PERSONAL SUPPORT CAN BE Help us find sponsors for SENT TO PRAISE primary, secondary and TABERNACLE vocational students. The 2235 OCEAN HEIGHTS AVE new school year begins at EGG HARBOR TWSP NJ 08234 the end of this month. Any MARK PARR SUPPORT donation is wonderful and Thank you & God Bless will go in the general fund for all students. We praise the Lord we received enough funds for all of our families (16) to receive Christmas food baskets and every family member (over 110) to receive a gift bag. Thank you so much! FAMILY OF THE MONTH We would like to introduce to you Family#13. Bernadette is pictured on the cover photo. She is part of the testimony in “Doing what we could.” At the time of beginning our work in Rubavu which is a rural area near the Congo border we had someone working with us who not only funded the program but was to run the program. The program began in April of 2016. Unfortunately, we lost the sponsor in July 2016 which put us in a very difficult position. Les and I with the family moved to the area of Rubavu in January of 2017, however since our support level was so low there was not much we could do financially to help the families. We had become discouraged because all the families had completed the application and interview process, yet there was nothing to give them. One of the greatest lessons we had learned in the past in working with people who are in poverty is not to build up hopes by promises one cannot keep. Our hearts were heavy at this time since we felt this is what we had done even though it was a surprise in losing the sponsor. But to our God nothing is a surprise. We committed to prayer in which the Lord reminded us of the most important aspect of our ministry. The spiritual one. What is important is how God manifests Himself to our families, not necessarily what we can do for them. So as we prayed we began by asking God what we could do. The Lord reminded us of a principle He gave us when we first came to Rwanda. Start where you are and use what you have. So in reviewing our families Bernadette came to mind. In completing her application one could see the issues of poverty. Bernadette with Christmas Mary Claire daughter Les visiting Bernadette and son Food Basket Jean De Dieu (Jado for short)
Help us find sponsors for primary, secondary and vocational students. The new school year begins at the end of this month. Any donation is wonderful and will go in the general fund for all students. PERSONAL SUPPORT CAN BE SENT TO PRAISE TABERNACLE 2235 OCEAN HEIGHTS AVE EGG HARBOR TWSP NJ 08234 MARK PARR SUPPORT Thank you & God Bless We praise the Lord we received enough funds for all of our families (16) to receive Christmas food baskets and every family member (over 110) to receive a gift bag. Thank you so much! FAMILY OF THE MONTH We would like to introduce to you Family#13. Bernadette is pictured on the cover photo. She is part of the testimony in “Doing what we could.” At the time of beginning our work in Rubavu which is a rural area near the Congo border we had someone working with us who not only funded the program but was to run the program. The program began in April of 2016. Unfortunately, we lost the sponsor in July 2016 which put us in a very difficult position. Les and I with the family moved to the area of Rubavu in January of 2017, however since our support level was so low there was not much we could do financially to help the families. We had become discouraged because all the families had completed the application and interview process, yet there was nothing to give them. One of the greatest lessons we had learned in the past in working with people who are in poverty is not to build up hopes by promises one cannot keep. Our hearts were heavy at this time since we felt this is what we had done even though it was a surprise in losing the sponsor. But to our God nothing is a surprise. We committed to prayer in which the Lord reminded us of the most important aspect of our ministry. The spiritual one. What is important is how God manifests Himself to our families, not necessarily what we can do for them. So as we prayed we began by asking God what we could do. The Lord reminded us of a principle He gave us when we first came to Rwanda. Start where you are and use what you have. So in reviewing our families Bernadette came to mind. In completing her application one could see the issues of poverty. Bernadette with Christmas Mary Claire daughter Les visiting Bernadette and son Food Basket Jean De Dieu (Jado for short)