tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88246967444543346492024-02-19T01:24:56.558-05:00Elder Orphan CareKim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-82263109226786137652016-05-01T21:34:00.000-04:002016-05-01T21:34:19.553-04:00EOC's New Website Has Launched!<b>We are excited to announce that our new website, <a href="http://www.elderorphancare.com/">www.elderorphancare.com</a>, has officially launched!</b><br />
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site provides a concise explanation of what Elder Orphan Care is all
about, includes lots of photographs, a new blog, and an easy and secure
way to make tax-deductible donations to specific aspects of our ministry.<br />
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couldn't be more thrilled with this tool that will no doubt be
used by God to help grow our ministry serving at-risk elderly.<br />
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<b> Please share our joy by:</b><br />
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<li>Visiting<a href="http://www.elderorphancare.com/" target="_blank"> www.elderorphancare.com</a></li>
<li>Signing up for our newsletter</li>
<li>Sharing the site with your friends and family via social media</li>
<li>Praising God for what He has done, and is going to do! </li>
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<i>Now to God, who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly beyond all we ask, hope, or dare to dream, by his power working within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, throughout all generations, forever and ever, amen! -Ephesians 3:20</i><br />
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<br />Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-88350756621884253672016-04-04T22:18:00.000-04:002016-04-04T22:18:29.284-04:00God is Growing Elder Orphan Care!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Big News from Kim Jackson, Executive Director of Elder Orphan Care!</b></span><br />
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Did you know that experts project within the next 35 years there will be more than 2 billion people over the age of 60, outnumbering children under the age of 14? <i>Of those 2 billion older adults, 80% will live in developing countries.</i><br />
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We believe that God has directed us to better position our ministry to serve our world’s rapidly increasing older population. Our focus, of course, will continue to be sharing God’s love while helping meet a wide variety of needs. <br />
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As you know, Elder Orphan Care has been operating as an outreach of Remember the Children for the past 5 years. We are grateful to Andy Baker for bringing me on board in 2011. EOC would not even exist today without his partnership in the Gospel. May God abundantly reward Andy and RtC as they continue to serve God in Romania!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>So here’s our BIG NEWS:</b> </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Elder Orphan Care is officially a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization!</span></b><br />
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You will be hearing more exciting news about EOC’s launch in the days to come. In the meantime, if you have questions, please contact us at elderorphancare@gmail.com.<br />
<i><br />Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we ask or imagine! (Ephesians 3:20)</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>From Andy Baker, Executive Director of Remember the Children:</b></span><br />
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Kim Jackson left RtC effective April 1, to begin a new journey with Elder Orphan Care. This is not an April Fool’s joke, but it is a celebration of the launching of a new ministry from Remember the Children.<br />
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Kim has journeyed with us for five years, and anybody who has spent time with her knows of her love and passion for the work that is taking place in Romania to rescue homeless and helpless elderly.<br />
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Honestly, as any ministry grows, at times there comes growing pains, and as Remember the Children has needed to circle back around with our growing needs in helping at risk children, we knew this was a good time to launch Kim on this great endeavor which will allow her to focus solely on her primary passion.<br />
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You can connect with Kim on Facebook by “liking” Elder Orphan Care or at the new EOC website coming soon at www.elderorphancare.com.<br />
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<br />Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-38630699858048191872015-08-05T14:16:00.001-04:002016-04-12T17:04:08.212-04:00Welcome to the Volunteer House!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">During our October 2014 trip, Viorel Pasca,
our ministry partner in Romania, shared a vision with our team about a pressing need. He imagined a place where volunteers could come and stay in the rural village of Dumbrava. </span><br />
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to stay more than a day to help serve over 200 elderly and frail in his care. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Viorel talked, one of our team members, Janna Syester, felt impressed that God wanted us to raise $20,000 for the Volunteer House to become a reality. As we prayed together, our team agreed that this was God’s desire. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So at the beginning of 2015 we prayerfully launched a project called “$20,000 by March 20th.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Praise God, and thanks to the generosity of many people whose hearts were touched by this need, $20,178.91 was raised….
