She Never Dreamed
This Would Happen!
Shhakom is going to school for the
first time this year. After longing to
join other children in the classroom,
but unable to afford the public school
uniform, Shhakom is getting a
uniform, too.
We need thousands of
uniforms each year for our
orphan students in the
Church Orphan Homes.
Do you want to help
children like Shhakom? .
CONTACT YOUR
ADVISOR to find out how
to keep the joy in her little
heart.
Thanks for being there for
Shhakom.
Lost Children - Lost Parents
Roaming Children in a refugee camp or armed conflict zone
are probably not orphans. Somehow they just got separated
from their family. The problem is, without someone helping
them, they might never get back to their mothers and
fathers.
Orphan Rescue Operations teams up with local churches to
find unaccompanied children to help them reunite with their
families.
They need some help. If you or one of your Orphan Mission
group can do data entry, you can give a mother back her
child and give a child back her family.
Voiceless From Trauma
A victim of predator trafficking, Tazni was left voiceless
by the trauma of her abuse. She was found roaming
with unaccompanied refugee children in the streets of a
village near the North West Territory of
Pakistan.
For months she was unable to speak a
word. She seemed to stare off with no
emotion. Like many children who are
abused or witness the horrors of war and
family death, it was possible that she
would never be able to break free from
her shell.
It is over now. One day during the daily
worship time in the home she was moving
her lips with no sound, but all of a sudden
God restored her. Her voice returned and
she bellowed out the praises she had
learned from standing in the singing line
with the other orphans.
A Seattle, USA small group Bible study was
used by God to answer Tazni’s prayers for a
voice. Could you be the answer to
someone’s prayers?
She is an orphan in Orissa India. We have five more
Church Orphan Homes in that area. If you are
interested in international news, you know that many
Christians have been persecuted in Orissa. Every
home we are trying to build has been attacked at
one time, but by the grace of God we are being
allowed to build more homes for the more orphans
as they are found.
The cost to sustain a Church Orphan Homes in India
is nearly the lowest we’ve seen in ten years. Monthly
costs are as little as $550 USD. When you form a
group of friends and family, you can support a home
with 10 to 15 children just like Lalama.
Meet Lalama.
There is a new
two story Church
Orphan Home
being built in
Kitale, Africa that
is a replica of
one in
Cambodia.
The lower
floor will
be the
church and
community center and the top floor will be home
quarters for 35 orphans and 7 care parents. Two
partner teams have provided for the construction
and the resources to rescue the children.
Some orphans are already being taken in by the
new church members, while others are in a nearby
school building. Your group or team can join
together to help raise these children. You can
provide for the entire home, or just a part of it. You
set the goal and make the pledge; we will build you
a no-cost, personalized web site to help you and
your group reach your goal.
You must be a registered Orphan Advocate with
WBOCI to be eligible to run your own campaign in
support of this project. Get in touch with an Orphan
Mission Advisor for more details.
Men’s Bible Study Group Loses a Football
Game to Their Sons, 67-10 , Yet Still Wins!
These dads are leaving something money can’t
These dads are leaving something money can’t
buy for their sons: a legacy in Christ.
Get this: These men are taking their sons on a
mission trip to visit the Church Orphan Home
they support as a group. Can you imagine what
it says about their faith and commitment to
Jesus Christ? They are investing in their own sons, as
well as transforming a group of kids on the other side of the world.
Everyone may forget the one-time humiliation these dads had handed to them today, but
their children’s children will hear the story one day about how their dads cared for the poor,
gave a drink to the thirsty, and showed their young boys how to be men of God. That is
discipleship.
Next time you have a barbecue and dads show up, here’s a proposition for them: Ask if
they’d like to leave a legacy in Christ… or you could ask them if they’d like to lose a football
game, but still end up as winners!
In All of Your Life, Have You Ever
Had To Worry About Missing A
Meal?
This is a done deal. Advocates responded to the food
shortage in Africa and and the kids in the homes are
putting on the pounds again. Thank you so much for
the emergency response.
Groups, foundations and teams came together to get
this food over to Africa. It is there now and they are
moving it from the port to Nairobi. We’ll have some
pictures soon. The famine in Africa is tragically wide-
spread. Some children have not survived. Your
gracious gifts will be delivered to as many as 106
churches that are housing orphans on their floors. We’ll
know more of the story after it unfolds. Advocates will
be getting an email with more details.
We are thinking
about recruiting an
emergency food
crisis response
team. Contact your
Advisor it you or
your small group
would like to join an
Emergency Food
Crisis Response
team.
We track thousands of
children and we need
to update our files
from field reports.
As usual, your
OM Advisor can
fill you in on the
details.
Small Group Missions
Restoring Childhoods in Christ
Between the small groups and the large groups,
there are immeasurable Blessings. Watching the
transformations and the accomplishments is like
seeing all the worldly “7 Wonders of the World” at
one time. It is supernatural and miraculous. We
stopped taking government funding because it
doesn’t come with prayer. Small groups serving
the multitudes was modeled by Jesus and his 12
best friends. It is people taking care of people not
money taking care of people. Experience the
Blessing! Watch the fruit grow. Amen??
“We have 35 men, women, and
children in our home group
network. Our Church Orphan
Home now has 43 kids and a
dozen caregivers. That is 90
people 12,000 miles apart all
praying our way through life
together for His name sake.
We are living what we believe.”
Winter Valley Home Church.
Colorado, USA
