|
Jul 06, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
Sharon Turner
Ethiopia Program Director
Sharon has been involved in adoption since she was a teenager as an adoption advocate. Later she served as a speaker for various adoption workshops and support groups. She felt the call of God on her life to adopt when she was only 12 years old.
In July 2005, Sharon began volunteering with Children’s Hope, lending that passion, and was hired first as a receptionist, then with the China and Vietnam Programs, and now as the Director of the Ethiopia program. She attended college in Baltimore, Maryland where she was born and raised. Later she saw firsthand the plight of homeless children and impoverished families through 21 years of travel as a flight attendant.
Sharon is the loving mother of one biological daughter and two adoptive children from Bombay and New Delhi, India.
|
|
|
Toni Lynch
Adoption Consultant
Toni Lynch joined Children's Hope in November 2005 as a receptionist, but quickly worked her way up through the China department and now on to become the Adoption Consultant for the Ethiopia Program as of 2008. Toni earned her current position by volunteering for an extended mission trip to Ethiopia and working with the poorest of the poor as well as lepers and HIV+ victims in Addis Ababa in the summer of 2007. Prior to 2005, Toni was a fulltime mother, a private caretaker for the elderly and was a huge advocate for the homeless in the 5 states she lived in. “I have always had a heart for kids and had been praying for an opportunity to join God in His work helping children. I wanted to focus the remainder of my life on something of much greater value and importance: creating hope and a future for an orphan. I truly believe He led me to CHI as a result of that prayer. CHI has become a huge part of my life. It is not just a job for me…it is family, my passion, my heart and I truly believe in the work we do here everyday!” Off campus Toni is a single mother of three teenagers and is actively involved in their sporting aspirations.
|
|
|
|
|
Erin Tilly
Social Worker for Ethiopia/Vietnam
Erin Tilley was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. She moved back to St. Louis to attend the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University, graduating in August 2006 with a Master of Social Work degree. She is currently helping to create forever families through her work in the Vietnam and Ethiopia programs, as well as assisting Children’s Hope International on the Social Services team.
|
|
|
|
|
Julia Jenkins
Social Worker for China/Ethiopia/Vietnam
Julia is our counselor conducting home studies in Southern Illinois for the China and Vietnam programs. Originally from Dixon, IL (the hometown of Ronald Reagan!), Julia earned a BA in Biology and Psychology from Greenville College and an MA in Counseling and Family Therapy from Saint Louis University. She joined the ranks of Children’s Hope in July 2005.
|
|
|