by March 18th! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are so grateful for everyone who invested in eternity by giving, and for Viorel, who immediately started building! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To make the best use of the funds, Viorel wisely built a
second story onto an already existing house that is home to 12 elderly. After demolishing several unusable buildings on the same property, he was able to build a second structure with a kitchen, dining space, and bathrooms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-21535278332131242012015-07-08T18:46:00.000-04:002015-07-08T18:46:24.795-04:00Making Maria's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our teams love visiting with sweet Maria when we are in Dumbrava, Romania. She is one of 160 elderly and frail currently being cared for by our ministry partner, Viorel Pasca. Here is an account, in Viorel's own words, of a recent celebration that he was able to provide for Maria. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"We are glad that through a small gesture and inexpensively I could bring light and joy in the life of a sick widow abandoned by family. Eleven years ago, her only son took all the money that would buy a house and left, not to receive any word from him. After two years on the streets of Oradea, Maria suffered a stroke, became paralyzed and was sent to Dumbrava. Since then, nine years have passed, during which no relatives ever visit and she remains confined in bed without opportunity or hope that they will return.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several weeks ago when talking with her, she said among other things that June 26 she will celebrate 65 years. I thought then that will be a great opportunity for us, as we have the privilege to bring some color and joy that I speak of so often. So Friday, June 26, at noon I went into her room with a cake ordered for her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What can I say! Nothing compares with the joy that you receive when you see someone happy, smiling and eyes in tears of joy after a gesture that you made. How true are the words that 'it is more blessed to give than to receive'! The cake was shared with all the other nineteen patients in that house, making that summer afternoon into quite a celebration."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">--Viorel Pasca</span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-88909055866443012162015-06-19T19:27:00.000-04:002015-06-19T19:27:30.465-04:00It's Christmas Boxes of Hope Time!<span style="font-size: large;">It may be summer, but it’s time to start thinking about packing Christmas Boxes of Hope for our elderly and frail friends in Romania. The collection deadline, <b>September 13, 2015</b>, will be here before we know it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you’re not familiar with this project, a Christmas Box of Hope is a shoebox filled with simple gifts for men and women who need the hope of Jesus. Boxes of Hope will be shipped in October and teams from America will be in Romania in December to hand deliver your gifts to nearly 200 grateful souls! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fill a plastic shoebox with the items listed below. If possible, make your box gender neutral, as demographics change quickly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Include a minimum $5 donation to help with shipping costs. Place $5 cash in your box or make your checks payable to “Remember the Children” and note “Elder Orphan Care” on the memo line. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Drop off your Box of Hope at your church at the time and location provided by your Church Coordinator, or email <a href="mailto:kimjackson@remember-the-children.org">kimjackson@remember-the-children.org</a> to make other arrangements. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sugar-free hard candy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Winter scarf, hat, gloves </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Notepad, ink pens </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Comb, brush </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Slipper socks </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Travel-size lotion </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tissue packets </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Photo of you/your family with a greeting (for example, </span><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus loves you: Isus te Iubeste. Merry Christmas: Craciun Fericit) </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>May God abundantly bless you for bringing hope to our elderly and frail friends in Romania!</i></span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-48117169840201979452014-08-18T16:28:00.000-04:002016-04-12T12:49:37.643-04:00Who Takes Photos of Trash?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My friend Viorel Pasca oversees the care of over 200 elderly and frail in Romania. Their stories are unique but they have one thing in common: </span><span style="font-size: large;">they would have no home were it not for God’s grace embodied in Viorel.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He began rescuing homeless elderly in 2006. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Today he is known by paramedics, police and social workers as the man who receives any person who needs a home, regardless of their past, their resources, their age, their health, or their nationality. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He's been told, “You invest too much in people who have no future, who deserve their fate, who don’t even know what’s going on. Their lives are worthless.” </span><span style="font-size: large;">Recently someone at city hall said, <b>“You get the trash. All the trash is sent to you.” </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So it isn’t any surprise that God would direct our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElderOrphanCare?ref=hl" target="_blank">Elder Orphan Care</a> mission team to deliver photographs of the so-called "trash" I took on previous trips. Our team had the most glorious privilege of giving the framed photographs to some of the most grateful people on planet earth. <b>Their value in God's eyes is beautifully reflected in the photographs below. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each frame held a photograph of the person alone, but since the frames were clear plastic, I placed a photo of them with other people on the back side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An interesting thing happened between the day we delivered the photographs and next day when we visited. In every case, the frame had been turned so that the photograph of them <b>with someone</b> was facing the front....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>God bless you, Viorel Pasca, for not only believing, but for acting on the belief that God treasures each person He has created.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them..." (Genesis 1:27).</span><br />
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<br />Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-26445898834224088682014-07-28T13:53:00.000-04:002014-07-28T13:53:06.042-04:00A Shepherdess Meets the Great Shepherd<span style="font-size: large;">Lezica’s brief marriage failed when she was just 19. She found herself without parents, husband or home. Her circumstances combined with mild mental issues were cause enough for the authorities to take her only son away to an orphanage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alone, broke, and homeless, she found a job guarding sheep in exchange for makeshift shelter and food. After several years she was once again without work. It was winter. She went to a variety of places of worship begging for food and somewhere to lay her head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Only God knows</b> how Lezica traveled over 24 years from Prahova, her birthplace in the southeastern region of Romania, through parts of Moldova, and back to Romania. But in February of 2014 she arrived at a church in Sibiu. Believers there knew about our friend and ministry partner, Viorel Pasca, who provides shelter, food, medical care and God’s love for 140 homeless elderly and frail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I met Lezica this summer when our mission team visited the care homes in Dumbrava. I was instantly struck by her sweet smile and beautiful white hair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“How do you like it here?” I asked through our translator. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“We have food. We have flowers. God loves me. I am grateful.”</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She eagerly took my hand when I extended it. Pastor Viorel took her other hand. He smiled and said, “She was recently baptized!”
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Oh! How wonderful!”
I threw my arms around Lezica, my new sister in Christ, the wandering shepherdess who was led home by our Great Shepherd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen</i> (Hebrews 13:20, 21 NIV).
