SUMMER CAMP 2012 APPROACHES |
JUST IN THE KNICK OF TIME FOR MOTHER'S DAY!!! |
 It’s hard to believe in 2 short months Camp Season 2012 will be upon us. Our crew is rapidly finishing installing the new bunk beds and mattresses, completing the new laundry facility, and preparing all areas of camp for final operating inspections from the health department. The children the Placement Center are truly those who have no-one to take them for the summer holiday. The children and youth from the villages are participants in HHMI's Village Bible Club ministry. Often new children will come to camp because their friends in the Bible clubs have invited them to participate. We will provide a wonderful week of respite and Bible camp for all the children 8 years and older that are left for the summer in the Placement Centers and villages in our county. The camp scholarship of $50.00 provides 15 nutritious meals for one camper. HHMI and the children are dependent on you, Our Home Team, for your generous support for the camp. Thank you for any consideration you can give for one or more campers to be embraced with the love of Christ this summer season.
PLEASE CONSIDER SPONSORING ONE OR MORE CHILDREN TO ATTEND THE CAMP OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD!
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 Do you need a gift for Mother's Day or Birthday or special occasion? Roxanne Hughes Packham and her daughter Hannah have authored a beautiful design book with all proceeds going directly to sponsor children to Camp of the Good Shepherd! The total purchase price of $40.00 will be donated to Heart of Hope for the 2012 Camp of the Good Shepherd season. Order by Monday, May 7th in time for Mother's Day delivery at www.inspireddesignpublications.com
With a desire to celebrate the beauty of home and family, the mother-daughter duo has skillfully melded their own story of family memories and candid observations with photos of impeccably designed interiors to remind the reader of the home's power and ability to change lives. Their purpose in writing Inspired Design is straightforward: "To inspire you to create a home that touches the soul of those within, as well as all who walk through the doors."
Borne on the wings of their earnest prayers, Inspired Design is far from being just another photo-rich book on interior design. Instead, it is a beautifully rich hospitality book focused as much on what visitors entering the home will feel as on what they might see. Once their collaboration on the book was finished, this mother-daughter duo knew they had found their calling. To continue the work they had begun, Roxanne and Hannah founded Inspired 31, an organization devoted to inspiring teenage girls, mothers and others to find and follow God's plan for their lives. Along with funding Inspired 31, sales of the book go straight to Heart of Hope. The Packhams' unified mission is to change lives one heart at a time. Read More...Inspired Designs Press Release
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PRAYER REQUESTS
 Please pray for our teams and the at risk children and families they serve ...
Prayers for all orphaned and at-risk children in Romania and around the world.
Prayers for "The Specialists" who will be the first American volunteer camp team of 2012. Veteran volunteer Jilda Veja, will lead the team. This 8 member team will serve the children from three different Special Education Placement Centers June 15th-29th. Prayers for team unity, completing final preparations, acquisition of all needed craft and hygiene supplies, travel mercies and good physical and spiritual health.
Prayers for the Romanian Camp leaders and provision of Romanian volunteers coming to serve alongside their American counterparts. Prayer for unity of spirit and purpose in embracing those in need with the love of Christ.
Prayers for HHMI Romanian staff as they ready Camp of the Good Shepherd for its 2012 operational inspection by the Romanian health department the first of June.
Prayers for the provision of all needed camp scholarships for the 2012 summer season. We anticipate nearly 400 campers and we are currently far short of sponsorships for all 400. The $50.00 camp scholarship provides for the food needed for one camper for one week. General gifts to Camp of the Good Shepherd provide for all other costs associated with the provision of camp.
Praise for the provision of the Dr. Aadland Dental team and her colleagues who will ministrer to the children at the Placement Center in Orlat after many years without this much needed ministry.
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EASING SUFFERING AND RESTORING SMILES PART TWO!
The  Dr. Kristine Aadland Dental Team will travel to Romania to serve at the Placement Center at Orlat in July. We are so delighted to have Dr. Aadland and her colleague Dr. Jennifer Ehrlich from Cascade Dental in Vancouver, WA join us in HHMI's amazing dental care ministry with their team of experienced assistants and a hygentist who will serve from July 6th-15th. It has been many years since we have had a dental team available to provide dental care fpr the children at the Placement Center at Orlat. There are currently 95 children residing at Orlat desperately needing these services. Heart of Hope staff will also transport other children in need of care to the Placement Center to receive treatment from the Aadland dental team.
 The children will witness and experiencce the loving care of dental professionals and receive encouragement by their beautiful new smiles. We are so very thankful for their sacrifice and service to the dear children at the Orlat Placement Center. Please take a moment to pray for this compassionate team and lift up the children who will receive the benefits of their loving care.
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TEAM CALENDAR AND COMING EVENTS |
Camp Team - Turnu Rosu, Fagaras and Medias Special Education Placement Centers - June 16 - June 30, 2012 |
The Specialists |
Camp Team - Agarbiciu and Hegel Placement Center and Mudra Village - June 30 - July 14, 2012 |
Team Ekkselia - Team Fellowship |
Medical Teams International - Dental Team at Orlat Placement Center - July 6 - July, 14 2012 |
Dr. Kristine Aadland and Dr. Jennifer Erhlich
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Camp Team - Cisnadie and Orlat PlacementCenters and Mundra, Concsor and Toarcia Villages - July 14 - July 28, 2012 |
Team Mission Christi |
EVENTS AND LOCATIONS |
A Taste of Hope Benefit Dinner and Auction in Portland, Oregon Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon |
A Taste of Hope Benefit Dinner and Auction in Camarillo, California Saturday, November 10, 2012 |
Las Posas Country Club, Camarillo, California |
