Our Impact Team is preparing for their November trip and we are incredibly excited, with full confidence in how God will work through this team ~ far beyond
what we can imagine and far greater than we will ever know! I’m excited for their time in Ethiopia, knowing
in faith that the team will witness and uphold the continuation of God’s blessings
and favor upon Hosanna, Ethiopia and upon Hosanna! Kingdom Expansion ministries as these communities - in faith - partner together for His glory.
And it really is The Good News….
The model for transformation of a community and for any person
is the perfect model that God gave us. We are transformed by His Word.
So this year we’re gifting our Sponsored Children with
Bibles in their Amharic language; picture Bibles for the younger children and standard Bibles for the older ones. God’s Word made known. For there are no material
objects we can give them that will sustain change in their lives, only their
knowing and receiving of Christ will accomplish this.
Our beautiful Sponsored Children will receive greater access to God’s truth, God’s promises, God’s word eternal ~ to God.
For The Good News *is* the Kingdom of God.
“So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.” [Romans 10:17 NLT]
In presenting the Bibles and spending time together loving these beautiful
children and receiving their love in return, the 'joined together' community of faith will be doers of the Word, sharing the Gospel by living its truth. The team will provide engaging Children's Ministry of Worship and planned activities, and most importantly personal connection and prayerful blessings as affirmations of how special they are as children of God.
“For
the word of God is living and active” [Hebrews 4:12a ESV]
HOW CAN I HELP?
So often Sponsor Families ask what they can give or send along
with our teams to their Sponsored Child. Your love for these children and
continued generosity is truly a reflection of Christ – thank you for all of
these kind offers!
PRAY:The most important support you can give to the 2014 Impact Team and the children/people they minister to are your prayers. We become part of ‘the team’, part of the Body, part of Christ’s discipleship through our prayerful support. Simply loving and lifting others ~ there are no geographical boundaries around the love of Jesus that we’re so blessed to share. Please know that while a small team is actually traveling to Ethiopia, their love and blessings are the ‘face’ and ‘heart’ from all Sponsor Families to our children.
WRITE:
Share some of your time and write to your child. This is so encouraging to them and it keeps you connected.
http://www.hopechest.org/community/hosanna/write-your-child/
“But
whoever keeps his word, in him
truly the love of God is
perfected. By this we may know that
we are in him:
whoever
says he abides in him ought to walk in the same
way in which he walked.” [1 John 2:5-6 ESV]
DONATE:
For those of you who are led to provide financial support, your contributions are greatly appreciated and will be used in two ways:
1. To offset the purchase of the Bibles. (Because of the lead time required for purchasing Bibles, payment was allocated up-front, in advance of reaching out to Sponsor Families.)
2. Help pay for specific additional needs such as food or medical supplies as we go into some of the children's homes to give prayer support. (They receive these needed items from the regular monthly sponsor donations, but we are seeking out additional provisions as we will love and support Sponsored Families with multiple children.)
At this point your financial contributions will be received into the fund used for general expenses.
For those of you who are led to provide financial support, your contributions are greatly appreciated and will be used in two ways:
1. To offset the purchase of the Bibles. (Because of the lead time required for purchasing Bibles, payment was allocated up-front, in advance of reaching out to Sponsor Families.)
2. Help pay for specific additional needs such as food or medical supplies as we go into some of the children's homes to give prayer support. (They receive these needed items from the regular monthly sponsor donations, but we are seeking out additional provisions as we will love and support Sponsored Families with multiple children.)
At this point your financial contributions will be received into the fund used for general expenses.
The link to contribute is: https://secure3.convio.net/chc/site/Donation2?df_id=1420&1420.donation=form1
** Select "Trip Payments - One Time Gift"
** Enter this code in the NOTES
field: ET141003T
The cutoff date for Sponsor contributions to this year's trip is Friday, 17-October.
The cutoff date for Sponsor contributions to this year's trip is Friday, 17-October.
The Children's Ministry is one component of God’s plan for
this trip. We'll share more of God’s leading and vision for the rest of the November Impact
Trip in upcoming blog posts soon to follow.
For now, please join us in this time of incredible excitement, prayer and expectancy
for all that God will accomplish through the team of amazing servants that
Hosanna! is sending to our sister-community in Hosanna, Ethiopia. A team that
will share The Good News and place Bibles in the hands of these sweet
children….
May the children be richly, profoundly and abundantly blessed with every joy and promise of The Word of God. May they learn His Truth, love His Truth, and live His Truth all the days of their lives.
“The grass withers and the flowers fade, but
the word of our God stands forever."
[Isaiah 40:8 NLT]
If you have any questions please e-mail:
Marybeth Rolfe
Sponsorship Coordinator
Ethiopia Advocate - Kingdom Expansion
hosannatohosanna@gmail.com