</span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-35976052630677454612014-05-29T00:08:00.000-04:002014-07-17T09:57:36.810-04:00Goodbye? No, "See you later, Maria!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maria’s frail arm rose in a weak wave </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It’s the last image I have of her. She died earlier this month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve loved Maria since the day I met her in July of 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She quickly became the poster girl </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her eyes communicated much more than her voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She delighted in receiving her Christmas Box of Hope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She obviously was surprised to see herself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It will be hard to see someone else in Maria’s bed </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">when I return to Romania next month. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I’m beyond grateful that she was cared for in her later years </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">by servants of God, that she loved Jesus, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that I had the privilege of knowing her, and best of all, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that I didn’t say “Goodbye” last December.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I said “See you later!” And that is a true and wonderful statement.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">with a loud command, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">and the dead in Christ will rise first. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And so we will be with the Lord forever. </b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Therefore encourage one another with these words.</i> </b></span></div>
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Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-79412065690933179782013-12-19T23:50:00.000-05:002014-09-01T20:20:58.358-04:00Georgeta's Joy<span style="font-size: large;">Georgeta makes me smile every time I visit her in Tinca, Romania, where she lives in the “Glory Wing,” a place that twelve formerly homeless elderly now call home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I saw her there in April, 2013, our team was able to fix her glasses….and her gratitude made us all smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I visited her that year in July she wanted a photograph taken with me and her bouquet of flowers. And I smiled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But when we were together in December, Georgeta made me cry…for joy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When she was able to speak she described her baptism day: “I was dressed in white. The minister put me down in the water…” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More tears. Mine mixed with hers. Who wouldn’t cry for joy over such news? <b>Georgeta has become a child of God at 70 years of age! Now she not only has a home on earth, but a Home in Heaven! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“…there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner repents” (Luke 15:10).
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<span style="font-size: large;">Harsh winter weather creates additional expenses in caring for the more than <b>125 elderly and frail who have been saved from homelessness</b> in western Romania by Viorel Pasca. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2006 Viorel and his wife saw a newscast about homeless elderly who had frozen to death on the streets in Oradea. <b>They had several choices:</b> change the channel, turn off the TV, or say, "Someone should do something about that." Instead they drove to Oradea and found other homeless elderly....and brought them to their home. <b>On my first trip to Romania I fell in love with the 67 people who had been rescued. When I return for my sixth visit November 29th</b></span><b style="font-size: x-large;">, there will be well over 125.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because Viorel and Florica put legs on their faith, Elder Orphan Care, an outreach of <a href="http://www.remember-the-children.org/" target="_blank">Remember-the-Children,</a> has been able to partner with them in helping bring shelter, nutrition, medical care, and God's love to those who would otherwise be forgotten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This month we are excited to offer you the opportunity to partner with Viorel and EOC by participating in "My Thankful Thirty." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>To give</u></b> your tax-deductible donation online, click here: <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RememberTheChildren/OnlineGiving.html" target="_blank">DONATE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>To donate</u></b> by check: Remember-the-Children, 2611 W. 16th Street, Bedford, IN 47421 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To see some of the beautiful faces of those we serve, and read a brief but powerful story, click here: <a href="http://wowdeewow.blogspot.com/2013/04/who-takes-photos-of-trash.html" target="_blank">Who Takes Photos of Trash?</a></span><br />
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Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-79243419850627179462013-10-17T12:29:00.000-04:002014-06-09T15:53:33.620-04:00Body Works<span style="font-size: large;">"What we have is <b>one body with many parts</b>, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, 'Get lost; I don't need you'? Or, Head telling Foot, 'You're fired; your job has been phased out'? (from 1 Corinthians 12 MSG).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_490071153"></span><span id="goog_490071154"></span>It takes many people with various gifts, working together, to get our yearly shipment to Romania ready to go. Some of the people are known and seen in photographs on facebook or in blogs. Many are unseen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But God knows each person. </b>He saw families shopping for special items to be put in Christmas Boxes of Hope. He knows sacrifices made. He saw Andy Baker's long hours trying to coordinate shipping schedules and costs. Our Father was blessed when He saw hands creating walker bags and lap robes and winter hats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe He rejoiced when His people found warm winter wear items on clearance racks and purchased them to send to the homeless in Romania. God saw volunteers working for hours to package donated goods--in donated warehouse space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> "As it is, we see that God has carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted it"</i> </span><span style="font-size: large;">(from 1 Corinthians 12 MSG).</span><br />
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<br />Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-30980694608048072332013-08-10T21:32:00.000-04:002013-08-10T21:41:06.349-04:00Christmas Shoebox Time!<span style="font-size: large;">It's August, but I am thinking about Christmas because our shoebox gifts for the elderly in Romania must ship in October!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No matter where you live, there are several ways you can help with this project that brings such joy to our elderly and frail friends in Romania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you live in the Concord, NC, area, you may pick up a plastic shoebox (beginning Sunday, August 25th) at the Missions Marketplace or Missions Corner at Crossroads Church, or you may purchase one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you live elsewhere, but would like to donate completed shoeboxes, please contact me for further directions at: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to make a financial donation to help purchase additional items or to assist with shipping costs, you may donate securely online <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RememberTheChildren/OnlineGiving.html">HERE.</a> Be sure to put "Elder Orphan Care" in the comment box. If you'd like to make a donation via check or cash, please contact me for instructions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <b>DEADLINE</b> for returning your completed Christmas shoebox is <b>SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th. </b>You may leave your shoebox at Crossroads Church, or contact me for other options. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sugar-free hard candy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Slipper socks </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Winter scarves, hats, gloves</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Travel-size lotion </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Notepads, ink pens </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tissue packets </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Costume jewelry </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Small folding fans </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Combs, brushes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Photo of you/your family </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Financial donations to purchase reusable water bottles </span><span style="font-size: large;">& Bible booklets in Romanian </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Please include a $5 donation for shipping.</i> You may give cash or make checks payable to “Remember the Children” and note “Elder Orphan Care” in the memo line. Place your donation in an envelope and put it in the box. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The K-6th graders at Crossroads have made colorful Christmas cards that will be added to each shoebox.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The boxes will ship to Romania in October along with medical supplies, winter wear and other needed items. I will have the privilege of traveling to Romania in December to assist in distributing your gifts! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May God bless you for your ongoing support of Elder Orphan Care!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gratefully, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">kimagine320(at)gmail.com</span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-9968449652565818392013-06-14T21:29:00.003-04:002013-07-02T21:23:36.033-04:00Where the Action is!<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">“Prayer is where the action is." </span><span style="font-size: large;">-John Wesley<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for being an important part of what God is doing in Romania <b>by praying! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please mark your calendars to pray for our Remember-the-Children/Elder Orphan Care team serving in Romania <b>June 17 – July 8. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please pray for my travels June 17th as I fly from Charlotte, NC to Munich, Germany (7 hour layover) and then fly on to Budapest, Hungary.
