Dear Friends,
Please receive our June letter with much love, appreciation & honestly amazement for such a committed group of supporters the Lord has banded together to provide for our family. I feeI like it's important to start out by saying, we know times are getting more difficult for everyone across the board. Prices are skyrocketing on absolutely everything on both sides of the border & from coast to coast - many of you depend on interest from investments & these surely are unpredictable times. Your most recent donation receipted here, shows us that you have not forgotten about our Kiddos even in these challenging times - Thank You. We appreciate & recognize your purposeful & often sacrificial giving. Just as your gifts help meet the many needs of our ever-growing family - we pray God will bless & reward each one of you for your concern to His children & provide for your needs as well.
Our home now provides for every material need of 80 children - so I hope you will feel you've made a wise investment in the ministry of CHI. 64 are the "RIN KIDS" - children who have come from desperate situations where the overwhelming majority faced abuse, abandonment and/or neglect. Most had never had proper nutrition nor education before coming to our home, fewer had experienced a loving homelife, much less a father and mother, modeling what God's design for the family was meant to be or caring for them or attending to their most basic needs. And in almost every single case, it wasn't until coming to the home - that these precious souls had the chance to hear of a loving Father, that sent His only son, to die on the cross - so that their sins - all of our sins - could be forgiven and new life in Christ could be found. This love, this hope, is by far the most important thing your support allows us to share with these precious children & our partnership is transforming lives daily!
The other 16 Children mentioned above belong to our staff of 19 full-time missionaries that serve as TIOS & TIAS - who alongside 21 additional staff and teachers are the actual hands & hearts that provide the loving Christian care to our full-time family & education to 95 students from 81 outside families served by our school! You are actively helping us share the Gospel and make a lasting impact on each of their lives by your prayers and through your donations. Turn over to see our most recent college graduate and meet some of our newest family members.
Special note to our Amigos from CANADA,
For a while now we have been trying to think of a better way to keep you more up-to-date on the happenings here at The Haven. We appreciate ever so much your faithful partnership, love and devotion to our Kiddos despite the thousands of miles that separate us. As you are aware, in order for your donations to be tax deductible in Canada - they must run through our International Children's Haven office in BC. Vic and Nellie Epp have been so kind and gracious to set aside a small space in their home and give of their time all these years to fulfill all Canadian requirements for making international donations as well as issuing each of you your end-of the-year tax statements.
Their service also includes exchanging Canadian funds into US dollars and sending a check from ICH every month or so to our US office in Pharr. Therefore we have decided that beginning this year - each time we receive their donation, we will send out a copy of the letter like the one above, that accompanies their receipt - to all those that gave during that particular time frame. As you see it is not meant to be a receipt and does not include any individual donation amounts or dates - but Lord willing will serve as an extra thank you for your support and give you greater insight to what the Lord is doing through your contributions. May God bless you for your kindness to His children.
CHILDREN'S HAVEN
"Providing loving Christian care for needy children"