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This week, we received the following updates and pictures from Pastor Mark in India:

Dear Victory,

Greetings to you in Jesus name! We had a wonderful Christmas together with all the children. [We have attached] pictures of the children enjoying Christmas programs and [receiving] the presents we distributed. We did invite local village children and some village elders too. [All of] the children send their greetings to you. Thank you very much for sending your support regularly from “Victory World Church.” We were able to use your donations towards Christmas presents and clothes for the children, etc. Thank you very much for all your help and prayers. We love you and we are praying for you. And [best] wishes for New Year 2009. God Bless.

Love and Prayers,

Pastor Mark and Francina Mark

Rays of Peace - India

 

Dear Victory,

Greetings to you in Jesus name! Attached are the Pictures of two new calves that the villagers donated. [These] two calves will be [very] useful in the future for the children for the milk. We all had a wonderful Christmas and hope you [did] too! We thank Victory World Church for all your help and prayers.

Love and Prayers,

Pastor Mark

Our hearts were moved by the response to this weekend’s iCare Christmas Gift to the World offering. After seeing the video and learning more about the problem of modern day slavery and child sexual exploitation in Atlanta many of you were moved to tears and compelled to take action.

This Christmas as part of our iCare campaign and Christmas Gift to the World offering, we are partnering with three ministry organizations to make an impact on the problem of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking in our city.

First, prevention, through our support of Innocence Atlanta, we help raise awareness not only of the problem but of it’s root cause – the demand for sexual services. Innocence Atlanta focuses on raising awareness and shining a light into the darkness.

Second, intervention, through our support of Not For Sale, we help provide valuable resources to our local law enforcement community, churches and others who are focused on ending modern day slavery in our lifetimes. Not For Sale works closely with law enforcement to not only identify human trafficking rings in the local Atlanta are, but provide valuable evidence needed for the arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of the perpetrators.

Lastly, restoration, through our support of Wellspring Living, we help provide a new life, healing and hope for young women rescued from sexual slavery and exploitation. Wellspring works with the girls to give them a home, reconnect them with their families, restore their education and help them come into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.
If you weren’t able to be there this past weekend, we encourage you to get involved. Watch the video below for more information:

We want to thank you for your prayer support and financial participation. Don’t forget to leave your comments!

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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!

Thank you Victory for your generous giving!

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.

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.

Day out at Wonder-La

Dear Victory Family,

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!

To see pictures from our last update, click here.