A team of college students from William Jessup University in California will be flying in late on the 18th. We will meet up with Andy Baker the next day and then travel by van to Oradea, Romania. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are grateful for your ongoing prayers as we share God’s love alongside our Romanian friends in orphanages, Gypsy villages, churches, and of course, with the elderly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will be posting photos, updates, prayer requests and praises to the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElderOrphanCare?ref=hl" target="_blank">Elder Orphan Care facebook page</a></b> when I am able to do so. <i>Please “LIKE” <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElderOrphanCare?ref=hl" target="_blank">Elder Orphan Care on facebook</a> if you haven’t already done so!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you and God bless you BIG for being <b>where the action is!</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b>“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">–Alfred Lord Tennyson</span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-9421018331631708402013-06-04T19:48:00.001-04:002013-07-02T21:24:01.441-04:00Thankful and Expectant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you hit a deer </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">get hit by a semi </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">flip 3 times in the air </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and survive, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You can be sure </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">God has you in His hands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you need a car </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And God gives you one quickly </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But it's aging and sickly </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And repairmen quit trying, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You can be sure </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God has something up His sleeve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you need $15,000 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for a car to do speaking </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to help homeless and needy </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">elderly and forgotten </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And dear ones give you $5000, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You know God is at work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When your heart bursts with joy, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And your eyes fill with tears </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">at the generous gifts </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from old friends and new </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And you're waiting and trusting, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You know God is still working. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that's where we are friends. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so thankful and expectant. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Will you pray with me? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you've already given, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">M</span><span style="font-size: large;">ay God bless you big time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you'd like to give,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">May God guide you.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you'd like to pray, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I thank you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>To give online, click <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RememberTheChildren/OnlineGiving.html" target="_blank">HERE </a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Be sure to put "Kim's Car" in the comment box. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>To give via check, email michael.purath@yahoo.com for a mailing address. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We hope to meet our goal by July 8, the day I return from Romania.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thank you for being a special part of the team God uses to bless the homeless elderly of Romania!</i></span>
Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17462629145629813283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-66675624711573121932013-05-09T19:43:00.000-04:002014-06-09T15:55:48.306-04:00“Only God!”: GO RO Team Praise Report<span style="font-size: large;">When Team GO RO was in Romania last month, God gave us many, many reasons to exclaim “Only God!” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Only God”</b> can use photographs and cheap plastic frames to communicate His deep love and value to those who have been called “trash.” (Read the full story <a href="http://wowdeewow.blogspot.com/2013/04/who-takes-photos-of-trash.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Only God”</b> knew that sweet Irina would need a book in Hungarian to read after she is fitted with new glasses (read the whole story <a href="http://wowdeewow.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-blind-can-see.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Only God”</b> knew that Romanian "grandfathers" would be so happy to adopt American "granddaughters!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And if you live in the Concord, NC, area, please join Team GO RO at our mission trip “Praise Celebration” Wednesday, May 15, 7 – 8 p.m. at the Crossroads Church Café. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once again, thank you for your encouragement, prayers and support. You may not have physically gone on the trip with us, but you are DEFINITELY a special part of Team GO RO!</span><br />
<br />Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-46111435295465667552013-04-03T20:38:00.000-04:002013-04-05T05:29:16.014-04:00Ready to GO RO!<span style="font-size: large;">The countdown is now at …. <b>LAUNCH!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today—Thursday, April 4, 2013—has been a significant day on the calendar for Team GO RO since last November. Our prayers and preparations have been focused on that day for months and months. And now “that day” is <b>TODAY!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The faithfulness of God and His people has been overwhelming:</i> We not only raised our needed trip funds, we were able to send $3000 “overflow” to Pastor Viorel! The timing is perfect (no surprise there): he is expanding in Rapa, Romania,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several team members have had physical challenges over the past months, and we have prayed them through illness, tests and surgery. Today we are all healthy and believing for continued well-being and safety in all areas of our lives! </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Encourage the women and staff at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Romanian-Orphan-Ministries-Inc/102857034126?fref=ts" target="_blank">Beauty from Ashes.