It was at the end of May that the Hope Center’s Nathan and Lauren Lenstra ceased operations in what they had been providing for families in the Fair Oaks Area. Their ministry dated back to 2007. Then, around 2017, the Hope Center began offering important things for Fair Oaks area families like after school programming and summer day camps.
They were working out of some office space offered by the Vermilion Housing Authority. But the VHA needed additional office space, and the Hope Center needed to move out by the end of May.
At this time, the public is being informed not to make any further donations for the Hope Center’s previous work in the Fair Oaks area. In fact, the Hope Center’s Nathan Lenstra says the future is very much up in the air, but they have received some suggestions on what they might do next.
Audio PlayerAUDIO: We’ve really been praying and waiting on God, and seeking Him for what we have next. We do have some ideas, but we don’t have anything for sure definite at this time.
Vermilion Housing Authority executive director Jackie Vinson says what the Hope Center offered to families was unique, and much appreciated.
Audio PlayerAUDIO: Our families will miss having them there. And you know, so will our staff. They had unique relationships with our families, that we both work to serve in different capacities. What they did was unique with our families, and that’s not something the housing authority is trying to replicate or replace.
Nathan Lenstra says he, and his wife and daughter, would love to stay in Danville. But some ideas for outside of Danville for the Hope Center Ministry have been suggested to them.
