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Heading to Haiti

I'm excited to be heading to Haiti next Thursday, June 10th, with Scott Vair to help set up the latest project, a guest house in Port au Prince. Just last week, Scott and Alan secured a location for our new guesthouse in Port-au-Prince. With the teams that will be coming from US churches to be part of the Haiti Orphan & Vulnerable Child Program (OVC) Scott saw a need for an inviting and restful place for the visiting church ministry teams to stay.

I hope that this guesthouse will be a place of rest, connection, support, encouragement and preparation for service. It is just a shell of a house right now, so we have a lot of work to do to get it furnished and operating in time for the first medical team that arrives on June 18th. When I leave on the 19th I get to hand the house over to Alan Hunt who will be leading the medical team.

The house has been made possible through the generous support of one of our churches, and it is a beautiful home, a mansion really, when compared to the tents that most of the kids in the OVC program are living in. There are five (5) bedrooms and three (3) bath rooms, and it is big enough to accommodate 24 guests at a time. It survived the earth quake and is built to withstand the hurricanes, unlike the shacks the kids are living in.

The cost of the annual lease has been donated, now we need to raise $8,000 to secure a generator, buy appliances for the kitchen, get furniture and the various other items needed to furnish and run the house. If you would like to help out in furnishing the house and covering some of my work and ministry while I'm there please go to the website and see the many different ways you can get involved. www.worldorphan.org

I'll be sending updates on the progress as much as I can. So, stay tuned and be praying for the teams, and more importantly for the kids and the churches caring for them.

Expressions on Mothers Day

This Sunday is Mother's Day, a time to honor our parents, by focusing on our Mothers. It can also be a day of expression in many ways, expressions of honor, love, admiration, plus a host of others. The front of the card I got for my Mom this week has a black & white photo of three toddlers sitting on a couch. Each one has a different expression on their face. The caption below describes their looks, "grumpiness, confusion and pure happiness..."

The back of the card has a short caption on it about the photo and the author Liz Simpson. "Liz and her friends were trying to get a group smile out of their kiddos when a funnier photo came along . . . one that speaks perfectly to the experience of parenting. Liz says of this photo her friend Angie snapped, "Anyone who has raised children can easily agree that they've felt each of these emotions, and many times all within the same day!" I think that most would agree that a day filled with all three would be a day to remember. I hope you get to make it a day to remember with your Mom and your kids.

Yet, for close to 40 million orphans around the world it will be another day without a Mom or a Dad. The expressions of honor, love and admiration might have been pushed out of their mind by the loss of Mom and Dad at an early age. These children are not in a hopeless condition, the Father to the fatherless is there for them. The expression of hope in the Father comes from the group of believers the Father has strategically placed around each child. The church can bring that expression of honor, love and admiration back into the life of the child, by offering them a bridge that leads them to Christ.

You can make a difference in the life of an orphan by equipping churches around the world to provide that bridge in the life of an orphan. By giving $44.00 to the World Orphans Bridge Fund you can help a local church rescue and care for orphans in their community. You can be part of the expression of hope in the Father to the fatherless.

To give to the Bridge Fund go to www.worldorphans.org

Mar 25 Pray4projects in South Africa, Haiti @WorldOrphans

• Please remember to pray for the Ebenezer Bible Church in Temba, South Africa where Pastor Phillip and the church family is raising 20 former Orphans, and looking to expand their impact on their community through sustainable projects. 
  
• Pray for the strategy to connect churches in the US with churches in Haiti to provide care for the orphans. To learn more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org 
  
• Pray for the team deploying to South Africa on April 8th, led by Mike Krick.

Mar 23 Pray4projects @WorldOrphans

Praise!- Four of the projects that were without western church partners at the beginning of the year are now in partnerships.

    Fountain of Life – Juja is now partnered with Hill Country Bible Church – Northpoint in Austin TX
    Fountain of Hope – Nairobi is now partnered with River Oaks Church in Knoxville
    Lunkon Thmei – Cambodia is now partnered with Rutherford Bible Chapel in Rutherford N.J.
    Jesus Savior Church – Moldova is now partnered with Restoration Church in Arlington VA.
This is a great answer to prayer!

We still have six more projects without partners. Please pray for church partners for these projects:

• Christian Life Centre Chatsworth, South Africa
• Ebenezer Bible Church Temba, South Africa
• Nayla Presb. Evang. Church Darfur, Sudan
• United Community Methodist Church Jinja, Uganda
• Bethel Gospel Chruch Hyderabad, India
• F. S. Training Center China
• A total of 138 former orphans being cared for by these churches.

• Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they roll out the strategy to connect  the first 10 churches in the US with 10 churches in Haiti to provide care for the orphans. To learn more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org 
• Pray for the team deploying to South Africa on April 8th, led by Mike Krick.

Mar 17 Pray4projects in China, Haiti @WorldOrphans

• Pray for the F.S. Training Center in China where Pastor "A" and the church family is raising 50 former Orphans. Ask the Lord for His provision expand their impact on their community through expanding the center to care for 50 more orphans.
• Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they roll out the strategy to connect  the first 10 churches in the US with 10 churches in Haiti to provide care for the orphans. To learn more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org 
• Pray for the team deploying to South Africa on April 8th, led by Mike Krick.

Mar 16 Pray4projects in Moldolva, Haiti @WorldOrphans

• Pray for the Jesus Savior Church in Soldanesti City, Moldova where Pastor Vasile and the church there are caring for 10 former orphans transitioning out of the State run orphanage.
  
• Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they roll out the strategy to connect  the first 10 churches in the US with 10 churches in Haiti to provide care for the orphans. To learn more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org 
• Pray for the team deploying to South Africa on April 8th, led by Mike Krick.

Mar 13 Pray4projects in India, Haiti @WorldOrphans

• Pray for the Bethel Gospel Church in Asmangadh Hyderabad, India Where Pastor Sudhakar and the church cares for 10 former orphans.
• Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they roll out the strategy to connect  the first 10 churches in the US with 10 churches in Haiti to provide care for the orphans. To learn more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org
  
• Pray for the team deploying to South Africa on April 8th, led by Mike Krick.

Mar 12 Pray4projects in Uganda, Haiti @WorldOrphans

• Pray for the United Community Methodist Church in Jinja, Uganda. Where Pastor Sam Magumba and Lameck Mbai and the church are caring for 20 former orphans.
• Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they roll out the strategy to connect  the first 10 churches in the US with 10 churches in Haiti to provide care for the orphans. To learn more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org 
• Pray for the team deploying to South Africa on April 8th, led by Mike Krick.

A quick survey of what you know about World Orphans @worldorphans

Two quick questions that I would like you to answer off the top of your head as quickly as you read them.

 

1. What is the Mission of World Orphans?

 

2. What is your elevator ride explanation of what Word Orphans does?