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Sisters In Service April 2008 Update Warm Home Purchased One brick house for one single mom and her children for $2,227 is being purchased by all of you! THANK YOU for your continued financial support! 2008 Fundraising Events § February fudge sale profit $356.00 § Luncheon & Style Show ¾ Saturday, April 19, 2008 ¾ Lunch served at 1:00 p.m. & style show begins at 2:00 p.m. ¾ Tickets: Adults: $10.00 Children: $ 5.00 (age 4-12) (3 & under free) ¾ Catos and S&K Menswear fashions to be modeled ¾ Sign up sheet located in fellowship hall § Lunch & Bingo (Rescheduled) ¾ Sunday, May 4, after worship ¾ Bring a white elephant gift for bingo winner prizes ¾ On going projects: o Recycle Inkjet cartridges o Hope is waiting for your loose change (both containers located in large Sunday school room) Sisters In Service International Some ministry results in 2007: § Displaced, vulnerable families from Darfur receive food & supplies. § Arab women find strength through discipleship & training. § Autistic children in China receive therapy for the first time. § Churches on the border of North Korea find encouragement and support to reach out. § Persecuted Christians in Indonesia have a place of refuge and spiritual renewal. Encounter the Warmth of God's Love Widowed two years ago, Ye Guoji must now support her young son and two grandchildren alone. Her husband's long illness consumed all her assets except a pot, a lunch box and four bowls. Many women in her area live in tattered tents made of animal skins, but she had no place to live, not even a tent. The family had to move in with a relative, who had little space and one bed. Ye Guoji live in Qinghai province, 10,000 feet above sea level. Temperatures can drop to -31F six months of the year. Arable land is scarce. Among displaced Tibetan families in China, households headed by women suffer greatly, for the culture offers little chance for them to earn money. Families like Ye Guoji's are classified as Tekunhu¾"without assistance cannot survive"¾they receive 100 lbs. of flour, some land, and the equivalent of $30 per person each year. Many Tekunhu families perish in Qinghai's harsh winter. In 2006, SIS International began working with a Hong Kong based ministry to refugees and minorities in China to build brick houses for Tekunhu widows and single mothers. The local government furnishes stoves, stovepipes, and cooking pots. Houses provide not only shelter from cold and wild animals, but improve the health of families and livestock. Some women use the equity to secure a loan to start a small business. A house also frees children from constant repairs to tattered tents, so they can go to school. ¾Reprinted from SIS Fall 2007 Newsletter The above story gives insight to the conditions of displaced women and children in Tibet. You have already helped one woman and her family with your generous donations to purchase a home - praise God! Strengthen the weak ¾ Satisfy the oppressed ¾ Speak up for the voiceless |