tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166866802024-03-13T14:20:02.280-04:00House of Hope NewsHouse of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-1203508019078915502019-03-18T20:49:00.001-04:002019-03-18T20:49:06.535-04:00We Are Moving!In an attempt to have all of our information at one location on the web, we are moving the HOH blog over to our website. <br />
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From now if you normally came to this page to find the blog updates, please go to the new HOH blog here instead: <a href="https://www.houseofhopehaiti1-lapointe.org/blog" target="_blank"> https://www.houseofhopehaiti1-lapointe.org/blog</a> .<br />
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If you normally waited for an e-mail to tell you there was an update, we are working on setting that up to happen the same way as before.<br />
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Thank you so much for the 14 1/2 years you have come here to this blog to
read the news of the HOH. It's hard to believe it's been so long -- where does the time go? We hope to see you over at our new location!<br />
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House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-10300516219525663062019-02-28T20:25:00.000-05:002019-02-28T20:25:15.458-05:00Ups and Downs<div style="text-align: justify;">
Greetings to all of our friends. It has been a bit of time since you've heard from us. It's been an interesting 2nd month of the year for us all and we appreciate your patience, support and prayers for us.</div>
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As many of you likely heard, there was a time of unrest throughout the country of Haiti. The kids were off of school for a couple of weeks before it all settled down and life got back to normal again. Unfortunately, times like those can be stressful as supplies and food stop circulating around the country and what you can get is extremely expensive. This rise in food cost has continued in the weeks following the unrest as people try to get their businesses up and going again. It sure makes a difference when you are feeding 100 people 3 times a day! I don't know how Linda does it -- she is amazing -- but she kept things going and all the mouths fed!</div>
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In the last update I told you about the wonderful PT help we had received from the STAND Haiti Project. One of the Haitian PTs who works with this group came back to visit the HOH once the short-term team had left. She offered to come and work with our kids several evenings a week. What a blessing that was for our kids to be able to have regular PT help. </div>
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Here you can see Claudette, working with one of the HOH kids. Because of the unrest and school being out, Rosnel (our young man who is studying PT in Cap Haitian) was able to come back and work with her for a couple of weeks. It was great for him to have the chance to do some hands on learning as well.</div>
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Another nice thing that happened over this past month was the arrival of the boat from Miami. We received many wonderful things from supporters and churches who sent things for the kids. Here are some pictures...</div>
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Lovely and fun toys!!! </div>
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A shipment on the boat can sure put smiles on faces at the HOH!!</div>
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We have a couple of new kids at the HOH and would love your prayers as we seek to give them hope in its many forms. Isaac is a tiny baby who came a couple of weeks ago in very poor health. Here you can see Esther giving him some love and formula...<br />
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Here he is with Linda about 2 weeks later... you can see the difference a couple of weeks of formula have done for him!</div>
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Then, just this week 5 year old Widley came to the HOH. He is very malnourished and has just started on our nutrition program. </div>
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We are so blessed to have you all stand behind us and help us out in so
many different ways as we bring the hope of Jesus to the kids in our
home. The need around us is so great. We love being able to help out, but there is no way we could do this without our team of partners and
we appreciate each one of you.<br />
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If you want to learn about ways to help us out -- check out our "Get Involved" page on our website <a href="https://www.houseofhopehaiti1-lapointe.org/getinvolved" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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If you'd like to be able to donate to this special ministry -- get the information on our "Donate" page <a href="https://www.houseofhopehaiti1-lapointe.org/donate" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Thank you for the things you send, for the financial support you send
us and for your prayers on our behalf. Together we give hope! </div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-64469903108875660822019-02-05T11:48:00.000-05:002019-02-05T11:48:17.392-05:00Great PT help!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Here we are already into February! The days seem to just hurry by and with constant activity at the HOH there is no slowing down time. </div>
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How nice it was to have our friends Jacques and Isabelle come for a visit all the way from France. They spend a lot of time in the NorthWest part of Haiti and we have numerous kids at the HOH that they found in very bad situations and brought them to us for care. Brothers Davidson and Darolyn were two of these kids and here they are during their recent reunion. Davidson is on the left and Darolyn on the right. </div>
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We were also blessed to have a visit from some Physical Therapists who were part of the group STAND Haiti Project. They came to the HOH to see numerous ones of our kids and young adults to see what help they could offer. Then they had us bring two of the youngest ones, Widson and Kiky to their clinic in Port-de-Paix. Alexandra and Jedline took them there...</div>
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At the clinic the group made multiple tools to help these young boys with their various physical disabilities. What an amazing job they did!</div>
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Widson certainly seems to not mind his special board getting him to lie on his stomach and use some different muscles than what he's been using. </div>
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At first, Kiky didn't seem to mind his chair so much. What a great smile!!</div>
