Wednesday, September 24, 2008
What Lies Ahead
What Lies Ahead...
Tom Osbeck
September 23, 2008
Dear friends,
As always, I thank you for what you have helped us do, Here is what lies ahead for the rest of 2008. Please pray for the following!
1) There is a possibility that the Haitian government will cancel all school for the whole year due to the 4 storms/hurricanes. Many schools are being used to house homeless people, over a million are homeless and the rest don't have money for school. If this happens, we will of course still hold something everyday at our school for our 89 kids. It may not count and we may not be able to call it school but a "club will happen everyday so they can eat and continue to learn.
2) If there is not school, that would affect 11 of my boys who go to school so I would set up a "school" in my yard for them and about 25 of their friends. I would use Marco, myself and some of our staff to have a daily dose of reading, writing and arithmetic along with the Bible and leadership training.
3) Speaking of our school, we still need sponsorships for our 15 new students because we will be feeding and caring for them no matter what the government decrees. If you can sponsor a child for $30 per month, please contact Linda Neal at heart4haiti@gmail.com
4) In two weeks we have a dentist and a small group of people from Sonrise Church in Fort Wayne. We are excited to have our first dentist come and minister to our 200 kids, plus the men from the garbage dump who suffer so much from bad teeth.
5) Church project: Phase one is complete and we are very confident that within the next 30 days the first blocks of our new Victory Bible Church will be going up. Please pray for this and the funding that we still need. The hurricanes and all the flooding did not affect our property or buildings one bit. Praise God.
6) Good Samaritan orphanage: The younger kids have been moved to a nearby mission as the orphanage flooded a 2nd time before they even moved back in. We are feeding the older ones and staff who are at the orphanage cleaning up and getting ready for moving back in.
7) New point of light: For 5 years we have supported and assisted several Haitian run orphanages care for their kids. God has laid it on our heart to have our own orphanage. We have been planning all along to build one on our property but that is still 2-3 years away. In the meantime, we are planning on renting a big house, very near my house and starting our own JESUS in HAITI run orphanage. We will not start until God provides the funding ($10,000 start up) and we will start very slow. With 2-4 children and only add as conditions are ready for them and funding is in place. Haiti has so many orphans and we must do our part to help with this. We have staff that we could put in place to run it and I would be very hands on. Pray for this as God leads in this direction. I am praying we are up and running before Christmas, this year.
8) New Kids: We are preparing places at our home now for me to bring 3-5 children into our home the Lord willing in the next couple weeks. So many people have been displaced and we will do our part. And yes Ricardo will be one of them I hope.
9) There is talk in and around Haiti about a major famine in the next few months, like those we have seen in Africa in recent years. They say most of the crops are ruined and a struggling country to begin with now has less food and many, many more homeless and hungry people. Pray for this national problem as this will affect everyone in Haiti, especially the missionaries who are such a glue in Haiti.
These are a few things that lie ahead. You can help us with your prayers first. Financially here are ways for you to get involved.
A- support the general fund of the mission monthly
B- sponsor one of our school children for $30 per month
C- join the 365club for a one time $200 gift supporting one day of our ministry per year
D- Flood relief- so far about 10,000 has come in. This is being used daily for the care of the people in our points of light who have been affected so greatly. More is needed as we have walls to build, bathrooms to build, families to place and continued care.
E- Church Project, funds will be needed by the first of the year to finish our church
F-New truck is still needed
G- New start up orphanage funds
FOR GOD SO LOVED HAITI, HE SENT US, thanks for answering that call.
God bless you for all you do for this ministry, for me, my family but most of all..........for God, tominhaiti
Tom Osbeck
September 23, 2008
Dear friends,
As always, I thank you for what you have helped us do, Here is what lies ahead for the rest of 2008. Please pray for the following!
1) There is a possibility that the Haitian government will cancel all school for the whole year due to the 4 storms/hurricanes. Many schools are being used to house homeless people, over a million are homeless and the rest don't have money for school. If this happens, we will of course still hold something everyday at our school for our 89 kids. It may not count and we may not be able to call it school but a "club will happen everyday so they can eat and continue to learn.
2) If there is not school, that would affect 11 of my boys who go to school so I would set up a "school" in my yard for them and about 25 of their friends. I would use Marco, myself and some of our staff to have a daily dose of reading, writing and arithmetic along with the Bible and leadership training.
3) Speaking of our school, we still need sponsorships for our 15 new students because we will be feeding and caring for them no matter what the government decrees. If you can sponsor a child for $30 per month, please contact Linda Neal at heart4haiti@gmail.com
4) In two weeks we have a dentist and a small group of people from Sonrise Church in Fort Wayne. We are excited to have our first dentist come and minister to our 200 kids, plus the men from the garbage dump who suffer so much from bad teeth.
5) Church project: Phase one is complete and we are very confident that within the next 30 days the first blocks of our new Victory Bible Church will be going up. Please pray for this and the funding that we still need. The hurricanes and all the flooding did not affect our property or buildings one bit. Praise God.
6) Good Samaritan orphanage: The younger kids have been moved to a nearby mission as the orphanage flooded a 2nd time before they even moved back in. We are feeding the older ones and staff who are at the orphanage cleaning up and getting ready for moving back in.
7) New point of light: For 5 years we have supported and assisted several Haitian run orphanages care for their kids. God has laid it on our heart to have our own orphanage. We have been planning all along to build one on our property but that is still 2-3 years away. In the meantime, we are planning on renting a big house, very near my house and starting our own JESUS in HAITI run orphanage. We will not start until God provides the funding ($10,000 start up) and we will start very slow. With 2-4 children and only add as conditions are ready for them and funding is in place. Haiti has so many orphans and we must do our part to help with this. We have staff that we could put in place to run it and I would be very hands on. Pray for this as God leads in this direction. I am praying we are up and running before Christmas, this year.
8) New Kids: We are preparing places at our home now for me to bring 3-5 children into our home the Lord willing in the next couple weeks. So many people have been displaced and we will do our part. And yes Ricardo will be one of them I hope.
9) There is talk in and around Haiti about a major famine in the next few months, like those we have seen in Africa in recent years. They say most of the crops are ruined and a struggling country to begin with now has less food and many, many more homeless and hungry people. Pray for this national problem as this will affect everyone in Haiti, especially the missionaries who are such a glue in Haiti.
These are a few things that lie ahead. You can help us with your prayers first. Financially here are ways for you to get involved.
A- support the general fund of the mission monthly
B- sponsor one of our school children for $30 per month
C- join the 365club for a one time $200 gift supporting one day of our ministry per year
D- Flood relief- so far about 10,000 has come in. This is being used daily for the care of the people in our points of light who have been affected so greatly. More is needed as we have walls to build, bathrooms to build, families to place and continued care.
E- Church Project, funds will be needed by the first of the year to finish our church
F-New truck is still needed
G- New start up orphanage funds
FOR GOD SO LOVED HAITI, HE SENT US, thanks for answering that call.
God bless you for all you do for this ministry, for me, my family but most of all..........for God, tominhaiti
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