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August 16, 2008
Growing Family
Keyla Lee Gibson's second birthday with family and friends.
Joshua Caleb's first day in first grade.
Growing Ministry
Some of our 21 children in the orphanage. Paul DiGioia is in this photo.
Our children who are in school we started at compound.
Red, yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight.
Rented land to grow corn and beans. The children helping plant.
Children working in our garden. They love the opportunity.
Our children in church at compound.
Anna Rosa leading music in church...a few months before she was on the street.
HHM church at Terrero
HHM church in mountains
HHM church at compound
Church that has recently joined HHM.
HHM church at La Branza
Pastor's house in La Branza
Pastor Roberto at church in La Branza
Pastor Florenceo, pastor at terrero and wife Juana, Pastor Santo at church in mountains with wife Bertha and daughter, and missionary Bobby Gibson. Pastor Santo has been restored to HHM and he and Florenceo are in fellowship.
A very poor family with several children in La Branza that receive ministry from our church there.
Three of our girls lead singing at church in La Branza and pastor Roberto.
Some of the congregation at the mountain church.
Mauricio and Christina from Faith Church in Florence, Alabama are helping us with music, bible study, english, preaching, translating in our school and ministry.
Bobby Jr. at pastor's house in La Branza that he helped build.
May 1, 2008
The
minute I stepped foot on the “farm” I felt once
again that I was coming to a warm and loving place.
I have been to La Ermita 10 times in the past 8
years. I have known Bobby Gibson since the mid
nineties and have spent countless hours with him at
the farm and working in the communities around La
Ermita. I have found him to be generous both with
his time and money. We never went anywhere
without stopping to give someone a ride either to
town or up on the mountain. Each time was an
opportunity to witness for Christ as most everyone
we picked up was lost. Bobby has a true
missionary’s heart. In everything that he does in
Honduras or here in the states, it is for the honor
and glory of God. His desire is to go where no one
else has gone sharing the Good News of Christ.
The
first day at the Farm was filled with meeting the
children, to have 8 or 10 or more come running, grab
Bobby, Juanita and Bobby Jr. was a thrill, and even
that first day, many came to me and wanted to be
loved!
As I got to know them and play
ball or just sit and hold them, my thoughts went
back 4 months or more when they were still out on
the street or abandoned on the coast or just
wandering around with nothing to eat, no one to love
them or care about them. Your heart weeps for the
Children of Honduras, as there are still hundreds
that are wandering about the towns and cities and
hamlets.
From the first pictures I saw
of the children in January to seeing them now was
like 2 different pictures. Now they are fattening
up and most are smiling just to be smiling. They
are learning how to get along with others and that
not all adults want to hurt them or abuse them.
They are trusting and loving and want and need the
love that we can give them. Only 3 of the children
could read or write a little. The ones that are old
enough are in school, kindergarten and beyond. They
are learning some English and other subjects taught
by qualified teachers. Most importantly, they are
learning about Jesus.
They attend church services
during the week in the area around La Ermita and
there is a church on the Farm where they are taught
in Sunday school and church. NONE of the children
had ever been to a church service or ever heard the
name of Christ other than in a curse.
 
The care of children such as
these is a command from Christ Himself He taught
that we were to take care of these and to love
them. This is an Eternal opportunity that we have,
to give to the support of these children is a
blessing both to them and to Gods people.
 
The needs are great but the
rewards are greater. The children now have an
opportunity to come to know the Lord, to learn a
skill and to become citizens that are proud of their
country and able to contribute to the kingdom of
God!
Helping Hands Ministry is open
to visits at any time and welcome supporters and
others alike to come to Honduras and see for
yourselves. Bobby, Juanita and Bobby Jr. all
welcome your questions and of course your financial
and prayerful support to feed, clothe, shelter and
educate these 20 additions to their family.
Prayer is the key to any
ministry and in order to pray intelligently one
needs to know the needs of the ministry.
Paul DiGioia
February
5, 2008
Dear Friends,
Here are photos of some of the children that we have been blessed with in our family
home. These children are in need of a sponsor. Please look at their
precious faces and pray about sponsoring them each month. A joint
sponsorship is only $50 and a full sponsorship is just $100
per month.
Henry, age 9
Christian, age 10
Ana Rosa, age 12
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Kimberli, almost 2
Tatiana, almost 1
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Eva, age 3
Maynor, age 4
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Coconut eating time
We were able to buy some gifts for children
Church service in "old wild west"
Pastor's daughter with infections she had for several weeks...treating her (her
mother only had some green plants she was boiling to use water for treatment)...in
a few days she was ok.
How to make and operate a wood stove.
Some of our people at
church at La Branza.
View of church in the mountains.
Christian lady in church in La Branza with
infected leg that we continue to help.
Adjoining us in La Ermita that we pray to buy to
develop for our ministry...including our orphanage.
We still need individuals, churches, Sunday school
classes, cell groups and others who will give generously on a monthly basis to
support the children in our family home. We ask that you consider a
Full Sponsorship ($100 per month)
which will cover the expenses of a single child, or a Joint Sponsorship ($50
per month).
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the
fatherless (orphans) and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself
unspotted from the world.” James 1:27
Please send all support to:
Helping Hands Ministry, P. 0. Box, 1307, Russellville, Alabama 35653.
(All gifts are tax deductible.)
To read previous reports, click below:
Journal 2007
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