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The special made walker was a little less well received. He has had one of these before and hated it so much he literally ripped it apart! Hopefully we can get some more use out of this one and it will help him use his legs more.</div>
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The special table seems to have not been so well received. His face makes it look like we are torturing him, but we really aren't! We hope these tools will help Kiky gain the use of different muscles and learn to do some things for himself that he hasn't been able to do.</div>
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We are so grateful for people like these who help us in various ways to find and bring hope to kids in Haiti who really need it. Thank you for your part in allowing us to share this hope with them. Please continue to pray for the various needs at the HOH, particularly for the kids and their studies, for health for both Linda and I, and for wisdom, strength and protection during times of turmoil in our lives and country.</div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-46817387255969439692019-01-15T11:08:00.000-05:002019-01-15T11:08:14.102-05:00Visitors Welcome!<div style="text-align: justify;">
A favorite time for the kids at the House of Hope is when we have visitors or visiting teams come down to spend time with them. They love the attention, love practicing their English, and just love building relationships with friends and supporters of the HOH. </div>
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This week we have a team from Quebec down visiting. Among the visitors is Gislaine. Her heart was touched by Widson when she was down a couple of years ago and she's the one who sent him his special chair making it easier for him to participate in life at the HOH. </div>
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We love to see these special bonds formed through time spent at the House of Hope. If any of you are interested in taking a team down to spend time and help at the HOH, please get in touch with us. You can find our contact information on our contact page <a href="https://www.houseofhopehaiti1-lapointe.org/contact" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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There are specific needs we have at different times. Right now we could really use some Physical Therapists who would be interested in going down to assess and give us ideas on how to help special needs kids like Widson. We have news of some PTs being in our area of Haiti this coming week and they are going to try and stop by to start a program for these kids. The next step would be for us to have some others go down later in the year to keep this going. If this is something you or someone else you know might be interested in, please let us know and we can see if we could work something out. </div>
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We know going down to Haiti isn't something everyone is able to do and we are so thankful for the other ways so many of you support this ministry. Thank you for your prayers and giving that enable us to bring hope to those who come into our home. </div>
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Happy New year to all of you. The House of Hope has finished their customary Haitian January 1st meal of pumpkin soup and the year is off. </div>
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Yummy!! Pumpkin Soup is a favorite!</div>
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The past few weeks have been very busy at the HOH. The kids finished up their final exams and started their Christmas vacation. The boys came home from their universities around Haiti. The boat arrived from Miami bringing the Christmas presents (at the last minute!). And then it was time to just spend together as a family; reflect on Jesus, the reason we all have hope and be thankful and enjoy the last few days of 2018. </div>
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Here is a peak of our past few weeks...</div>
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The boy's are home...</div>
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The house is decorated...</div>
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New shoes for everyone...</div>
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The gifts have arrived...</div>
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The gifts are organized (really they are!)...</div>
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First the Staff Party...</div>
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And Thank you! The House of Hope is a team effort. We are so thankful for each one of our partners who allow us to bring the Hope of the Good News of Jesus to the children and youth in our corner of Haiti. This past year had its share of disappointments and difficulties, but way more blessings and hope and you were a part of that! We look forward to seeing what 2019 will bring and are happy you are along for the journey with us.</div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-28712542969808697822018-12-11T09:40:00.001-05:002018-12-11T09:40:11.543-05:00Merry Christmas!As we prepare in multiple ways for the Christmas Season, we wanted to take the chance to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. <br />
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House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-19232250075057486772018-12-03T11:16:00.002-05:002018-12-03T11:16:57.061-05:00HOH Newsletter<div style="text-align: justify;">
Linda and some of the kids were able to go to Port-au-Prince this past weekend to received the award we talked about in the last blog. It was a really special time for all of them and we are so thankful it all went well from the travel to the awards ceremony to being able to spend some time with our kids who are there going to school.</div>
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There is a new edition of the House of Hope print newsletter going out to our partners far and wide this week. This year's newsletter features a really neat story from the past. To read it, follow this link: <a href="https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/c4de52_1a856ea7317247cb818d624c4ff3ab2d.pdf" target="_blank"> House of Hope Newsletter</a></div>
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As you know, with the end of the year coming up there are always extra expenses for us and the need to bring in more support. This letter encourages all of our supporters to see the way their support has helped us bring hope to so many children and youth over the years and encourages people to continue to help us do this. Please pray with us as the letter goes out that God would use it to supply all of our needs. </div>
