Hope: An Anchor For The Soul

In this shocking and ultimately inspiring true story, Ani Tims reveals that God has always been there, and how his plans for us, though perhaps difficult to see in the moment, are always miraculous.

In a country where violent crime and AIDS are rampant, as a woman and a mom, she was afraid to even walk out her front door, constantly worried her daughters—one of whom was born prematurely, and barely survived—would be raped.

She survived a house fire and a saddle pulmonary embolism, relocated halfway around the world to start over in a strange country. Ani has faced many challenges in her life, and these are only a few. 

In a country where violent crime and AIDS are rampant, Ani Tims was afraid to even walk out her front door, constantly worried her daughters—one of whom was born prematurely, and barely survived—would be raped.

She survived a house fire, and relocated halfway around the world to start over in a strange country. Ani has faced many challenges in her life, and these are only a few. In this shocking and ultimately inspiring true story, she reveals that God has always been there, and how his plans for us, though perhaps difficult to see in the moment, are always miraculous.

Whether we're ready for them or not, life has no qualms about throwing curveballs our way. Sometimes they come in such quick succession it's like being pummeled by waves: you're tossed around, hit again and again before you can find your footing, before you can get up off your knees.

The question is whether you are going to stay down—weighed down by fear, anxiety, uncertainty, hurt, abandonment and rejection—or find the motivation and courage to face life's hardships head-on, to get up, start healing during your personal growth, and continue with life.

The choice is yours, and as a Christian, because you know God is guiding and empowering you, it's an easy choice to make.

Ani Tims was born and raised outside of the United States, but has been living in Kansas City, Missouri for almost two decades, alongside her husband, daughters and their families.

She is also an entrepreneur with a successful business which brings its own challenges, but her faith has carried her through. She cites her own personal life-changing events as reason for those facing hard times to never give up hope.

They're helping out less-privileged children with Back To School bags, their church's Book Mobile, aimed at getting books to inner-city kids, sponsoring Compassion International kids and making donations to Shriner's and the Owen Shay Foundation.