Empowered to Connect Conference Dates

Upcoming Empowered to Connect Conferences - a two-day conference designed to help adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders and professionals better understand how to connect with “children from hard places” in order to help them heal and become all that God desires for them to be.

February 17-18, 2012, in Dallas, Texas at Irving Bible Church

 April 20-21, 2012 in Denver, Colorado at Mission Hills Church

To register for these conferences, click here.

Updates from Lifesong Zambia

We are blessed to give you an update from Lifesong Zambia from Leslie Ringger,

Our new school year began with 2 new grades and 4 new teachers.  We are also very excited to introduce a new curriculum that emphasizes Biblical teaching.

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The rainy season is in full swing bringing with it a wave of malaria to our students and staff at Lifesong School.  What a blessing to be able to provide free medical care to all at our school.

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We currently have 4 boys living with a foster family on campus.  Because of this program they have been taken out of homes of abuse/neglect and are given a chance to learn what a healthy family looks and feels like.

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In the next few weeks we will be introducing our Caregiver Empowerment Program where our students’ caretakers will have the opportunity to learn skills such as:

- Vaseline making

- Dying fabrics

- Clay working

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Last term ended with a special Christmas performance.  Over 120 parents and caretakers showedup for the event to give their children support. The event was a hit with a christmas play, songs, and a little dancing just for fun.

Family Friday: Eric & Samantha

I couldn't help but share this sweet & creative thank you note we received from Eric & Samantha. We feel blessed to partner with them in their adoption funding.  Please join them in prayer as they continue on their journey to adopt from Lesotha.

He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground...He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God.”   Joshua 4:21, 24

I’ve always been interested by Standing Stones, monuments made out of precariously balanced, random rocks. In Scripture, a pile of standing stones is often created to commemorate something great that God has done, like when Israel passed through the Jordan River or when Jacob wrestled with God.  Through the process of our adoption, God is doing something spectacular, worth remembering for years to come. In honor of you and others who have given so generously to help bring two orphans into our family, we have created our own remembrance. This is the beginning of a new family quilt. Each leaf is labeled with the name of each person who has walked with us, whether in a big way or small. Your name is on this quilt and we thank God for your love and generosity. We have been blessed to add you onto our quilt, our pile of standing stones.  

-Eric & Samantha

Child Sponsorship in Ethiopia!!

We are excited to share with you the Lifesong Ethiopia Child Sponsorship program that has just launched last week!

For just $19/month, you can sponsor one of the kids at the Adami Tulu School and ensure that they get the incredible education, spiritual mentoring and food that they need to break the cycle of poverty. Many of these kids are already orphans; all are vulnerable children sitting on the razor’s edge of extreme poverty that can rip families apart and create orphans for life.

There are 189 children at the Adami Tulu School and thankfully as of today, 45 have already been sponsored!

We invite you to connect your heart with one of remaining 144 students...

Students like...

Abonesh - Age 5

Habtamu - Age 4

Abanezer - Age 4

Head over to the Adami Tulu website to see the 144 students who still need sponsorhip and how YOU can join this exciting opportunity!

Connecting Hearts Conference

When?: February 25, 2012 (8:30 am - 2:30 pm)

Where?: East White Oak Church (11922 E 2000 North Rd, Carlock, IL)

What?: a FREE conference to help educate & equip YOU--a worker in HIS field

Why?: The Connecting Hearts with the Forgotten Conference exists to help people capture the heart of God for the fatherless among us and throughout the world.

Visit The Connecting Hearts with the Forgotten Conference to see sessions, speakers, schedule, exhibitors and how you can register for this special event! 

Lifesong will be there...will you?