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We have an exciting matching donation program going on this year with our partnering organization Extreme Response. From now until the end of the year, all gifts given to the House of Hope through Extreme Response will be matched by a generous donor. These matched funds will be used for various Extreme Response projects they have going on. It is a great way to have your gifts go ever further. In order to take part in this matching program, just send a gift to Extreme Response and mark it "for the House of Hope matching funds". Donations can be given <a href="https://extremeresponse.org/join-us/make-a-donation/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-63159351981049484962018-11-20T22:03:00.002-05:002018-11-20T22:10:13.340-05:00Good News!<div style="text-align: justify;">
I promised you some good news about the HOH. We waited until this week to tell you, because it was supposed to be officially over today, the Universal Children's Day. Unfortunately, Haiti is in a bit of a riot stage through this past weekend and the event had to be postponed. But we will be nice and won't make you wait to hear our news.</div>
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This year, the House of Hope was awarded a special award for it's work with vulnerable children in Haiti. This award is given out annually in Haiti by the Network of Christian Organizations for the Development and Promotion of Children (ROCHEPE). The members of this committee are from organizations working in Haiti including: Compassion International, World Vision, Tearfund, Child Evangelism Fellowship, Medical Teams International as well as numerous others from within Haiti.</div>
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Linda and 6 kids from the HOH were supposed to attend an award ceremony in Port-au-Prince this evening, but unfortunately, the unrest has kept them from going. It is uncertain when the ceremony will be rescheduled. </div>
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Our faces were much like Widson's here when we heard the news. (Isn't he doing great by the way? His casts were recently removed). It's not often we hear about, much less receive such things and we wanted to share it with you. </div>
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The HOH has been doing this great work of bringing hope to children and youth who need it for 62 years now. It is very hard work, but it is extremely rewarding as well. And none of it could happen without you our faithful partners. </div>
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So, in spite of the fact that we didn't actually receive the award yet (it is to come with a financial donation), we want to thank you for your part in helping us receive this recognition. It's not why we work -- but it does feel good sometimes, to be noticed and appreciated.</div>
<br />House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-32091569138629339972018-11-06T10:40:00.000-05:002018-11-06T10:40:15.347-05:00Catching up!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Greetings to you! I (Jenny) am back in Manitoba after my trip south and have been greeted with snow. I am very thankful for an wonderful trip visiting churches, supporters and family throughout Texas. Thank you to everyone who had a part in making this trip possible. Some great supporters lent me their vehicle again so I could make the trip (almost 80 hours of driving!). Many people hosted me in their homes, several churches had me speak and share what God is doing at the HOH. Many others met me places or just took the time to visit with me while I was there. Th<span id="goog_408065845"></span><span id="goog_408065846"></span>en there were those of you who prayed with me along the way. I appreciate you all. </div>
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At the HOH things are going well. Life is getting back to normal after the earthquake and everyone is back to sleeping in their own rooms at night. The kids wrote their mid-term exams last week and then had a few days of vacation towards the end of the week. They are getting into the swing of school and homework again and finally this week the last two of the girls got their new uniforms. Manouchka and Kateleen have finally moved up to a skirt from their little shorts they had in the earlier kindergarten years. It is a proud moment for them!</div>
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We are having some struggles with our university students as the scholarships that they were promised have not been honored. We are still in discussions with the direction of the school as it will be very difficult for us to continue giving them this level of schooling without that help. You could pray with us as we continue to work through this. Linda is to be heading to Port-au-Prince in the next couple of weeks and she hopes to be able to go to the school and discuss this with them. </div>
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We were happy to receive a young lady named Alexandra at the HOH recently. She will be staying several months to help out Linda and already has settled in well. She calls Linda "Mom" and is helping out with various activities throughout the day. She also is holding weekly classes in French and English for the kids on the weekends. Keep her in your prayers as she works with us to bring various forms of hope to our kids.</div>
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We have a specific need for clothing at this time at the HOH and wanted to share that with you all. We need clothing for all ages, but most specifically are in need of clothing for the middle age range, from 8 to 14 years old. Used clothes are just fine with us and you would just need to get them to a Miami address for us. If this is something you or your church could help us with, please get in touch with us and we can give you more details on how to get those to us. You can write us at houseofhopehaiti1@gmail.com.</div>
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We have some good news to share with you, but you'll have to keep your eyes peeled for that as we will be able to post it on the next blog! Many thanks to each of you for the way you support us.</div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-47167299255200069752018-10-08T11:14:00.000-04:002018-10-08T11:14:06.901-04:00Update<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thank you to everyone who held us up in prayer over the past weekend. There have been several big aftershocks that have really been scary for our kids and staff. But they woke up in much better spirits this morning. We are grateful for the encouragement and prayer support we have found. </div>
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I want to welcome some of the new subscribers to these updates. After posting our new website address last week, numerous people subscribed to receive these updates by e-mail. So, welcome! You will now receive these blog updates by e-mail, automatically whenever the blog is updated. Someone asked if I will still be sending out the e-mails now that we have the website and the answer is yes. At some point I might move the blog over to the website so we have it all at the same place, but not just yet. So, these updates will still come to you via e-mail. </div>
