Hope News – June 2008
In this issue, journey along with the story of Christina. Although dealing with severe developmental delays, Christina’s spirit and zeal remain strong and brilliant. To view this entire issue, click the link below.
In this issue, journey along with the story of Christina. Although dealing with severe developmental delays, Christina’s spirit and zeal remain strong and brilliant. To view this entire issue, click the link below.
Children are children because they have parents. Some are told, even after they are grown, “You may be taller, but you’re still my baby!” Yet for other, their parents left long before they could even say, “ma-ma” or “da-da.” They, too, remain “babies,” or children at heart; abandoned, orphaned and institutionalized. Child abandonment, a grave [...]
December 1st-Romania’s national holiday. On this day, Romanians celebrate their independence. But this year, and in years to come, we will celebrate the homecoming of a new family member: Elisabeta Sztoika. Until December 1, 2007, Lisa—as we call her—lived with a foster mother who had taken care of her since she was only 9 months [...]
Volume 9, Issue 7 Jennifer Phillips, a missionary who served 8 years in Romania and is now serving in Africa, recently made these observations about her experiences in both countries: “There are blessings in the “lack”. I see that what I consider as lacking to them is only more space for the Lord to fill. [...]