These 400 Update

We are happy to let you know that 73 of the 400 children have bee matched with families.  Continue to pray for Nicholas' future family to hear God speaking to them to add him to their family.

What's Been Happening These Last Few Months

HONDURAS TRIP - We will be be taking a group down to Honduras to visit two orphanages and do some light projects from January 17 to 24, 2015. This is a great inter-generational trip for anyone age 12 or over. Please email jan@opcrc.org soon if you would like to go. It's a life-changing experience!
NEEDED - If you have any wheeled luggage that you no longer need,  we would love to use it to transport things down to Honduras. Please contact Jan Kamp if you can help.
We will also be taking down pop-can tabs that the girls use to make purses and travel-size soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, etc.

ORPHAN SUNDAY THANK YOU -  We are so grateful for so many of you who came to the Orphan Sunday services and the International Dinner. Thank you for all the support and encouragement you have given to the Orphan Ministry over the past 6 years.
Linda shared with us about the upside and the downside of visiting the sponsored children in Honduras. She talked about how 2 of the older girls had left the orphanage and ended up in trafficking.  Well, this week we received word from Arvil that one of the girls came back.  She said she realized that Arvil and Miriam are the only people who truly showed her love. Praise God for answers to prayer.

THESE 400 UPDATE - On Orphan Sunday,, Allison spoke on church about These 400, the project through Bethany Christian Services to find homes for 400 special needs and aging- out children. We found out this week that 70 of the 400 have found homes! Praise God!
Please keep praying for a home for Nicholas, the little boy from Bulgaria with Down's syndrome.

RAISE THE ROOF PROJECT - THANK YOU to so many of you who took an envelope to help raise the funds to replace the roof on Hogar Amor Orphanage.  So far, about 75% of the funds have already come in, so we are close to getting things going.  We're grateful to God for the amazing response to this special need!

BETHANY ANNUAL PICNIC - was again another beautiful enjoyable picnic at Camp Manitoqua. Families blessed by children adopted into their families and those caring for SafeFamilies children enjoyed food, fellowship and a demonstration from a local class of kids doing Taekwondo.

BACKPACK DRIVE - We are grateful for all the contributions towards all the school supplies that we were able to give to SafeFamilies.  These supplies will benefit the futures of many children.

TRAFFICK FREE 5K - a group from our church participated in the 5K walk to expand the awareness of the trafficking that goes on here in our own cities and communities.  We are learning more about how we can help and care for these girls and giving them a better future.

Praising God for your heart for the fatherless and HHH Orphan Ministry!
His Heart and Hands Orphan Ministry Task Force

His Heart & Hands Rummage Sale May 9th & 10th Fundraising Event

SPRING CLEANING IS UPON US AND SO IS THE ANNUAL HIS HEART and HANDS' RUMMAGE SALE! 


FRIDAY, MAY 9th from 8 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and SATURDAY, MAY 10th from 8 a.m. - Noon at the Orland Park Christian Reformed Church, 7500 West Sycamore Drive, Orland Park, IL. 


PLEASE CONSIDER CLEANING OUT YOUR CLOSETS AND DRAWERS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE!  We will be raising funds for adoptive families.  We will be looking for item donations, volunteers, baked goods, and buyers so think about how you can participate. More details coming soon!

OVERWHELMED BY THE HEARTS, LOVE AND GENEROSITY OF MANY at our recent auction on October 26

So WOW!!  God continues to bless this ministry and the children who will know God's love through your love and generosity.

Over $14,000 raised to help orphans, children in foster care, single parent families, and many more children who need to know that someone cares about them!  When God's people come together and serve those in need we can be sure miracles will happen!

Everyone who baked, made food, crafted an item, built an item, purchased an item, donate in anyway, came out for the dinner, bid on items, prayed for the auction event; whatever part and role you participated in is a part that we could not have done without.

"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'  Matthew 25:40

We now have the BIG and WONDERFUL task and privilege of find ways to spend these funds to help a lot of extraordinary kids!

HHH Task Force would like to extend a big THANK YOU from our hearts to yours!

 

HHH Orphan Auction Sat. October 26

Come join us for a night of fun, fellowship and support our His Heart and Hands Orphan Ministry. 

The dinner starts at 5 PM...Chick Fil A sandwiches, salads, soups & PIE! :)

Chili Cook-off Event

Many items to bid on.  Gift baskets, sporting event tickets and team items, Policeman for a Day, Wilderness Package, sleigh ride and much more!

Silent Auction is 5 PM - 6 PM

Live Auction is 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM

Child care provided during auction

Backpack Drive Totals!

Fifteen completed backpacks were delivered to Bethany Christian Services Safe Families program.

Allison Loerop and Carol Bosma today delivered the remaining backpacks and school supplies to Meredith at Lydia in Chicago.

They were so appreciative of our church's generosity and send their THANKS and look forward to more interaction with our church and ministry. 

Bethany Christian Services Annual Picnic - August 17th

A beautiful day in so many ways.  The weather was sunny and bright and so were the smiles of all who came together.  God's blessing shining on that day as many share love and care for all the children He has trusted in their care.

Fun games for the children, playing on the playground, and lessons on bats....yes, that's right, bats!

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