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It might be a bit before I (Jenny) can update the blog again however, as I'll be traveling soon for the HOH. I'll be speaking in churches in various places in Texas over the next few weeks and visiting supporters around there as well. If I haven't already contacted you and you'd like a visit -- please be in touch. </div>
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If you want to receive updates while I'm traveling, sign up for our closed HOH Facebook page, I will be updating that regularly (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/" target="_blank">HOH facebook page</a>). You can receive those by e-mail too if you'd like, just let me know.</div>
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We appreciate each one of you and the part you play in this ministry. Here are some general things to pray for over the next few weeks.</div>
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<li>Jenny's travels -- safety, strength and productive meetings with supporters and potential supporters.</li>
<li>Linda, the kids and our staff as they work through this this tough time they've been through with this earthquake. Pray for God's joy and peace to fill their hearts as they deal with their fears and trauma.</li>
<li>Pray for God's provision of funds during this time to help with added expenses. Prices for everyday items always go up after such events, plus we will have more mouths to feed as we help our neighbors who are suffering loss. It is probable that we even get a few extra children admitted to the HOH who are dealing with injuries. </li>
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House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-15828713696480393662018-10-06T23:20:00.004-04:002018-10-06T23:20:55.978-04:00Earthquake strikes our area of HaitiSadly tonight around 8:11 a 5.9 earthquake hit our area of Haiti. We don't know the extent of damage to our area, but we wanted to let you know that the House of Hope is safe. The kids and staff are shaken and scared. Numerous people have left their homes closer to the ocean and come to stay on our yard to be safer. Reports are that there are many wounded at our partnering hospital on the same yard as us. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated. I'll write more as I hear it. For more up to date information, join our Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/" target="_blank">here</a> . <br />
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Here's a picture of our kids all camping out in our kitchen tonight. They are too scared to sleep on their own, and our kitchen has the least amount of cement walls and ceiling. <br />
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Thanks so much for your prayers.House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-39921786131081454862018-10-02T10:53:00.005-04:002018-10-02T10:53:56.744-04:00The New HOH Website!Good Morning, we are happy to let you know the House of Hope now has it's own website. Here is the address: <a href="http://www.houseofhopehaiti1-lapointe.org/">www.houseofhopehaiti1-lapointe.org</a> . We have wanted to do this for a long time and finally here it is. We are thankful for several friends who helped give us the push to get it going and who also helped with the editing. <br />
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Feel free to share it with friends, family or anyone else you know who may be interested in finding out more about us and what we do. Thank you for the ways in which you support us. We hope and pray this tool helps us and our supporters share the great news of all God is doing through this special ministry. House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-54054850241027638372018-09-18T09:42:00.002-04:002018-09-18T09:42:25.088-04:00Back Into Routine<div style="text-align: justify;">
It's been a couple of weeks now and the House has returned to it's school year routine. The little ones head out in the morning -- our first leaves home at 6:30 each morning then the next group goes around 7:30. Most of those get home early afternoon when the rest of them head off for afternoon classes. It's an amazing scene to watch play out each day. If you are an outsider it looks a bit chaotic, but in reality Linda is a maestro orchestrating a well choreographed number. </div>
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Some of the kids have their new uniforms... <br />
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and we are still working on others. It is a bit frustrating as various schools decide to change their uniforms from year to year -- just slightly so you have to get new material and make new uniforms!</div>
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We'd ask you to continue to pray for the funds we need to pay for the kid's schooling this year. There are no free schools in our area of Haiti. Everyone has to pay tuition if they are going to attend school. On top of the tuition there is books, uniforms, shoes, supplies to buy. The fact that our kids can go, puts them in a special category as there are many kids who can't attend school because their families can't afford it. </div>
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But we feel strongly that an education is the chance for our kids to have the Hope of a Future. It is another level of hope that we seek to provide for the children, youth and young adults in our home. We know not everyone is able to help us out financially, but if you are able to; would you consider helping one of our kids advance in their education this year. And if you can't, please pray with us for this need to be supplied. Our kids pray regularly for this and have incredible faith that God will provide. Please join them in this.</div>
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** Donations can be sent to us through <a href="http://extremeresponse.org/join-us/make-a-donation/" target="_blank">Extreme Response</a>. Note that it is for the House of Hope.House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-40900212550474428302018-09-03T12:10:00.000-04:002018-09-03T12:10:38.494-04:00First Day of the New School Year<div style="text-align: justify;">
And they're off.... The summer is over, school has started. Here are some of our youngest members heading off for school this morning. They aren't in their uniforms just yet -- I'll share a picture once they have them.</div>
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The little guy, third from the left is Darolyn. This is his first year at school...he was nervous. When I asked him earlier if he was excited, he said shook his head no. But, he has a smile on his face this morning -- hopefully that's a good start for him!</div>
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This year we
have 52 students ranging from Kindergarten to University. This year, we are in
need of more people to partner with us to give our kids this hope of a
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It costs us $300 US per student to send
them to school for the year. That works out to $25 a month per student.
