Monday, June 2, 2008

Hi friends of KIM

We are in the midst of seeing God provide something special for the kids in our Manila and Malaybalay children's homes. Currently we have over 50 children being served in our two homes. They are being nurtured and given significant doses of JESUS each and every day of their lives... We are learning as a staff how to most effectively teach our children in the best possible ways.. Please keep praying for us, our staff.... and our kids...

Pray for our staff and friend who help us so much with all facets of the ministry in Manila and Malaybalay, DJ and Rachel, Arnold and Genesis, Jeff and Colene, Josie, Dave, Brandon, Felicity, Larry and Belen, Leah, Kharen, Jeremy and Sarah, Rene and his wife Bhing, Annalyn, Veronica, Yolly, Daisy, Megan, Kim, Elizabeth, Jhett, Mae, Alma, Maricel, Zenny, Ricky, Errol, Angie, Merriam, Nika, Rollie and Linda, Myles, Laling, Malou, and other short term volunteers that impact the lives of our kids each day...

Pray for our kids in Manila and Malaybalay listed on our website...

Pray for five children that have recently been reunited with their families after living with us for several months and in three cases almost three years... pray for Aya, Cyryl, and Darwin who have been with us since the beginning and have recently returned home to loving mothers who are no longer in harms way from abusive relationships...

Due to a rapid growth in our home we have outgrown parts of our children's home. We no longer have room for a separate nursery and we no longer have room to eat as a family at one sitting.. This past November we began digging and laying the foundation for a new dining room and nursery for our children.. Six months later God has provided the roof, both floors have been poured, steps to the second floor are in, most inner and outside walls are in place, some windows have transition from our original building and now open the new addition with light from above! We have been blessed to see work teams come from Australia and Korea. Our Filipino nationals and foreign volunteers have all pitched in... God is good... Most of the steel purchased for this project rose each week in cost. We feel blessed to be done buying more steel...

As we near the finish line will you pray with us for God's final provisions. We will need to finish off the building with paint inside and out, finishing cement on the walls, tiles on the floors, fans and air conditioners, lights, toilets, sinks, doors and windows... After these items are all in we'd love to furnish it with beds, dressers, shelves,tables, chairs, furniture and appliances....

Thanks for praying through what part you might want to play in seeing us to the finish line so our staff can better serve the kids God has entrusted to us..

Thanks for journeying with us,

Jeff

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