
That was some years ago, and Joe, who was the biggest giver I knew, would never realize his part of our dream. This hurts even still to go over this story that I don’t share with everyone.
Vision and Calling
In 2014, God said to me with a powerful revelation, and very clearly, and stronger ever since that it would be I that would carry on Joe and my former dream of passage making , yet with a twist. Remember, I g\had let go of anything ocean related for over 10 years.
Rather than just take off and have a good time, like so many today, we would be leading mission excursions of health, sanitation, clean water making and the Gospel of Jesus, help planting churches all for the Glory of God, to underserved people groups, supporting existing church missions, and perhaps church mission trips, initially in the Baja Mexico, Brazil, Central America, the Caribbean, coastal USA, and then beyond. This would be for the Glory of God....building the Kingdom, and possibly helping plant churches as we carry out some mercy missions to actually help those in need right now all-the-while supporting existing missions. Praise God !!
We will be spearheading the need for medical assistance, sanitation, nutrition, clean water making and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to underprivileged people groups in the USA coastal areas first for sea trials and to get familiar with a power catamaran, crew and logistics and then, the missions of Central/South America, the Caribbean and then, perhaps Europe or the South Pacific ….. or however/wherever God leads and that unfolds. It's in His hands.
Since then, doors have been opened to logistics and resource deployment. A Canadian gal I met on Instagram that lives in Dubai and does logistics for a living as well as a company in Ft Lauderdale Florida. They can land supplies to the dock anywhere in the world and get through customs. Powerful support !!
More people I don’t know. A man from Wisconsin who just had invented a sanitation device that is FDA approved and works on 30 watts of solar who approached me as I have never been to nor know anyone in Wisconsin … until then. He connected with me on LinkedIn.
A woman in the Philippines who is praying for me to have success in this mission, needs this kind of help for her mission there and does not even know this story. She found me on Facebook.
And a company that makes a water making device that uses no electricity and will make 1-million gallons of clean, fresh water we heard about from Christian Radio … will last a family a lifetime, as well as a company that installs desalination plants (large and small). And many others, with new connections happening regularly. Social networks can be something much more than just fun or politics.
We have done a lot of the leg-work for these 8-years up till now. We have followed the call. Sold most all we owned and moved to Florida, (the launching-off point), said good-bye to our church family, friends of 14-years and sold our home in Arizona, all that we owned and paid all the expenses for this project with God's help over the past 8-years.
2023 is the time....
.....and now we need your help.
Now we need some assistance for the next stage. There will be no monetary ROI on this (other than emotional satisfaction) as you will be investing/supporting in the mission and vision. However, as stated in the Bible, you will be "storing up treasures in Heaven." Of course, there will be tax advantages (check with your CPA or accountant on how this is organized) and there is the potential of helping the ocean and the environment.
There will be some amazing perks from us. The project is called HOPE OF JOE in honor of my brother and is in the process of configuring as a 501 (c) (3), non-profit, or other charitable entity. The boat (home for the next 8-10 years) will be called THE MESSENGERS as it will be our home/office base, storage for the equipment, medicines and accommodations for the crew, perhaps church mission trip folks, and medical & dental personnel as we take the message of the Gospel for many years as we carry out this mission calling.
Will you to help ?? Any amount will make a significant difference. Thank you.
For quick support:
https://bit.ly/HOJ_thanks [GiveSendGo]
or
https://bit.ly/HopeOfJoe [PayPal]
This will be a: 'let's go sail the world disrupter !!
For more information, contact us here
They encouraged me to go after my dreams ....
..... So I did.
I took a hobby and opened a retail store and we made it. Beat the odds (there is a bigger story here of trial and error and time). I was free from having a boss (or so I thought). I knew nothing about business or marketing, timing, yet I was a sponge to learn. 20-years later I sold to my employees and walked away with a successful exit and a chunk of change in the bank.
-- Now what ?? --
Kids were gone pursuing their dreams. So we sold our home in Maine. Sold our boat and everything attached to this. The boating season in life was over....I thought, and moved to Arizona. Something my bride said about "living where water doesn't freeze."
We dove into Real Estate so we could work from home, yet the franchise provided professional office space for clients and tons of training. One must always be willing to educate oneself and learn and we were a sponge to learn all we could (there is a pattern here).
I took on the online and local print marketing. My bride did some meetups with locals that were from Maine ... a natural connection. We did well. Teamwork.
Then my girl got sick. You can read about that on the home page.
Then, seemingly out-of-the-blue, God gave me a revelation ( I mean it was like an actual 10-minute download that seemed like hours), a calling that I would be granted my former dream, yet instead of just fun, it would be for His glory and the Kingdom.
Let me backup a bit... ..............actually way back.