Would you be able to help us out in this way? How about someone else
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I would have to say this was probably the best year of camp we've had in the 5 years since we've started doing camp each summer. For one, we had the most kids/youth we've ever had with our numbers topping out at 294 before we said we couldn't take anymore. Everyone was so excited to be there, the days were packed full of activity from....</div>
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Helping with daily chores...</div>
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There were daily sessions with rousing singing</div>
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Bible Study-- our theme was Hebrews 13:8</div>
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and even Homework...</div>
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For the younger kids there were play times...</div>
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We also did a craft for everyone to take home as a reminder of our lessons</div>
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Then of course there were games.... wild and crazy given that there were so many kids in a small confined space. But everyone had a great time and there were surprisingly very few injuries!</div>
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and the find your sandal game. With almost 200 pairs of sandals it can be quite a challenge... </div>
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This year we added a meal for everyone. Other years we have felt bad when we had to send the campers from our local community away so we could feed our own kids. The camp started out years ago for just HOH kids and we've gradually opened it up to include the community kids as well. This year we decided to try and feed everyone. And with 300+ people around it was not an easy feat! But Linda is incredibly skilled at this, and everyone ate every day. We are so thankful for the many people who sent us money and food supplies to help us with this endeavor. We could have never done it without their help... </div>
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We are so glad our team from Miami was there to help us out. they've been here all of the 5 years we've done camp and they are such a big help, especially with the younger kids. </div>
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All in all it was a wonderful time. Spending time together. Having fun, studying God's Word, sharing in work, study, play and food. Each year we grow closer and it helps stimulate our spiritual growth throughout the year. Thank you for your part, whether in giving finances to the HOH for us to function and be a light in our community or through your prayers as we bring hope to those around us. We all play a vital role, thanks for yours!</div>
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House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-56283091271765657532018-08-21T11:01:00.001-04:002018-08-21T11:01:27.257-04:00Time to Catch up!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Greetings to you all. Wow, it's hard to believe a whole month has gone by. I am sorry I never got to update the blog while I was traveling and in Haiti. The internet down there was horrible and while I did manage to put a short update on Facebook throughout my trip, I couldn't get on the blog site at all to do an update. If you still want to join the House of Hope Facebook page so you can get these more frequent updates, you can do that by following this link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/</a> .</div>
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Thank you so much for your prayers for our travels over the past weeks. Everything went so well it was just amazing. All my flights were on time until my final flight back to Winnipeg at which time I got in late and lost a bag! What a perfect time for things to go wrong!</div>
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My time in Haiti was just wonderful. Here's a look...</div>
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These two guys weren't the ones who came and picked me up in Port-au-Prince -- thankfully. But they were sure waiting for my arrival after the 6 hour car ride in the white vehicle behind them (which amazingly made it once again over those rough roads). </div>
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What an encouragement it was to be picked up and chauffeured by Jn Daniel. Watching these "kids" grow and expand their knowledge and skills is so exciting. Since coming back we've learned that he was offered a full-time job in Port-au-Prince as a Lab Technologist, so we are going to lose him as a chauffeur, but are so excited to watch him move on in his life. </div>
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My time at the HOH was just incredible. Spending time with the kids as well as Linda was a highlight and we just enjoyed being together. I'm so happy with how things are going there. Seeing different kids step up into leadership roles to help Linda. Watching others move on to new steps in their lives. It is so neat how Linda and I can work together so well both near and far apart. We feel like we are a pretty formidable team and are so blessed to have each other to minister with.</div>
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Several of the kids thought it was a good idea to have me jump back into my role as "medical liaison" while I was down there this time. Shortly after my arrival, Frandy had an incredibly traumatic accident on our yard. Those are the moments we are so thankful our house is on the same yard as a hospital. I stayed with him through the ER and then the operating room late into the night as the surgeons worked on his arm. He has a long road of recovery ahead of him, please pray for him as we still aren't sure how much use he is going to have of his hand and fingers. </div>
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Several nights later it was Moise who kept me at the ER until the wee hours of the morning as he was having trouble breathing and needed oxygen. Then later it was the twins! Needless to say, I put in a lot of hospital time this trip. I was happy to do it though and give Linda a bit of a break as she along with our older kids go through this a lot throughout the year.</div>
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Camp was really great this year as well, but I'm going to wait until the next blog to fill you in on that or else this blog will be way too long! </div>
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Here are a few prayer requests to keep in mind until the next blog:</div>
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<li>School is starting up in 2 weeks. This means a lot of things, but most particularly we need to purchase school supplies, uniforms and pay entrance fees and tuition in the coming weeks. Please pray for provision of all these things we need related to the education of the kids. It is such an important part of our ministry to bring them hope. It costs about $300 US per student per year to send them to school. We have 52 students. Please pray for this need.</li>
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<li>Our boys in Port-au-Prince are doing really well. We do see the need to find other housing arrangements for them. I was able to visit them on my trip and after talking with Linda about it, we were not happy with the situation where they were at. God has brought a much better situation about, but it is also more money. So, we have until mid-September to make this decision. Please pray with us about this. Pray that we would have the funds to move them to the better situation. </li>