</a> We will enjoy a meal with them Wednesday evening, share a devotion, and create t-shirt scarves with the seven young women living there. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RomaniaSunflowerDesign?fref=ts" target="_blank">Sunflower Design</a> on the campus of <a href="http://www.caminulfelix.ro/index.php?hl=en" target="_blank">Caminul Felix</a>, and bless the workers there.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Join Viorel's son, Emmanuel, and his college friends, who feed the homeless in Oradea each week.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Partner with <a href="http://johnpalmergregg.com/category/news/" target="_blank">Palmer Gregg & "Storytellers"</a> as they film what God is doing through <a href="http://www.remember-the-children.org/" target="_blank">Remember the Children</a> and Elder Orphan Care.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been praying and praising God for months and months! Our last team meeting Tuesday was beautiful and powerful as we prayed over a map of Romania and sang praises to God while holding photographs of those we will soon serve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you’d like to follow our adventure, you can view daily updates on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElderOrphanCare?ref=hl" target="_blank">Elder Orphan Care facebook page.</a> Friend Gail Purath will be helping me by posting updates to this blog as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ultimately prayer is the best place to stay connected! </b>And it is of course the most powerful and precious gift you can give us now. Thank you for being faithful to keep us before God’s amazing throne of grace! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Thursday, April 4th, our “GO RO” team will board a plane in Charlotte, NC, to Munich, Germany, and then another plane to Budapest, Hungary. A four-hour van ride will deliver us to Oradea, Romania, which will serve as home base for our Outreach Adventure to the elderly and frail in Dumbrava and Tinca, Romania. We are excited to partner with Pastor Viorel Pasca!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some may think that our adventure begins April 4th, but it began at different times for each team member: for one, it was when she saw photographs of the elderly on this blog and began to weep. Another team member leads our Christmas Boxes of Hope project and felt God’s leading to go serve those who have been receiving the gifts. <b>In every case, God brought team members to this trip in His personalized ways! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been meeting as a team since last November, praying, training on the <a href="http://itecusa.org/i-see.html" target="_blank">I-See Kit</a>, enjoying a Romanian meal, raising funds, and preparing and planning to be used of God to share His love in a variety of ways. Many of you reading this have donated resources to get us to Romania. You’ve encouraged us in dozens of ways! <b>We are asking God to bless you abundantly… and then some! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As always, the best gift you can give us is to <b>pray</b> for us as we share God's love in Romania!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gratefully,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Janna and Kim (co-leaders), Tammy, Lisa, Ann and Patti</span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-71386281408841083802013-02-07T22:35:00.000-05:002013-07-02T21:24:55.141-04:00One Glove or Two?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> “One bright, frozen day in downtown Atlanta, I stood outside a soup kitchen as a line of homeless and hungry people gathered. My husband and I had come to help serve the noon meal. As I neared the door, I noticed a woman wearing a thin coat, a ski cap, and <b>one<i> </i>glove.</b> She clasped her cold, unprotected hand in her gloved hand, trying to rub some warmth into it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>‘I see you lost a glove,’ I said to her. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>‘No,’ she replied, smiling. ‘I <i>found</i> a glove.’” </b>(Sue Monk Kidd)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Winter Wear Round Up is going full steam. Our prayer is that through your generous donations, Elder Orphan Care can help some of the many needy or homeless elderly in Romania have <b>two gloves, and more...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We collect winter wear items YEAR ‘ROUND but since stores are offering HUGE DISCOUNTS on winter wear RIGHT NOW, it’s a GREAT TIME TO SHOP! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I'm so grateful for the donations we’ve received so far, including these:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gloria </b>(my friend in New Mexico!) ordered an amazing amount of gloves, hats and scarves online at Kohls and had her purchases sent directly to me in North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sweet Monica </b>(of Romanian descent, living in Florida now) donated the coat I'm modeling and other wonderful winter wear items when I spoke last month at a Bible Study she attends! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tracie,</b> a lovely local friend, handed me a bag full of these colorful hats and gloves last week in church. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Donate money and I’ll do the shopping! Click <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RememberTheChildren/OnlineGiving.html"><b>HERE</b> </a>to donate. Please put <i>EOC Winter Wear</i> in the comments box. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Shop online and have your purchases sent to Kim Jackson, 111 Mary Circle, Concord, NC 28025 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">If you live in the Concord, NC, area, shop locally and then contact me via email at kimagine320(at)gmail.com for pick up</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Hold an EOC Winter Wear Round Up at your church or club. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">What’s YOUR idea? </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grateful to have two gloves, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">P.S. If you’re in the Concord, NC, area, be sure to visit us at Sweet Frog on the 17th! Eat yummy yogurt and help our GO RO team get to Romania in April! </span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-28951818441679926412012-12-27T23:22:00.000-05:002014-06-09T15:57:57.883-04:00Dividends on Your Investment<span style="font-size: large;">Your investment in Elder Orphan Care is reaping amazing dividends, as seen in these photographs from my recent trip to Romania:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ludivich was overwhelmed with his new walker </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(read the amazing story </span><a href="http://www.wowdeewow.