Because we care, we give. Since Christmas time of last year, we have generously given nearly $850,000 towards iCare projects! Through iCare we are being Christ to individuals and communities, both locally and abroad, as we are doing in:
Ethiopia
Where we are building an orphanage on the outskirts of the capital, Addis Ababa that will have a capacity for 70 children and is on schedule to hold opening ceremonies and begin welcoming needy children in November. And, where we have drilled nine wells already, and have three to six more on the way in the area of Angacha. Tens of thousands now have access to clean water in one of the poorest areas of the world. And also in:
Sierra Leone
We are so excited to announce that we have raised more than $680,000 toward our Grafton Village Medical Facility and School. It is now PAID IN FULL and well on its way to completion! We will soon be serving approximately 600 children in 14 classrooms, with 18 teachers and staff; and providing quality medical, dental and ophthalmology services with Christian love, compassion and prayer!
This last week we were blessed to receive some new video footage from Nicaragua where our Advent Conspiracy, Christmas Gift to the World offering helped to drill a new well for the base of our missionaries there, Mike & Debra Turner. Click the picture below to see the well being dug and hear Mike talk about its impact on the base, the community and the lives of hundreds of children.
It is so exciting to see how God uses our faithfulness in meeting the practical needs of others to minister and provide opportunity to know Him.
Thank you, Victory, for your generosity on behalf of others.
With summer break halfway over and back to school planning already in full swing, we learned that there are many families in our community who were finding it difficult to afford the school supplies their children needed. As a church, we wanted to reach out in a practical way by providing children with backpacks filled with basic school supplies, CD’s and devotional materials.
So, on July 12th, we took a special iCare offering to help meet that need. Then, volunteers from our church came together to stuff the bags and prepare them for delivery, while various V•Groups submitted the names of children in need. Members from these V•Groups then hand delivered the backpacks and supplies to those children. We were also able to bless Meadow Creek High School with about 250 of the backpacks to distribute to those students most in need.
Thank you, Victory, for your generous giving toward the Back to school with a smile iCare outreach. It was hugely successful and hundreds of children were blessed with backpacks and school supplies that they wouldn’t have had without you!
This Is What Community Looks Like
Dr. Claire Lockman Boyce, Director of Meadowcreek Community School, many of whose students received these backpacks, wrote:
On behalf of the Meadowcreek Community School, we would like to thank you for the school book bags that VWC donated to us. During the high school Freshmen Orientation last Tuesday, we were collecting various forms. As each family submitted their form we presented the children and students the very attractive book bags. The word “spread” and by the end of the evening, every student and child was walking around with a brand new book bag and a large smile.
During the next few days when parents arrived at the Parent Center to register their child, Mr. Gomez, our Parent Center guide was able to present the new families a brand new book bag as an additional welcome.
We sincerely thank you for this wonderful donation. We continue to work in a community partnership to provide extended learning opportunities for our youth and adults in the Meadowcreek cluster.
Sincerely,
Claire Lockman Boyce, Ph.D.,Director
Meadowcreek Community School
We are excited today, August 15th, to receive fresh new photos from Pastor Mark and the children of our Rays of Peace Victory Children’s Home as they celebrate India’s Independence Day. Below is the note from Pastor Mark:
Greetings to you in Jesus name. Today, August 15th, is our Nation Independence Day celebration. Our children from Victory Children’s Home performed some programmes and we invited a village leader who hoisted the Flag of our Nation.
Love & Prayers. Pastor Mark & Francina Mark
It is such a blessing to watch these children prosper in the love of Jesus Christ and enjoy national celebrations from a place of peace and comfort. Thank you, Victory, for your generous hearts.
Enjoy the photos. You can click on the images to view larger versions.
We are excited to give an update on our Sierra Leone iCare project. We’ve now raised over 83% of our target amount. At $415,000 we have nearly met our goal for the Grafton Village Medical Facility and School. It’s so exciting to see this project take shape, and we can’t wait to see what God is going to do through our efforts in Sierra Leone.
Below are some recent pictures of the foundations being laid and some wonderful photos of those being helped by your generosity:
Today we were blessed to receive some exciting new photos from Pastor Mark in India along with the following message:
Greetings to you in Jesus name, these pictures are about people from neighboring villages taking water from our Victory Borewell, they are very Happy because we give them water from our recent dug borewell, We are able to witness about Christ to them. We thank you Victory World Church. We love you and we are Praying for you, Love & Prayers. Pastor Mark & Francina Mark
It is so exciting to see how God uses our faithfulness in meeting the practical needs of others to minister and provide opportunity to know Him.
Thank you, Victory, for your generosity on behalf of others. Enjoy these wonderful photos.
We were excited to receive a newsletter from Pastor Mark in India and find that the children of our Victory Children’s Home are doing exceptionally well; winning awards and bringing recognition to the school through their academic performance.
It’s always inspiring and amazing to see what God can do to multiply our efforts. The impacts upon these children’s lives and the community around them will not be truly seen until eternity. God has taken the faithful giving of our church and will multiply it for generations to come.
Thanks again, Victory, for your generous giving and love for the nations.
Here’s the snapshot from Pastor Mark’s newsletter:
You can also use the link below to visit the Rays of Peace Ministries website to see some photos of the children enjoying a day at a nearby Amusement Park.
I want to give you a report of the wells we have been able to drill because of your generosity. The first well was drilled at Rays of Peace Church premises. We drilled 600 feet deep and tapped into clean drinking water. The drilling people told us that this water is sufficient for the seven-story building that we are believing for God to enable us to construct in the future. (We already have approval from the government to do so.)
The second well was drilled at Victory Children’s Home (Rays of Peace Orphanage). The well is 350 feet deep and we are blessed with clean water. We have now built a cistern to store the water. We use it for the orphanage and to bless the people of our community. The drilling people told us that the water which we got from this well is sufficient to irrigate 10 acres of land for growing crops, etc.
The third well has now been drilled at the Precious Children Home (the first Orphanage of Rays of Peace). We drilled 250 feet and instead of putting in a pump and pipes, we have installed an overhead tank which provides running water for the orphanage, office and another building.
With the funds we received through iCare and the Advent Conspiracy, we will soon drill one more well in another village where we have our branch church. And, as the Lord provides the funds, we have also planned to drill five more wells in different villages where the people are desperate for drinking water. Thank you, Victory World Church, for giving so generously towards our water project in India.
In His Service,
Pastor Mark Jayakumar
Rays of Peace Ministries
We are so excited to announce that together, we have now given $340,000 towards our Sierra Leone iCare project! That’s 68% of the $500k needed to build the Grafton Village Medical Facility and School! Thanks to your faithfulness and generosity, this project is well on its way to completion. Way to go, Victory!
We are excited to give an update on our Sierra Leone iCare project. We’ve now raised over 60% of our target amount. At $300,000, we are well over halfway toward our goal for the Grafton Village Medical Facility and School. It’s so exciting to see this project take shape, and we can’t wait to see what God is going to do through our efforts in Sierra Leone.
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October 8th, 2008 by 
Erik Rogers
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