Thank you so much Lifepoint Baptist! Senatobia, Mississippi

On January 23rd 2009, ten volunteers came to GSCH for their first time to serve and minister to the roughly 200 children at the home. They helped in so many ways by doing a V.B.S. program every morning for the grade school children, a women's bible study in the afternoon for the 18 tias (house mothers, see side photo, right of this blog) ; and motivational and inspiring devotionals for the teenagers in the evenings. Also they were able to get some much needed work done at our house such as putting in shelves in all of our 8 closets in the house and putting up much needed metal awnings over some of the windows at the house to keep the rain from entering through the windows.

Craig leading children in

songs of praise!

Most of all this team was touched so much by how God has been working through the lives of these children and youth. All of these team members were very heart broken at the end of their week due to reality setting in that it was time for them to say good-byes to so many new friends. The children were sad to see them leave but they are anxiously awaiting there return. Praise God this church is planning on sending other teams later in this year! For the weeks of June 6th - 13th and Sept. 12th -19th 2009.

Kevin Freeland with Raquel and Carolin

For myself it was sad to leave them after spending almost nine days there at the home. Julie and our children were not able to come due to them being in school at the Spanish Language Institute in Costa Rica. So many of the kids asked about Julie and Garrett, Molly, and Sophie. They all wanted to know when we would be at the home "for good". I felt better knowing that we would be there at the end of April to be able to spend much more time with them getting to know them better.

Thanks again to all of you at Lifepoint Baptist for sending this group of special people. God truly used them in so many different ways according to their given talents and abilities.

We encourage other churches or any of our supporters to consider coming to the home and spending some time seeing these precious children who have suffered in many horrible ways before coming into this loving home. You will be truly touched for life and blessed for making the commitment to come.