Children's Hope International E-Newsletter

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

	Dare to Hope Passionately Wait
	Wuhan Wailers 8 12-year-olds Tell You How to Plan for Summer Vacation

DEVELOPMENT AID:

	Unemployed and without Hope One Story Amongst Many
	Bound for Hope Delivering Books to Ready Ethiopian Hands
	National Volunteer Month A CHIRPS/CHAPS Spotlight

BLOG OF THE MONTH:

Taking the Skies
Prospective Parents Journeys

Adventures in Adopting
China

KIDS CORNER:

Kids Corner
Mother's Day Photo Bracelets

PROGRAM UPDATES:

	China Twenty-five Families Left with Excitement in Their Hearts; Now They Return from China with a Lot More Love
	Colombia Families Traveling and Traveling Soon!
	Ethiopia Ethiopia Program Celebrates 1 Year of Uniting Families and Bringing Hope
	Kazakhstan Three Families Travel to Bond with Their Child
	Russia Russia Program at Full Speed, Bustling with Travel
	Vietnam Two Boys Find Their Forever Homes

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Our Accreditations

A Church Youth Group Project

Are today?s modern electronics blurring your children?s view of God?s heart?

By your church?s youth simply giving up electronic devices for 3 DAYS OF FOCUS?a village of 1000 people will have fresh water to drink or an orphan child in Ethiopia, who would otherwise end up on the street, will be able to go to school and learn a trade. Just for three days without computer games, a child in China will have heart surgery and begin a new life.

?Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27

Objective:

Teenagers in youth groups across the country will give up 3 DAYS of electronics to FOCUS on GOD.

No cell phones, no television, no game-boys, no I-pods, no texting. For 3 DAYS OF FOCUS, these young people will put their eyes, ears, and hearts on God.

They will pray and think about what God calls us to do for others?especially the world?s orphans.

Project:

Teaming with Children?s Hope International, the teenagers will earn pledges for 3 DAYS OF FOCUS that will go toward your youth group?s selected project. You can build a well in India, sponsor a surgery in China, or sponsor an older orphan for skills training in China or Ethiopia.

Concept:

Pledge cards and envelopes will be given to each youth group. Each participating individual will then get aunts, uncles, cousins and neighbors to sponsor them per hour. After 3 DAYS OF FOCUS they have raised money that will bring hope to orphans. Your group will receive a confirmation report along with pictures of your completed project!

Time-Line:

Kick Off / Media Fast ~ April 1, 2008 in honor of ?National TURN Off the T.V. Month? will continue throughout the Summer of 2008.

Contact:

Michelle Howdeshell
Director of Church Outreach
Children's Hope International
314-812-1746

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