Portion for Orphans Newsletter

The Philip Hayden Foundation is home to many special needs orphans in China. They recently shared an urgent need for soy formula for their lactose intolerant babies. Soy formula cannot be purchased in China. Thanks to the support of many of you, we’ve just sent off two boxes full of soy formula for these children. This is a common need for children’s homes in China. The same foundation is raising funds for a building project that will allow them to take in more children. You can learn more about the organization and how you can help at www.chinaorphans.org

Joanne Gorecki, a Portion for Orphans representative who is currently teaching in China, has recently visited Philip Hayden Foundation's children’s village. Here’s what she had to say…“My experience at the Shepherd’s Field, run by the Phillip Hayden Foundation, was amazing. The children are happy and well cared for. The foster home encourages the children to play with toys and early development. Without exception, the Phillip Hayden Foundation is providing special-needs children with the proper love and care they deserve.” – Joanne

This is Sammy, he needs a sponsor. He and others like him at the Philip Hayden Foundation, and many other orphanages that we work with, need sponsors to help cover the cost of their daily needs.

Portion for Orphans’ director, Sally Allred Lockett, along with her mother, Katie Allred, will be visiting Mercy International www.houseofmercyfoundation.com in Thailand [see map below], for the month of April. This Christian organization directs various projects in Thailand. We will be seeking to form a relationship with the directors and to identify needs that we can help meet. We will also be spending time with the children, and taking them for swimming lessons. Please pray that the trip would be fruitful, and that it would enable all Portion for Orphans partners to join in a Christian ministry to orphans in Thailand. Mercy International is currently constructing new facilities to take in more children. Learn more about this organization.

In addition to working with Mercy International, we will also visit a number of organizations serving children who have been forced into child prostitution, a nightmare which many vulnerable orphans fall victim to. We are seeking to learn more about this issue.

Sally and her mom will be spending the month of May revisiting Parizat Nestling Home in Kathmandu, Nepal [see map above]. The 50 girls who call Parizat their home never cease requesting that we return to teach them more about the Bible. We will live among them and do exactly that. We will also be visiting with the director, assessing the needs of the girls and checking on how previous donations have been used. Our activities will also include teaching swimming lessons, reading lots of bedtime stories, and doing crafts that might one day turn into a form of income for the girls. Some of them are orphans, others were found living in prisons along with their incarcerated parents, for poverty related crimes.

The director has always dreamed of building a second home in order to expand his work. We will be discussing the possibility of helping with this new project. He has also requested that we find a pastor who will start a Christian church next to the new home. Anyone interested?

“I want to thank the people who donated to send you here to help us believe in God.”
– Sumitra

Just before Kenya started having trouble with their elections in December, the kids at Cypress Valley Bible Church’s Vacation Bible School, in Marshall, TX, raised funds to purchase 60 Bibles, one for each child at the Africa Inland Church Orphanage outside of Nairobi. We had to delay the project. Peace is now being restored. Please pray that the Bibles be purchased and delivered without problems and that God would bless Catherine, our representative who will be delivering them and sharing the gospel with the children. We hope this will start a long-term discipleship program. In the picture above, you see mattresses and various books that we donated last year.