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<li>There is some really great Spiritual growth happening on many different levels with our kids both at the HOH and those in Port-au-Prince. It is really very exciting to watch God working in their lives and them getting to know Him better. On this trip, they asked me to spend more time working on Bible Studies and devotions for them which I am very happy to do. You could pray for me as I do this and try to work out different medias and methods to do this from afar.</li>
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We are so grateful for each one of you and the part you play in this exciting ministry. Together we are bringing hope to many -- Thank you for your part!</div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-82951347633417995632018-07-20T16:38:00.001-04:002018-07-20T16:38:32.310-04:00On My Way!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Good Afternoon! I, Jenny will be hitting the road today to start my journey down to the HOH. As you can imagine, we all are quite excited. I'm excited to see my large family once again and they are excited to have me come. They have spent days getting things ready for me, from the car to pick me up to getting my room ready to stay in. Makes me feel special and gets them very excited waiting for my arrival!</div>
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I won't be updating the blog again until I get back as the internet never seems good enough for me to do it from down there. But I will be regularly posting on the House of Hope Facebook group. If you haven't joined, it's not too late, you can still find it by following this link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/</a> and asking to join. </div>
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Some people have let me know they are not on facebook but would like to receive these posts as well. I have started an email list and while I likely won't be able to send every post, I will try to send an email as often as I can. So, just let me know if that's better way for you to keep in touch. </div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-91812354827801244722018-07-10T11:10:00.000-04:002018-07-10T11:10:42.563-04:00A New Way to Keep ConnectedGood morning to you all. We have been working on another way to keep connected with our friends and partners. We've wanted a way that was a bit easier than sitting down and writing a blog and also one that was a bit more private. <br />
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So, we have started a "Closed" Facebook group called - House of Hope - La Pointe, Haiti. Because it is closed people can see it, but have to have permission to join. We hope to be able to post our news, needs and prayer requests there with more regularity than we are able to do with the blog. But no worries, we will continue to update the blog as we have been doing.<br />
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If you are interested in joining this group on Facebook, you can follow this link: <span class="_50f7"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/houseofhopehaiti1/</a> it will send me your request and I can add you as a member. In an effort to maintain some privacy and intimacy in this group with regards to our big family's news, I will be checking out the member requests carefully. If you notice I haven't approved you yet, or if you want to add some friends of yours that we might not know personally, please send us an e-mail as well to make some introductions.<br />
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We so appreciate each one of your, our partners and look forward to sharing more with you through this group.<br />
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Thanks for your continued prayers for Haiti. Our boys in PAP say it's much calmer and more back to normal in their area today. Internet communications in the area where the HOH is located is not working this morning, so I have not heard directly from Linda today. But the boys were able to call her and all is well there. We appreciate your continued prayers for the weeks ahead and the events that are planned for them.House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-55106803120627069022018-07-08T18:40:00.002-04:002018-07-08T18:40:32.504-04:00Our Poor Haiti...<div style="text-align: justify;">
Greetings to you all. I'm sure some of you have heard of Haiti's unrest on the news. We wanted to let you know all of us are doing ok for the moment. The unrest rarely reaches out as far as where we are located, so in that sense the HOH is fine. But our young men are studying in PAP and several others were there getting errands done for us. They are fine, staying put and waiting it all out.</div>
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We'd love it if you would pray for the issues in Haiti. </div>
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<li>Pray for wisdom for the leaders and for calm for those causing the unrest. </li>
<li>Pray for safety for our boys in PAP and that our boys who need to get back up to the HOH are able to do so in the coming days.</li>
<li>There are many people from all over Haiti who were in our town for the yearly spiritual life conference. They need to travel back to their homes tomorrow, pray for their safety and that they'd be able to get back home again.</li>
<li>My (Jenny's) trip to Haiti is scheduled to take place in 2 weeks! Pray for calm to return so I can make it in and up to the HOH safely. I am traveling with a young lady from the US and a team from Miami will be joining us the next week. Pray for wisdom for all of us involved and that we'd be able to make the trip. The kids at the HOH have been waiting for this trip all year!</li>
<li>Summer Camp/VBS is coming up in 3 weeks. We have almost 300 kids/youth signed up to come and we have almost finished all the preparations. Pray that we'll be able to get there, get the food supplies we need, get the team there and all the supplies.... and that we have a great time learning from God's Word and having fun together.</li>
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Our kids enjoyed being involved in the local conference this past weekend. They love joining in the throngs of other kids from all over Haiti and learning new songs and stories. We will be singing the songs for the entire year ahead! </div>
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We also received a number of items from various groups and individuals in Miami on the latest boat. All of them will be helpful in the upcoming weeks with our visitors and upcoming day camp. Here are a few pictures -- you can see by the smiles on their faces -- everything was a big hit!</div>
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We are so grateful for the number of ways our partners support us in this work. We appreciate each one of you. Thank you for your part! </div>
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While most of our kids are now finished school for the year, our grade 13 students will be writing their very difficult government exams this week. It doesn't help that the World Cup Soccer is also happening at the same time -- makes it hard to study while the entire rest of the country is cheering on their favorite teams!</div>
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Our Grade 13 students, Phania, Magloire Iverlande in this picture</div>
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would greatly appreciate your prayers for them as they have tried to do just that as they prepare for these exams. They will be writing them for most of this week.</div>