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-gift-for-ludivichand-all-of-us.html" style="font-size: x-large;">here</a><span style="font-size: large;">) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ioan, who has throat cancer and is unable to speak, standing in front of his certificate of baptism </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Formerly homeless, Sandor’s legs were amputated due to frostbite, but this convicted felon is now a believer in Jesus Christ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The $10,000 in 2 Weeks “Glory Wing” is home for ten elderly who would otherwise be living on the snowy streets this winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rodica, who is gravely ill, asked me to pray that Jesus would </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I asked if I could pray for him, another gentleman named Ludivich immediately put his hands together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Purpose of Trip: </b> Elder Orphan Care is just one ministry of <a href="http://www.remember-the-children.org/">Remember-the-Children</a>, so on this trip I have the privilege of serving alongside others to share God’s love in several <b>Gypsy villages, at Beauty for Ashes and Caminul Felix, in recently re-opened orphanages, as well as with the rescued elderly in Dumbrava & Tinca.</b>
We will be distributing Christmas shoebox gifts, winter wear, and a variety of other supplies and gifts that many of you donated! AND I will get to see with my own eyes <b>the Glory Wing that your</b> <b>$10,000 in 2 Weeks Giving</b> made possible. Hooray and Hallelujah! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Travel mercies, awareness of divine appointments along the way, good health, the joy of the Lord, and that all the “receivers” will know that GOD is the Ultimate Giver! Please pray for Pastor Viorel and Florica, nurse Crini, and for all our Romanian friends who faithfully serve there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <b>sea container</b> arrived and the contents are awaiting us at the warehouse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The I<b>nternational Conference on Missions</b> in Indianapolis was amazing, and I’m excited to see how God will work through the many wonderful connections made there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">BIG thanks to Erica Altenhofen for her generosity in donating a percentage of her commission from the <b>Thirty One online fundraiser.</b> That fundraiser has ended, but you can still shop to benefit EOC through our <b>Blessings Unlimited Fundraiser </b>that ends December 14. SO grateful for Renee Williams, who is donating a percentage of her commission to EOC! All purchases made through this link: <a href="http://www.myblessingsunlimited.net/reneewilliams">Blessings Unlimited</a> will be shipped directly to you in time for Christmas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Debbie Lamm, choir director at Harrisburg's <b>Carolina International School</b>, has chosen Elder Orphan Care to benefit from a blanket collection her 6th grade chorus students are doing which will culminate at their concert, December 17, 6 p.m., Building 20. Grateful! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My 10-year-friend, Maddie, writes a blog called <b>“Maddie’s Missionary Adventures”</b> and guess who she wrote about recently? Thank you, Maddie, for spreading the word about EOC! Read her post <a href="http://middlemaddie.blogspot.com/2012/11/kim-jackson-mission-to-romania.html?showComment=1352212752769#c3417462009121652106">HERE </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of blogs, <b><a href="http://www.wowdeewow.com/">Wow Dee Wow</a>,</b> my personal blog, recently launched. To enjoy a weekly B.O.G. (Brag On God) Blog, click <a href="http://www.wowdeewow.com/">HERE</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several new folks have donated towards <b>my support </b>as an advocate for the homeless elderly in Romania. God bless you! <b>Special thanks</b> to my ministry partners, Cheryl Hawley and Janna Syester, for their ongoing encouragement and especially for their recent focus on helping generate my salary funding.</span><br />
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<b>Related prayer requests:</b> Please pray that others will become monthly supporters or make donations so I can be fully funded! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Remember you can make secure, tax-deductible, online donations by clicking</i> <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RememberTheChildren/OnlineGiving.html">HERE</a>. Be sure to designate your gift accordingly. Thank you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bonnie the Christmas Car </b>has provided transportation and stories for nearly a year. I am grateful! However, Bonnie is having more and more mechanical issues and I've been advised it might be time to quit spending money on repairs. Would you please join me in praying about what God might have in mind for my next vehicle? </span><br />
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I am so grateful for <b>each of you</b> reading this—for your prayers, support, friendship, encouragement, donations, and partnership in the EOC Adventure! </span><br />
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</span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-44453326628525949012012-10-24T13:40:00.000-04:002013-07-02T21:26:53.718-04:00"Look at God!" When I told a new friend about the amazing things God is doing, her immediate, enthusiastic response was to throw her arms in the air and shout, “LOOK
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<b>I-See Vision Kit </b>Our second annual EOC Fundraiser was a fun evening and brought in $700 towards the $950 need to buy the I-See Kit from <a href="http://www.itecusa.org/i-see.html">i-tech</a> THANKS TO ALL who came, gave, and helped in any way. Special thanks to Pat Gaddis, owner/operator of Fair Meadow Bakes, and to Cheryl Hawley and Janna Syester, EOC Ministry Team Leaders, who organized the event and did most of the work! And "LOOK AT GOD!" a $250 donation was given after I spoke at a church this month! <b>We have the money to buy the I-See kit!
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<b>Shoebox Christmas Gifts </b>Thanks to the generosity of so many who bought items and packed a Christmas Shoebox (or 2 or 5!) we have gifts to give 106 elderly and frail in December! PLUS $550 was donated towards the cost of shipping the boxes on our container. We also set aside gifts for Pastor Viorel and Florica, Nurse Crini, and the caregivers. A wonderful crew spent an evening doing quality checks, packing the boxes for the container, and praying over your gifts. Special thanks to Ann Wayne for leading this project and to her crew for their labor of love.
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<b>Container to Romania</b> The winter-wear items, personal care products, wheelchairs, gifts, etc., that have been donated over the last year (and stored for free at Evangel Worship Center Mission Warehouse) are on their way to Romania! HUGE thanks to all the individuals, churches and organizations who made this possible.
