Our Story

In 2012 Cooper Lewis surrendered his life to the lordship of Jesus at a youth retreat with Eleven22 in Jacksonville, Florida. Just as mentors had poured out their lives to share the love of the gospel with Cooper, the Lord was calling him to do the same in ministry. During Cooper's junior year of high-school the lord began to clarify what his vision for his vocational life would be. In his English class he watched the documentary Waiting for Superman, which details the current state of the American public school system. Cooper began to wonder "if America is failing its students like this, how much worse are schools in developing nations?" The Lord grew his heart for the nations and planted the idea of a quality school for those who couldn't afford it in developing nations. It wasn't until Cooper traveled to Uganda where the Lord began pressing for this ministry to be built now rather than later.

After coming home, Cooper began praying for the Lord to open up the doors necessary to begin the nonprofit. In the beginning, he did not know where God was calling him to plant the first school and he began praying daily asking "what continent do you want us in"? Six months later the lord responded with "you're asking the wrong question". So Cooper then asked "what country do you want us in"? and the Lord again responded saying "you're asking the wrong question". "What city do you want us in?", and the Lord responded Bogota.

The Lord has continued to be faithful to his answer. On trips in 2018, 2019, and 2023 Cooper and Anna met many friends, families, community leaders. All of these trips have culminated into the plan to plant a kindergarten through 2nd grade school in Bogota in 2026. This school will be designed to help Colombian children connect with Jesus and give them a fighting chance to rise from poverty. Long term, we would like to expand this school to 3rd grade and beyond. We think that our ministry does not stop in Bogota but by the grace of God it will continue to many other countries in the future.