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As for the rest of the HOH kids -- it's summertime! And one of the things the kids get excited about is Mango season. There's nothing quite like a nice refreshing mango in the heat of a summer day...</div>
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Another favorite treat is what we call "Ti Carol" little bags of frozen juice that Linda makes for them on occasion. </div>
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Some have asked for an update on the health of the kids. Seems like everyone is doing ok these days. Here's an updated picture of the twins with Linda -- as you can see they have grown quite a bit over the past few weeks! </div>
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<li>Pray for Jn Daniel as he is in Port-au-Prince this week trying to get some work done on our vehicle so it will be able to transport Jenny and the team from Miami when they come the end of July.</li>
<li>Pray for Linda, the young leaders and staff as they have extra work to do to keep everyone busy now that school is out. Pray also as she is setting up the logistics to feed everyone at our summer day camp this year. Other years we've felt bad sending the community kids home at noon so we can feed our kids. This year we are going to try and feed everyone one meal during the day. As you can imagine -- feeding around 300 people every day is quite the challenge. </li>
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As always, we are so grateful for your partnership, support and prayers for us. We know we couldn't do all of this without your help, so thanks for enabling us in this ministry.House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-86389262647558283112018-06-12T09:16:00.000-04:002018-06-12T09:16:43.687-04:00Grade 9 exams this week<div style="text-align: justify;">
Just a quick update today about our 4 grade 9 students. Thank you so much for your prayers for the grade 6 exams last week. Now those students are just awaiting their results. Now it is our grade 9 students. They will be writing the rest of today and tomorrow. They'd love your prayers as well. Here they are...</div>
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Jamesley, Dieunika, Carlos, and John Wisly</div>
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You might remember Jamesley from several months ago when he was having such a hard time with bleeding. We are so thankful for the Hemophiliac factor we had donated to us that has not only enabled him to get up and walking (albeit with crutches) again, but also allow him to return to school and be ready to write his exams. </div>
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What a joy and privilege to bring hope to young people like these 4 here. Thanks for your part in giving them a hope for their futures through education!</div>
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It is that time of the year again. Today 4 of our kids start their government exams. This week it is the grade 6 exams and here are our 4 girls who are writing them...</div>
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Valandjina, Nitchy and Wislinda will write in the mornings.</div>
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We received a surprise this week with Valandjina being accepted to write the exams. She was in grade 5 this year, but did so well the school skipped grade 6 and are having her write the exams. She is a really strong student and if she passes these exams she will move on to secondary school next year!</div>
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We'd love it if you would remember to pray for these young ladies. They must pass these exams in order to move on in their schooling, so it's a pretty big deal for them.</div>
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Some people have asked for a few updates on people we've introduced you to in the past. So, here goes...</div>
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<li>All of our babies are doing well at the moment. I don't have a recent updated picture of the twin girls, but we'll try and get that before the next blog update. </li>
<li>Oliana is hanging in there. Not a lot of change there, but she isn't worse so we are happy with that.</li>
<li>Manouchka, the mother who had suffered burns is doing really well. She has healed completely and her children are doing well. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She will be leaving the HOH this coming weekend to go and try to build a new life with her children. She will leave with the baby and the young boy will stay with us until she has located a place to live with both of them. You could pray for her as she makes her way forward in life.</li>
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As promised, here is another bookmark signaling a need that we have at the HOH. The last need we emphasized was for a one time need. This time we'll show you an ongoing need. We are short on our budget needs by $4,000/month, this mostly falls in the realm of salaries to pay our staff. I know that sounds like a huge shortfall and if we were looking for it from one person, it would be. But the ministry of the HOH has always been possible because of the team of people we have who put their resources together to bring hope those who come to our home. So, when you look at it broken down -- we need 200 people to send us $20/month. Maybe even that isn't possible for you to help with, and in that case can you pray with us that God would provide this need? Here is a bookmark to help you remember this need...</div>
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We appreciate each of you and your partnership in this ministry. Thank you for your part. We don't share these needs lightly. We know many of you are helping us out way beyond your abilities. But we do feel it's important for you to be aware of the needs so you can pray with us as we watch God provide for them.</div>
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(I did realize that I made these bookmarks for a trip to the US, so I failed to put the Canadian address for donations on there. Here it is: Extreme Response Canada - PO Box 1013 - Simcoe, ON - N3Y 5B3)</div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-83409127447254184532018-05-24T23:38:00.001-04:002018-05-24T23:38:18.551-04:00Finding Ways to Help<div style="text-align: justify;">
Greetings to you all. Very sorry for the silence over the past couple of weeks. I'm sure you all know how busy life gets at times. I (Jenny) was busy in Canada with family things. And the HOH was busy with school, then a holiday from school, the arrival of the boat from Miami and many useful and needed items, and now back to school again! One special moment was that our boys who are away at University were able to come home for the weekend. What a wonderful time everyone had reconnecting and just being family.</div>
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Here's a group of them going on a picnic together.</div>
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A quick update on Oliana: she had a pretty good week last week. She started to get some strength back. She was able to move around and participate in a few activities, she was even able to attend our Sunday church service. But yesterday she took another down turn and is back in bed. She's unable to keep food down and is back on IVs. We continue to pray for strength and healing for her and comfort and strength for those giving her care. As you can imagine, the constant up and downs gets discouraging for everyone -- especially for Oliana. Thank you for your continued prayers for her.</div>