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<b>Wheelchairs Donated </b><b>by Advanced Home Care </b><br />
When I was in Romania in August, Nurse Crini said they have a critical need for wheelchairs because last winter was so brutal and many of the elderly and frail they have rescued had to have one or more legs amputated due to extreme frostbite. How grateful we are to Advanced Home Care, who through the encouragement of employee and EOC supporter, Janna Syester, donated seven wheelchairs and as well as money towards the cost of shipping.
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<b>Tinca “Glory Wing” </b>Thanks to the amazing “$10,000 in 2 Weeks Challenge" last August, the structure is built, and ten more elderly will be rescued off the streets and given a home. Due to fluctuating costs, an additional $2200 was needed to complete heating & plumbing but "LOOK AT GOD!" a couple who heard me speak earlier this month gave $1000! Who will match their gift?<br />
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<b>Braggin’ on God</b>
I love to brag on God and I've had the opportunity to do so in several churches and camps lately. THANK YOU Crossroads Church, Central United Methodist Church and Coldwater Lutheran (all in Concord, NC), Cherry Avenue Christian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, and North Florida Christian Service Camp in Keystone Heights. While not all these events were EOC related, I seem to “leak” Elder Orphan Care stories! <b>Upcoming Opportunities:</b> November 4th I am speaking for a Women’s Great Adventure Retreat at Wings of Eagles Ranch. In lieu of speaking fees I have asked that donations be made to EOC. Prayers appreciated. I have already booked speaking for January, March and October of 2013. <b>Remember that I am available to speak</b> at your church, retreat, club or organization, not only as an advocate for EOC, but also through my speaking ministry <a href="http://www.kimmunicator.com/">www.Kimmunicator.com</a><br />
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<b>Jewelry By Gail: Kim’s Support Fundraiser </b>Friend Gail (and supporter of me and EOC in a variety of ways) has donated her beautiful handmade jewelry for me to sell to help with my personal funding as an advocate for Elder Orphan Care. She donated a variety of earrings and necklaces that are just gorgeous. If you'd like a private viewing, let me know!<br />
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<i>Thank you, Gail!</i><br />
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<b>"Thirty-One" Fundraiser </b> Friend Erica prayed about how she could help support the ministry of Elder Orphan Care, and this fundraiser is the answer! She will donate a generous percentage of each purchase price to EOC! Click on the link below to browse the catalog and make your selections. Your purchases will be mailed directly to you, and the elderly and frail in Romania will benefit. <b>Win, win! </b>Let the shopping begin! <i>Thank you, Erica!</i><br />
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<a href="https://www.mythirtyone.com/shop/eventhome.aspx?eventId=E2388490&from=DIRECTLINK">Thirty-One EOC Fundraiser</a><br />
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<b>Prayer Requests:</b><br />
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<li>I will be flying to Indianapolis for the <b>International Conference on Missions </b>next month. I'm especially excited because I didn’t get to attend last year’s ICOM due to my run in with a deer and a semitrailer! GRATEFUL to be alive and make plans to participate this year. If you happen to be going, please stop by the RTC/EOC booth!</li>
<li>My accountability/ministry friends are praying about the funding needed so I can continue to devote my energies to the service God has called me to in Elder Orphan Care. We are so grateful for the churches and individuals who cheerfully "invest" each month and we are praying that <b>others will feel led to join</b> them! </li>
<li>I have the privilege of returning to Romania <b>November 30 - December 15.</b> Please pray for me, Andy, Rob and the team members who will be making this trip. May we serve God well and shine brightly for Jesus!</li>
<li>EOC Team Trip to Romania: <b>April 4 - 13, 2013</b>! Due to the training needed to participate on this trip, team members must live in the Concord, NC, area. Contact me if you are interested!</li>
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Well, after all that, what's left to say but, <b>"LOOK AT GOD!"</b></div>
Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-33247639538424862742012-09-29T16:44:00.000-04:002012-09-29T19:17:18.058-04:00Tinca "10 in 2" House Progress!<span style="font-size: large;">Scroll down to see what Pastor Viorel Pasca and his workers have accomplished in six weeks with the $10,000 we were able to present to him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">August 9, 2012: Here I am standing on the land set aside for building a structure in Tinca, Romania, that will become home for ten elderly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">September 20: This photo was taken six weeks after we sat at Pastor Viorel’s dining room table and told him that 41 friends and 1 church had donated $10,000 in 2 weeks to provide homes for otherwise homeless elderly. To God be the glory!</span>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-20730940053582919812012-08-18T18:15:00.000-04:002012-09-11T14:57:32.187-04:00$10,000 in 2.2 Weeks! Yay God and Yay You!<b>"Declare God's glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples."</b> (Psalm 96:3)<br />
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I am back home from Romania and continue to be "beyond overwhelmed" at what God and His children have done, and are doing!<br />
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Our $10,000 in 2 Weeks Challenge was met in 2 weeks and 2 days! I am actually glad that we "hit the goal" when I was onsite in Romania. Andy Baker and I were able to share this amazing news in person with Pastor Viorel and Florica. I presented them with photo collages of the cheerful givers who had donated (up to the point when I left the U.S.) toward the $10,000. I shared a few of your stories and they were quite touched to see that it was "real people" who had given to help provide a home for elderly people living on the streets.<br />
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When we returned to Tinca two days later, Pastor Viorel and his crew had already poured footers and had supplies delivered!<br />
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As I was flying back to the U.S., Pastor Viorel, his son, Emmanuel (who will be going to Bible College this fall) and others were pouring the floor and starting on the walls!<br />
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Can you believe this photo?!?! Pastor Viorel has been faithful to provide photographs so we can see the progress....and amazing progress it is! Remember, he just received the money 8 days ago!<br />
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The $1000 seed money that *you* grew to $10,000 is building a 3 room addition to an existing structure. These rooms will house 10 elderly in need of shelter....and God's love. Well done, my friends....God is smiling....<br />
