His Heart and Hands: July 2009

Sunday, July 12, 2009

47 Backpacks To LSSI - THANK YOU Everyone!

A big "THANK YOU!!" to everyone who contributed generously to our 2nd Annual Backpack Drive! We were able to send 47 filled backpacks, PLUS additional school supplies to Lutheran Social Services of IL for their upcoming Health and Education Expo. Know that you have helped kids in foster care have a good head start in the upcoming school year.
As we were completing filling the last backpacks at church after the evening service, one comment Annette Hulford made just sums up this backpack drive well. Annette said, "When we did foster care we did not have anything like this (free school supplies). This is so wonderful!"

1st FREE Babysitting Night

A fun planned night was a missed opportunity for those who weren't able to come join in. We had a jumpy, bozo buckets, bean bag toss, crafts! Some of the kids even had their own game of Hide and Seek! There was yummy pizza for supper. And, of course pie for dessert went real well with enjoying a "Kung Fu Panda" video.
For those of you single parents with younger children who were not able to take advantage of this FREE babysitting night, we are considering the possibility of another FREE babysitting opportunity in December.

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Prayer Requests - Join Us In Praying

These 400---Continue to pray for Nicholas who still is in need of a family.
3 Things To Pray For Orphans--- 1. Pray that the Lord will wrap His arms of protection around them and guard them from those who seek evil. 2. Pray that God will provide each orphan with the nourishment and shelter he or she needs to survive....especially those who are living on the streets, in garbage dumps, etc. 3. Pray that the Lord will open the eyes of government leaders and officials to the needs of orphans so that many can be rescued, protected, cared for, adopted.