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Bringing hope in all it's wonderful forms to the children and youth who come through our doors is what the House of Hope is all about. Over the years, many people have partnered with us to help us do just that. These past few months though we've been so blessed by 2 young ladies who found 2 very unique ways to raise funds to help us in this endeavor. I wanted to share their stories with you...</div>
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<b>Emma Rodriguez -- Miami, FL</b></div>
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You might remember hearing her name before. Emma has spent time at the HOH over the past 4 summers. She is currently a pre-med student at Dartmouth, a study she chose to go into after her involvement with one of our little boys who needs a lot of medical care. So, one has to wonder, just what is a 2nd year university student going to do to raise funds to help the HOH? </div>
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Why IronMan Texas, of course!</div>
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Yes, in the midst of all those bobbing heads out there in the water, you'll find one Emma Rodriguez. <b><br /></b></div>
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Why would someone subject themselves to such a feat? For Emma it was to raise funds to help the HOH. We are so proud of what she accomplished and so grateful for her kind heart and spirit that loves our kids so much and desires to help us bring them hope in any way that she can. And she's not finished -- she's already gearing up for her next IronMan in 2019.</div>
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Elizabeth comes from a long line of HOH partners. Her church has supported the HOH since its beginning in 1956. Her grandmother spent many years rolling bandages and shipping them to us. Many thousands of children were blessed by her giving over the years. </div>
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In spite of facing some very difficult medical needs herself, Elizabeth decided to find her way to help the HOH. Hot Chocolate was her way. Elizabeth made hot chocolate and sold it to her school mates. The proceeds from her endeavors were given to us to help us bring hope to the children in our care. I was blessed to get to spend a bit of time with Elizabeth on my recent trip to the Michigan. She is an incredibly kind and caring young lady who thinks of others in need even though she herself is struggling with needs of her own. We appreciate very much the work Elizabeth put into this and her kind heart that gave to us so we can bring hope to the kids in our care. </div>
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<li>Others have taken up special offerings in VBS or Sunday School programs. </li>
<li>One church has a "Slipper Sunday" where everyone gets to come in slippers and donates to help us buy shoes for our kids. </li>
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There are so many ways to help out and we are grateful for all who do. If this inspires you to come up with an idea of how to help us raise the funds we need to bring this hope, please let us know!</div>
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House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-73594171494434136262018-05-08T11:18:00.002-04:002018-05-08T11:18:46.878-04:00Too Cute for Words<div style="text-align: justify;">
Many thanks for all your prayers for Oliana and the HOH and for your words of encouragement. She continues to hang in there. She is not getting any worse, but also not much improvement either. At least she is conscious and able to talk. But her blood sugar continues to spike and she is too weak to even sit up. We appreciate your continued prayer, support and encouragement.</div>
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As an encouragement to you we wanted to share this picture of our 5 babies</div>
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They are all doing so well and we are so thankful for the chance to give them love and care for them.<br />
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I (Jenny) am back from my trip through the mid-west of the USA. I am so thankful for my friends who lent me their car so I could have such an incredible time visiting many of our friends and supporters. Thank you too for your prayers for my safety as I was traveling around. Here are some tidbits about my trip:</div>
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<li>I drove a total of 68 hours over the past 3 week.</li>
<li>I stayed in 7 different homes who so kindly opened their doors to me and showered me with hospitality.</li>
<li>I was able to speak in 4 different churches and share all that God is doing at the HOH and in the lives of our crazy big family. </li>
<li>I started my trip by driving into a big snowstorm in Minnesota </li>
<li>I had to cancel one trip to see some partners in Northern Wisconsin because we were snowed in! </li>
<li>Driving in and around Chicago is just nuts!</li>
<li>Saw the last bits of snow in Western Michigan -- even watched a snowman melt before my eyes!</li>
<li>Tasted the best apple cider at the Yates Cider Mill in Michigan.</li>
<li>Saw the greenest fields and grass in Indiana.</li>
<li>Got my car loaded and bursting at the seems with new hand-made clothes for the kids in Indiana.</li>
<li>Was blessed with help packing and shipping said clothes in Illinois.</li>
<li>Drove through severe weather (thunderstorms and hail warnings) through Illinois. </li>
<li>Saw the beautiful sun on my way back through Minnesota and North Dakota.</li>
<li>Arrived back in Manitoba to weather in the 80's!</li>
<li>All along my route I connected with people who encouraged me so much and it was a blessing to meet with and spend time with each one of you. </li>
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We were reminded again of what an incredible team of partners we have in this special ministry. I was also able to make some new contacts on this trip and we'd ask you to pray that some of those contacts might be the start of some new financial partnerships to help us with the needs of the HOH. </div>
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While on my trip I highlighted 3 specific needs with some prayer bookmarks. I'll share them with you all as well so you can be in prayer for the provision of these needs. One was for a monthly need, one a yearly need and the last one is an immediate one-time need. I'll share them one at a time over the next few blogs. Here is the immediate one-time need (it is front & back of a bookmark):</div>
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Thank you for the many ways you are part of our lives, ministry and family. We hope you all have a wonderful week. We will let you know on any changes as far as Oliana is concerned.</div>
House of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571873065128921795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16686680.post-77579825482560090942018-05-06T16:09:00.000-04:002018-05-06T16:09:14.507-04:00Update on Oliana<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thank you so much to everyone who prayed for Oliana. Sometime in the middle of the night she regained consciousness and started to talk. This was not something we expected to happen given that she wasn't conscious or responsive in any way for most of the day yesterday. Her blood sugar is still on a roller coaster and the doctors are trying to get it under control again. We appreciate your prayers and would ask you to continue to pray for Oliana as well as everyone at the HOH giving her care.</div>
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