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In the weeks to come I will be sharing more stories, more photographs, more reasons to praise our Ephesians 3:20 God. But for now I will share just one photo of dear Vasile, who I first met last summer, visited again in October, and had the joy of seeing again on this trip. Since 22 of the elderly have died since my last visit, "reunions" are a special thrill (as you can see :)<br />
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I am So Very Grateful to all who gave, who prayed, who encouraged, who believe! You are each a special part of this magnificent Story that God is writing.<br />
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To God be the glory!<br />
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<br />Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-76853052220328002762012-06-28T08:05:00.000-04:002012-06-28T08:05:46.664-04:00"Yay, God!"<span style="font-size: large;">"Yay, God!" is my version of "Praise the Lord!" And I've had many reasons to shout "Yay, God!" recently:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I presented EOC at Central Baptist Church in Kannapolis to a
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25 youth about Elder Orphan Care during Crossroads Kids Missions Week. They packed
106 bags with donated personal care items for the elderly in Romania. Later we
visited an assisted living and shared with some “Older Children of God” :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm grateful
for free storage at Evangel Worship Center’s Warehouse! We have lots of boxes
ready to load on the container we’ll ship to Romania in October.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have received
overwhelming gifts of clothing, technology, funds and encouragement from dear
friends and supporters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I presented
EOC at the Virginia Seniors Fellowship in Charlottesville, made new friends
and visited “old” ones!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been released from medical care, so I can FLY!</span></div>
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to Illinois, Indiana and Florida, June 29 – July 16, speaking about EOC and visiting family and
friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I get to share about EOC at Brookdale Baptist women’s event August 4<sup>th</sup>. What a
great send off, because I am…..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Booked
to fly to Romania August 6<sup>th</sup>! </i><b><i>YAY GOD!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">**Hearts touched and moved to action for what God is doing in
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do any of my friends in the <b>Orlando area</b> have a car I could
borrow July 8-13? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you know, I raise my support, and I am not fully
funded. Even though I am staying
in homes, borrowing vehicles, etc., there are other expenses associated with my
summer EOC trips. After praying, if you feel led to donate towards the trips, (or become a monthly supporter), please click <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RememberTheChildren/OnlineGiving.html">HERE</a> to make a tax-deductable
donation. Be sure to put my name in the comments box. God bless you <b>BIG!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pastor Viorel and Florica, who care for the elderly in
Dumbrava, live by faith. This
winter they took in an additional 34 homeless, so they are caring for over 100 now. I will be taking a financial gift to them in August and we will be praying and
planning for expansion and other needs. If you would like to make a donation to
the amazing work that Pastor Viorel is doing, please click <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RememberTheChildren/OnlineGiving.html">HERE</a> and put “EOC”
in the comments box. <i>Thank you for making God smile....</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>AND!</b> Save the date:
EOC's 2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Fair Meadows Bake Fundraiser: Saturday <b>September 22!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grateful. Very!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Kim</span></div>Kim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311773345566101020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824696744454334649.post-22530005736532815882012-05-21T15:40:00.000-04:002013-08-05T19:12:56.987-04:00When Scripture Sprouts Legs<b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes a Scripture
sprouts legs and walks off the pages of the Bible.</b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">That’s what happened six years ago when Viorel and Florica
Pasca watched a newscast about homeless elderly who had frozen to death on the
streets of Romania. They could have responded by switching channels. They could
have turned off the TV, or said a prayer for those still living on the streets,
or wished someone would do something.</span><br />
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action.</b> They found elderly who had no place to live, and they opened their home
to them. And their hearts. And their finances. They started with less than 10.
They are caring for over 100 today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">“Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need
clothes and don't have enough to eat. What good is there in your saying to
them, ‘God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!’ if you don't give them the
necessities of life?</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>So it is with faith:
if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead” (James 2:15-17).</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">In God’s great
plan, I serve with Elder Orphan Care today because <b>their faith</b> sprouted legs. I can only pray that as we partner
together that some of their vibrantly alive faith
will rub off on me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">The photographs
below show a glimpse of <b>what Living Faith looks like</b>. Be aware that some of the
images are graphic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">My next blog post
will be full of celebration for what God has done through Elder Orphan Care in
just over a year. God has worked through your prayers, encouragement, labor, creativity and resources to do amazing things! I will also share about upcoming trips, speaking engagements, needs, and other opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">Believing Ephesians 3:20,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rescued from the streets and being shown God's love in action.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The winter in Europe was brutal this year.<br />
When I was in Dumbrava last October they were already trying to get ahead on chopping wood.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pastor Viorel, Nurse Crini and others went to the streets to offer blankets, homemade bread, and medical care.</td></tr>
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