New Year Update
Hey friends! It’s great to be back. We took a much needed time off to rest and focus on the family. We had many reasons to celebrate at the end of the year with three of our children’s birthdays, Ashley's birthday and our anniversary. We also had a special day at the zoo. We just enjoyed family and got as much rest as you can with 4 littles. It was a blessing.
Last update we shared with you that we were closing the ministry center. We felt specific direction from the Lord to move into the village. Our desire is to keep investing in the spiritual needs that the families in the communities have and start bringing people together in fellowship.
As you may recall, we were looking into buying land in the village. Through prayer and counsel, we decided not to invest in this property because it was not big enough to meet all our current and future needs. We are going to continue fund raising for it and wait for a better opportunity to come up. Thank you to those who already sent donations for this. All of those donations are being set aside so when the time comes we will be able to buy the property.
God has provided a place for us to work! A couple from the village, that has been serving in the ministry for years, offered us a small property they have available. The building was unfinished, so we have been doing construction and remodeling. God has been so good. This is going to allow us to have a beautiful place to hold the Kids Club, youth services, and start working with families.
Even though the space is readily available for us to use, we have had to invest in remodeling. We still need to put a roof up and floors down to have it ready for the activities. Please consider making a special donation to this project. We need around $3000 to finish.
Aside from the classrooms in the village, we got an office space. We will use this space for training and administrative operations for the ministry.
We are excited to share that this year, Veronica, who has been serving with us for over a year, is joining the team as full time coordinator for the academic project. She is an incredible teacher and psychologist, passionate for the children and youth. Math, English, reading and writing, and computer classes will all continue this year, but in our new location!
This allows us to focus on the spiritual needs, continue training, and developing leadership.
Please consider joining us this year with a monthly commitment. We use your donations to pay for school supplies, pay for rent, and pay the staff. Your support goes a long way. Thank you for investing in His Hands and Feet.