Jan Thompson was born and raised in El Dorado, KS. After graduating from El Dorado High School and Butler Community College, she attended Kansas State University and got a degree in Elementary Education. She went on to teach at Rosalia Elementary School, Towanda Grade School, and Cornerstone Christian Academy. She married her college sweetheart in 1980, and they had one son, Cale, in 1985. In 1995, 3 small children, Amanda, Shelby, and Jacob joined the family. After 18 years, the marriage ended in divorce. After much prayer, Jan went on, as a single mom, to adopt her 3 children. Due to the amazing generosity of friends, Jan was able to continue homeschooling her children. For eight years they prayed the “Prayer of Jabez” asking God to “enlarge their borders”. They sang songs like “Here I am, Lord” and “I Surrender All”. One day during her morning devotions, Jan heard the Lord speak to her…”Your life is about to drastically change”. The entire family individually heard from the Lord to pursue missions…so they went to YWAM (Youth With a Mission) in Madison, WI for missions training. One of the stops during the missions training was Haiti…and that is where the Lord called them to return. In 2007, Jan and her 3 teenagers sold their house, gave away almost all their belongings, packed 8 suitcases and headed to Haiti. In 2011, a 9 bedroom, 5 bathroom house was purchased for an orphanage. Jan is now chauffeur, the buyer for supplies, teacher, painter, team organizer, and grandma for 38 children and 23 staff (full and part-time). She enjoys travelling back to the States where she can spend time with her parents, Don and Jean Brickley, who continue to live in El Dorado, KS. She also enjoys spending time with her 4 grandsons, Axel, Cruz, Jonah, and Seth. Jan also loves to speak at churches and other functions where she can share all the miraculous things God is doing in Christopher’s Hope Ministry!! Luke 1:37…NOTHING is impossible with God!!
