His Arms NEWS!
Ministry Team Addition!
We are pleased to add to our ministry team, Rev. Joe Atwater from San Diego, CA. He was a police officer in New York for 25 years, then later became second career Lutheran Pastor in 2008 serving in San Diego area. But Pastor Joe has a heart for the children in Maseno, Kenya and has already traveled to the area on three mission trips. With the retirement of the Hardisons it left some voids in the ministry in the Maseno area and Pastor Joe's connections, so He was excited to be adopted by His Arms as officially part of this ministry team. He will continue to work in the California area in hoping to continue to share the stories of the struggling in Kenya. In the fall, he hopes to spend 90 days on an extended mission trip to the area. So we are excited to have another leader to help us in our ministry and look forward to more doors that the Lord will open up to His Arms. Watch the site and the blog for further updates. Welcome Pastor Joe!
Wristband Fundraiser
The bracelets are here and are being sold for $2 a peice. Each bracelet reads "Mungu Tumaini Upendo" (God Hope Love). These Swahili words help us remember that we want Kenyan children to know that through God, education and love, they have hope!" 100% of the profit of the sales of these $2 bracelets goes toward sending a Kenyan child to elementary school which otherwise cost them $25. That cost prohibits many from going to school since the average wage earner in that area makes 50 cents to $1 a day!
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Box Top & Soup Labels
We are now able to convert General Mills Box Tops for Education and also Campbells Labels for Education to cash for our Kenya projects. We are so excited with this news. So if you are not currently collecting for a local school, please consider collecting and periodically giving them to us. If you are close to Peace Lutheran, Baldwin, WI you can merely drop them off in our collection area near our Bulletin Board. If you live away, just mail them to His Arms, 1430 Sixth Ave, Baldwin WI 54002. Please note that the Box Tops do have expiration dates on them, so try to mail them to us in a timely fashion. This is just a great way to help us in our ministry to help all of our children have a future filled with hope! Thank you/Asante Sana!
Tentative 2012 Mission Trip News
To our followers we wanted to give all a heads up. Tentatively two mission trips are being planned in their very early stages, one for October of 2012, one for summer of 2013. Wanted you to prayerfully consider either of them. Mission trips into developing countries takes much preparation time, so wanted all to have plenty of time to think about it. Each would be lead by His Arms volunteers who have been travelers in past. Each traveler would have to come up with the funds for their part of it, on their own. But we can tell you from the past, that many friends, family, fellow church goers, etc, are often more then ready to help cover the cost by running fundraisers. In the past, garage sales, Euchre tournaments, suppers etc were part of the way travlers helped pay for their cost. Let us know if you are interested as we start the logistics very early for these trips. If you do not know for sure, no problem, we will still include you in on information/plans/etc which might help you make that decision. May God bless our efforts, and help all that HE wants to take such a trip, find the courage, direction and funds to do so!
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July 2011 Mission Trip
This trip consisted of 5 travelers and once again was blessed. This included an Amery WI elementary teacher who actually taught in one of the schools while there. She was assisted by a 15 yr.old Michigan young man who energetically taught the kids, and genuinely shared his enthusiasm and caring with them.
It also included two other women from Michigan who helped visit the orphans in their homes, and offered much caring and support to all the volunteers. Again our His Arms Founder, Nancy Rowe led the group and audited all the bookwork while in Kenya. We strife to maintain sound integrity in our ministry and trying to avoid all corruption which so many other programs in that area have been affected by.
Sponsor Update
As of November 2011 we now have 48 children being sponsored, plus and additional 75 children receiving primary school scholarships, plus 5 older children receiving high school scholarships. We continue to hear from the community in the greater Maseno Kenya area, who praise the good works coming out of His Arms Orphan Projects. We are blessed by so many great donors and volunteers.
Coordinator Update
Brenda Cronk, Baldwin WI has agreed to help Nancy Rowe in coordinating this ministry. As we have grown, our work load on the USA end has increased as well. That is a great challenge to have! So we are happy to welcome Brenda Cronk on board. Besides being one of our sponsors, she has traveled on the last two mission trips to Kenya with our group. So she is well versed on the program, and very supportive. We continue to not keep any of the funds in the USA, with Brenda and Nancy donating all their time, plus continuing to cover all cost within the USA to run the project. In Kenya, less then 10% is used for administrative needs, with that mainly being the transportation issues of receiving money transfers, and obtaining all the articles/food/etc for our program. No money is actually given out to our children for any of our Ebenezer or regular Sponsorship to help cut down on corruption. Instead the products are purchased at area markets, then transported to our children.
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Wristband Fundraiser
The bracelets are here and are being sold for $2 a peice. Each bracelet reads "Mungu Tumaini Upendo". These Swahili words help us remember that we want Kenyan children to know that through God, education and love, they have hope!" Read more...
Our Blog
Be sure to subscribe to our blog to get the latest news and information on our beautiful children and other program news.
Box Tops & Soup Labels
We are now able to convert General Mills Box Tops for Education and also Campbells Labels for Education to cash for our Kenya projects. Read more...
Tentative 2012 Mission Trip News
Tentatively two mission trips are being planned in their very early stages, one for October of 2012, one for summer of 2013. Please prayerfully consider either of them. Read more...