My brother, Joe
Why Hope Of Joe?
Joe and I are 2-years apart. He is the younger one. We were inseparable since we were toddlers. Did most everything together. Experienced most everything together.
As adults in our late 20s early 30s, we both took risks, resigned jobs and started our own businesses in separate towns in the State of Maine. We were successful and with hard work, grew them and were both able to get boats on the ocean, Joe a 37’ power boat and me a 36’ sailboat. I believe out of 6-kids, we were the only 2 to love ocean boating. Got it from our dad. I also earned a USCG, Master 100 Ton Captain's license, power and sail.
We cruised weekends everywhere together, sometimes separately as I was able to take a month off every summer and travel, and Joe’s business was high-season in summer. As we grew older and were getting a bit burned out with retail, especially as the US economy had changed, we talked endlessly of moving aboard passage-makers and cruising the world together … or at least part of it. Seems to be the BIG thing today!
Joe got sick with something the doctors could not figure out until it was too late. He kept getting weaker and weaker, Finally a diagnosis … ALS....
Lou Gehrig's Disease.
I flew from Arizona to Maine twice for him that year. Once to make sure he had all his affairs in order for his family and business transition and that he was right with God and to love and hug on him.
My second flight was to be the leader at his funeral.
That was some years ago, and Joe, who was the biggest giver I knew, would never realize his part of our dream. This hurts even still to go over this story that I don’t share with everyone.
Vision and Calling
In 2014, God said to me with a powerful revelation, and very clearly, and stronger ever since that it would be I that would carry on Joe and my former dream of passage making , yet with a twist. Remember, I g\had let go of anything ocean related for over 10 years.
Rather than just take off and have a good time, like so many today, we would be leading mission excursions of health, sanitation, clean water making and the Gospel of Jesus, help planting churches all for the Glory of God, to underserved people groups, supporting existing church missions, and perhaps church mission trips, initially in the Baja Mexico, Brazil, Central America, the Caribbean, coastal USA, and then beyond. This would be for the Glory of God....building the Kingdom, and possibly helping plant churches as we carry out some mercy missions to actually help those in need right now all-the-while supporting existing missions. Praise God !!
We will be spearheading the need for medical assistance, sanitation, nutrition, clean water making and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to underprivileged people groups in the USA coastal areas first for sea trials and to get familiar with a power catamaran, crew and logistics and then, the missions of Central/South America, the Caribbean and then, perhaps Europe or the South Pacific ….. or however/wherever God leads and that unfolds. It's in His hands.
Since then, doors have been opened to logistics and resource deployment. A Canadian gal I met on Instagram that lives in Dubai and does logistics for a living as well as a company in Ft Lauderdale Florida. They can land supplies to the dock anywhere in the world and get through customs. Powerful support !!
More people I don’t know. A man from Wisconsin who just had invented a sanitation device that is FDA approved and works on 30 watts of solar who approached me as I have never been to nor know anyone in Wisconsin … until then. He connected with me on LinkedIn.
A woman in the Philippines who is praying for me to have success in this mission, needs this kind of help for her mission there and does not even know this story. She found me on Facebook.
And a company that makes a water making device that uses no electricity and will make 1-million gallons of clean, fresh water we heard about from Christian Radio … will last a family a lifetime, as well as a company that installs desalination plants (large and small). And many others, with new connections happening regularly. Social networks can be something much more than just fun or politics.
We have done a lot of the leg-work for these 8-years up till now. We have followed the call. Sold most all we owned and moved to Florida, (the launching-off point), said good-bye to our church family, friends of 14-years and sold our home in Arizona, all that we owned and paid all the expenses for this project with God's help over the past 8-years.
2023 is the time....
.....and now we need your help.
Now we need some assistance for the next stage. There will be no monetary ROI on this (other than emotional satisfaction) as you will be investing/supporting in the mission and vision. However, as stated in the Bible, you will be "storing up treasures in Heaven." Of course, there will be tax advantages (check with your CPA or accountant on how this is organized) and there is the potential of helping the ocean and the environment.
There will be some amazing perks from us. The project is called HOPE OF JOE in honor of my brother and is in the process of configuring as a 501 (c) (3), non-profit, or other charitable entity. The boat (home for the next 8-10 years) will be called THE MESSENGERS as it will be our home/office base, storage for the equipment, medicines and accommodations for the crew, perhaps church mission trip folks, and medical & dental personnel as we take the message of the Gospel for many years as we carry out this mission calling.
Will you to help ?? Any amount will make a significant difference. Thank you.
For quick support:
https://bit.ly/HOJ_thanks [GiveSendGo]
or
https://bit.ly/HopeOfJoe [PayPal]
This will be a: 'let's go sail the world disrupter !!
For more information, contact us here
