Project A 1:8 Banquet Highlights

The stats in brief…

200+ adults in attendance

73 boxes packed for Operation Christmas Child (our goal was 50)

33 people interested in Mission America: Northern Indiana

Our third annual Project A 1:8 missions banquet was a huge success!  Among the missions highlights celebrated this year were two disaster relief trips to Alabama, money donated to earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan, a mission trip to Ukraine, and our continued support of ministries in Uganda and at home.  This year’s theme was The Power of One: one dream, one decision, one life, one moment… People in attendance were challenged to make their lives count and live like the Good Samaritan by refusing to do nothing.  Three members of Teen Challenge, a Christian discipleship program for men suffering from life-controlling addictions, spoke about Teen Challenge had changed their lives – one at a time.  Watch the video below to see Alabama missionaries discuss how the Alabama trip changed their lives.

A missions opportunity that will be available this summer is Mission America: Northern Indiana, in which each Heartland campus will set aside a week in the month of June to be a blessing to its community by serving people and meeting needs in the city.  The cost will be approximately $200 per person.  Look for more information in here and at your campus, and pray about whether God is calling you to be a part of Mission America.

The night in a few pictures:

Grace Children Who Need Sponsors

Many families at Church of the Heartland have already “adopted” and sponsored a child through Grace Children’s Home or Hope for Children of Africa.  However, there are still more children who need your love, prayers, and financial support.  Five children at Grace Children’s Home, the ministry of Williams and Peruth Beshiisha, still need full ($80 per month) or partial ($30 per month) sponsorships.  It’s also possible for several people to sponsor a child together at $10-$15 per month, per person!  American sponsors help to provide food, clothing, shelter, medicine, and school fees for African children, and every dollar counts!  The unique blessing of sponsoring a child through Grace Children’s Home is that we get to watch these children grow up and be part of their lives!  Please pray about sponsoring one of the children pictured below.  If you are interested or would like more information about sponsoring a child, please email Michele Howard at mquaifehoward@yahoo.com.

 

 

Grace needs a full sponsorship.  Before being rescued by Grace Children’s Home, little Grace was, at five years old, taking care of both herself and her younger brother David.  She cooked for both of them, and they often ate scraps from the trash their father threw out.  Before Grace, she had no hope of ever attending school, and she had  never worn shoes.  She came to GCH barefoot.  Today, she is doing well in school and acts as a mother to the other children due to what she went through.

 

 

Martin needs a partial sponsorship.  Before coming to GCH, he had lost his father in an accident.  He had no clothes or shoes and no hope of going to school.  Today, he can read, write, and express himself in English and loves going to school.  Martin also has clothes and shoes for the first time in his life.  He loves farming and tending to the animals and was especially proud when the crops were harvested.

 

 

Ephraim needs a partial sponsorship.  He is a relative of Peruth Beshiisha who lost his parents when he was very young.  Ephraim loves to sing and dance and tend to the animals.

 

 

Robert needs a partial sponsorship.  Before coming to Grace, he lived alone with his drunken father.  He often slept outside bars while his father was inside.  He never went to school and had no clothes or shoes.  Today, he attends school and is a hard worker at home… Although, according to the Beshiishas, he can be a little naughty!

 

 

Isaac needs a partial sponsorship.  The youngest at Grace Children’s Home, Isaac is at the top of his class in kindergarten and receives lots of motherly attention from the older girls!

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.”  Proverbs 19:17    Please pray about sponsoring one of these precious African children!