Corenne & Philip Smith

CORENNE and PHILIP serve in Brazil with Hope Unlimited, a rescue mission in São Paulo. Philip founded Hope Unlimited in 1990, and today, it operates campuses in two Brazilian states. In the cruel and oppressive slums of Brazil, almost eight million social orphans live in the streets. Many have been abandoned by parents lost to addictions, violence and crime. Without intervention, they are vulnerable to exploitation through drugs, trafficking, and violence to survive. Hope Unlimited provides job skills certification, busing, and a generous portion of God’s love to more than 2,300 youth and young adults each year. The Smiths’ greatest reward is working alongside the mission’s 180 full-time staff, many of whom were rescued themselves by HOPE as children.