Hope and Helps

Gypsy children enjoying clean water!

April 2009 -  Our 18th bore well was completed in a village in Buttaigudem Mandal, W.G. District, India.  Our India pastor will be able to use this bore well to bring not only CLEAN, FRESH, PURE WATER to the individuals in his church, but LIFE-GIVING water to the Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist men and woman who will also benefit from this well.  These bore wells are tearing down “religious” barriers and reaching souls for the Kingdom of God, because our Evangelists and Pastors also introduce them to the “Water of Life” Himself, Jesus Christ.

The cost to put in a bore well and a marble headstone with the name of the sponsor and a scripture you choose in English and Telegu on Christian-owned land in a remote village is $1,500.  If an individual, group, or church would like to sponsor a well, please contact us at our e-mail address:  hopeandhelps@embarqmail.com.

Proverbs 28:27 - Whoever gives to the poor, will lack nothing.  But a curse will come upon those who close their eyes to poverty.

Hanoch Putra treating a Christian leper.

Hope and Helps Ministry has published a book on leprosy.  If you would like to order a book - the cost is $12.00 plus s&h.  All proceeds from the sale of this book entitled “Children of Glory” will be sent to the leper colonies in India that we are assisting.  There are many great needs in our leper colonies for medicines, clothing, food, specially designed shoes (to assist a leper in walking), canes, tricycles, better housing and of course, bore-wells.  If they are able, the lepers are also being taught a trade such as sewing.  Many, many lepers have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and now enjoy the peace that surpasses all understanding even though they live everyday with the stigma of leprosy.  

1 Samuel 2:6 -  The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.  The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.  He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the beggar from the ash heap, to set them among princes and makes them inherit the throne of glory.

April 2009 –  We are sending down a team of men from Church Of  The Valley located in Strasburg, VA to the Christian Appalachian Project located in Hagerhill, KY.    As many of you are aware, Kentucky has been hard hit with winter storms.  Thousands of the poor of this nation are without power and/or they are finding it extremely difficult to navigate through the mountains to get food for their families. 

C.A.P. covers 13 States from Southern New York to Mississippi.

If you would like to help us with needed funds for food, repairs, etc.  please send a check to:  Hope and Helps Ministry, PO Box 2125, Front Royal, VA 22630.  The entire amount that you send will be hand-delivered to the Christian Appalachian Project.

Proverbs 21:13 - Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry himself and not be heard.

TRICYCLES

Because of the blessed giving of people like yourself, Hope and Helps Ministry, is able to supply tricycles to individuals who are crippled from leprosy.  A tricycle costs $75.  They are specially fitted for the needs of the lepers who have lost their fingers, toes, etc., because of this horrible disease.

Our Christian brothers and sisters who are lepers are given back their dignitity when they don’t have to crawl around on the ground, no longer waiting for someone to put them in a little cart to wheel them to prayer meetings.  A tricycle becomes part of them giving freedom of movement.   Words are hard to use to express the joy, thanksgiving and relief a tricycle brings to a disabled individual. 

PLEASE CONSIDER PURCHASING A TRICYCLE FOR A LEPER . THANKS!

Bicycles, Scooters and Motor Cycles

Most of our Gospel work goes on in remote, jungle-like areas of India. Taking the gospel from village to village by foot is usually how our pastors and Bible women get around. Our older brothers and sisters, who are more mature in their faith, need our help to continue the work in India. A good, heavy duty bicycle costs $100 there ($400/$500 here). A scooter between $200 (between $500 to $1,000 here) and $500.   A Honda Hero Motorcycle - $1,200 ($5,000 - $10,000 here).  The people we help, your brothers and sisters-in-Christ, are too poor to buy these for themselves. You may consider buying several bicycles for one pastor, in order for his Team, to travel with him in their ministry outreach. This would make a great church, or youth project!

PLEASE PRAY ABOUT HELPING BUY BICYCLES, SCOOTERS OR MOTOR CYCLES FOR PASTORS.

India Pastors in prayer.

Hope and Helps Ministry currently has approximately 200 Pastors and Bible woman who are in great need of our help to spread the gospel in India. The monetary exchange rate is around 45 rupees to one U.S. dollar. This will give the Pastor or Bible woman you are assisting for ever dollar you give $45 worth of buying power in India.

One dollar a day is all that is earned by day labor.   A gift of $25, $30, $40 or even $50 a month to a Pastor allows him, not only to feed his family, but to distribute food, clothing and in some cases needed medicines to his congregation.  Every day, we receive photographs or letters telling us of how your funds were used.  

How wonderful it is, that you can help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ for so little money.   As stewards of God’s money, should we not be giving as much as we can for His Kingdom especially as the time for His return approaches. 

One hundred percent (100%) of your donation will be sent to a Pastor that will be given to you.  Your address will not be revealed for confidentiality. Instead, letters and photographs from your Pastor or Bible woman will be forwarded to your home address or e-mailed if you prefer.  

Need more information e-mail us at:  hopeandhelps@embarqmail.com