Supporters!
I’ve officially closed out this chapter of my life as the World Race has ended this past week and I’m currently back in the United States. Reflecting back is overwhelmingly joyful and tearful at the same time. None of it would have happened without our partnership together and this journey has been just as much yours as it has mine! You have brought God’s Kingdom to a desperate & hurting world. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Though words can’t adequately express my gratitude, let me make an attempt…
I will be writing 3 blogs in which God has both used you this year (financially through our team’s tithe $ and practically in transforming people’s lives), as well as how you can continue to be used by Him (updating you on what this next season of life looks like for me and how we can still partner together).
Here’s how YOU gave this year…
Central America
• Palenque, Mexico you helped with repairs at Shekinah, a free pastor training school for Central American pastors.
• Candelaria, Nicaragua you provided for the baptisms of 11 youth whose lives are being changed by the love of God. You also started a work-to-school program for young boys that have dropped out of school. Many teenage boys in Candelaria drop out of school and then feel as though they have no other option but to join local gangs. This program gives these boys safe jobs on the New Song Ministry property, provides mentoring from Christian men, and finds sponsors for the boys to return to school.
South East Asia
•Vietnam you bought roses that showed Christ’s love to prostitutes, women selling themselves in Ho Chi Minh City.
•Cambodia you provided supplies for a 2-week VBS program for AIDS orphans in Phnom Penh. This VBS program brought laughter, fun, and Jesus into the lives of these children.
•Thailand you helped in the expansion of a training program for women wishing to leave the bars and prostitution. Currently the Tamar Center trains them to work within a salon, bakery, or making cards so they can escape the vicious cycle of feeling they have no other options. They are in the process of purchasing a new building and expanding this training program to include more options. You also gave to the Mercy Center, a ministry and home for orphans. In northern Thailand you hosted a pancake breakfast for young girls living at the Eden House. This is a restoration home for girls that have either been rescued from or are at risk of human trafficking.
•Nsoko, Swaziland you provided medical care for a young baby Snethemba with TB and his mother, Dudu, who is dying of AIDS/TB. You also facilitated my favorite memory of the whole year, a women’s retreat called Beauty from Ashes for 40 women. In addition, you trained teachers from eight carepoints. These “go-go’s” are providing the only education that many of these children will ever receive. This training taught the teachers new educational techniques, discipline and management, and how to recognize and report abuse. You also provided court fees to advocate for the rights of abused children. Orphans are often seen as a burden to those left caring for them and many are abused. Currently the government does not have advocates for these children. Abuse cases are not tried in court unless a 3rd party goes to court on behalf of them. Your money is helping to provide court fees for two such children.
•Zomba, Malawi you brought the gospel message to remote villages and ignited the churches within the country’s southern region.
• Candelaria, Nicaragua you provided for the baptisms of 11 youth whose lives are being changed by the love of God. You also started a work-to-school program for young boys that have dropped out of school. Many teenage boys in Candelaria drop out of school and then feel as though they have no other option but to join local gangs. This program gives these boys safe jobs on the New Song Ministry property, provides mentoring from Christian men, and finds sponsors for the boys to return to school.
South East Asia
•Vietnam you bought roses that showed Christ’s love to prostitutes, women selling themselves in Ho Chi Minh City.
•Cambodia you provided supplies for a 2-week VBS program for AIDS orphans in Phnom Penh. This VBS program brought laughter, fun, and Jesus into the lives of these children.
•Thailand you helped in the expansion of a training program for women wishing to leave the bars and prostitution. Currently the Tamar Center trains them to work within a salon, bakery, or making cards so they can escape the vicious cycle of feeling they have no other options. They are in the process of purchasing a new building and expanding this training program to include more options. You also gave to the Mercy Center, a ministry and home for orphans. In northern Thailand you hosted a pancake breakfast for young girls living at the Eden House. This is a restoration home for girls that have either been rescued from or are at risk of human trafficking.
Southern Africa
•Mozambique you donated Bibles to the
•Nsoko, Swaziland you provided medical care for a young baby Snethemba with TB and his mother, Dudu, who is dying of AIDS/TB. You also facilitated my favorite memory of the whole year, a women’s retreat called Beauty from Ashes for 40 women. In addition, you trained teachers from eight carepoints. These “go-go’s” are providing the only education that many of these children will ever receive. This training taught the teachers new educational techniques, discipline and management, and how to recognize and report abuse. You also provided court fees to advocate for the rights of abused children. Orphans are often seen as a burden to those left caring for them and many are abused. Currently the government does not have advocates for these children. Abuse cases are not tried in court unless a 3rd party goes to court on behalf of them. Your money is helping to provide court fees for two such children.
•Zomba, Malawi you brought the gospel message to remote villages and ignited the churches within the country’s southern region.
Europe
•England you bought the Jesus Film in 24 languages to be given to London’s ethnic minorities, as well as reaching out to the 11 million Muslims there.
•Romania you provided supplies for VBS, a women’s Bible study, and English classes for the Gypsy people of Viile Tecii. God moved through each of these venues to speak truth to the Gypsies that they are loved and greatly valued by their God. You also contributed towards an Easter feast for five Gypsy villages.
•Moldova you painted houses and cleaned yards for the elderly. You also provided food for poor families in southern Moldova.
•Ukraine you provided orphaned children opportunity to encounter Christ through a camp ministry called Pine Branch.
•Moldova you painted houses and cleaned yards for the elderly. You also provided food for poor families in southern Moldova.
•Ukraine you provided orphaned children opportunity to encounter Christ through a camp ministry called Pine Branch.
Thanks to YOUR GIVING various ministries have been impacted within so many countries around the world, and therefore
people’s lives…
stay tuned for more to come.
