<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hope Connections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hope Connections]]></description><link>https://www.hopeconnections.com.au/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:30:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.hopeconnections.com.au/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Alfred's Story: "Jesus Never Left Me Alone"]]></title><description><![CDATA["...but Jesus never left me alone." This is a story of hope, of a child who used to live on the streets but is now given a second chance in life. An urgent prompting It was the summer of 2023 when the Lord called me to my first mission trip. I’m not the kind of person who ever thought they’d be a missionary, but the Lord had other plans. As I sat in church listening to Justin and his wife Beiah talk about the upcoming trip they were leading to the Philippines, I didn’t expect in that moment...]]></description><link>https://www.hopeconnections.com.au/post/alfreds-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aeb0829bc7fa2636a7375f5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:44:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/63afff_378a50ebd04d414292dd5cf5ca7aff7a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Elly Knight</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>