Chocolate and calendars from American Friends!

Help for Children went to the Luga Orphanage with a special treat in late November. American friends had sent them a gift of $80.00. When Friends of Children asked the teachers of Luga what the children would like best, "sweets" was the answer.

So each child was given an advent calendar. Each day they will be able to open a door on the calendar and enjoy a small chocolate. This would remind the children of their American friends who celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25th.
In Russia, Christmas is celebrated on Jan. 7th, but children are the same everywhere. They asked "Do you really belive that we will be that patient with the chocolate?!" But some later said they would try.

Ha! I know my kids would have a difficult time with that as well!

Enjoy the pictures from Luga.

Jodi Perkins

New website to donate to Help for Children

Big Family has created a new website where your donations will go specifically to Help for Children to provide for the Luga Orphanage and the Graduate Program.

go to:www.BigFamilyMinistry.org/DonateLuga .

Help for Children also serves the Jukki orphanage. Many of the children there are hearing impaired. If you would like more information on the Jukki orphanage and sponsoring those children e-mail Ken Dockery at :
info@bigfamilyministry.org.

As the Christmas season approaches please consider making an extra donation. Extras go to fun things like christmas parties, fruit (a special treat), and presents for the children.

Help for Children is grateful

Today I received a letter from Natasha Kirillov with Help for Children. In this letter she explained how relieved she was that two 2011 orphanage graduates were recently sponsored. She said they wanted to be in her Graduate Program, but there was not enough funds to support them with material items.

I'll let her explain:
"that's very good that we will be able to help those two, because we had problems in finding sponsors for them and didn't know what to do. It's possible for the Graduates who have no sponsors to be enclosed into our regular meetings, but when we give them money for clothes, shoes or medicine and school materials individually - then we have problems with those who have no sponsors (like where to find money for those needs). It's nice that those two ones will be participating on regular basis!"

I don't know about you, but how can you not be moved when you hear that your sponsorship is making such a HUGE difference in a young person's life. HUGE!

God is good all the time!