Steve lives in the mountains of North Carolina, near Asheville.  He is most comfortable outside in nature, by a stream, waterfall or on a hiking trail.
 
Steve’s Christian life and work with Operation Give Hope got jump started in a tragic way …
 
Jessica Hamilton, his beloved daughter, traveled to Kenya in the summer of 2006 to do an internship with missionaries, Jim and Susie Horne with Operation Give Hope.  She had early in life felt the call to be a missionary and when she returned home from that trip to Mombasa, her calling intensified and she became extremely focused on accomplishing that goal. Unfortunately, a year later she lost her life in a tragic car accident.
 
In 2016, Steve and family felt the need to seek some closure with Jessica’s death. It was in the village of Tiwi that he was able to let go and find the peace he was seeking. He also knew after being amongst the people there, where Jessica had been years before, that he needed to help in this ministry and make sure that it continued.
 
Steve now serves on the board of OGH and works diligently to assist them to raise the support they need to keep all the  ministries working, with children fed, educated with Christian doctrine and shown the love of Jesus.