A Word from Kirk Nowery about Hope Partners’ First Christmas Gift Catalog
Dear Friend,
This is a first! You are viewing Hope Partners’ very first Christmas gift catalog. It doesn’t feature the tantalizing products that fill most Christmas catalogs; but it has something much better: opportunities to share in the greatest work of all and spread the greatest message of all—the Good News of eternal life and hope in Jesus Christ. Hope Partners is at work this very moment in Latin America, Africa, and India. We are fulfilling our primary mission — To rescue children and transform their lives in Jesus’ Name. This vital work takes on different forms and addresses a variety of needs. You will see that in a tangible way in these pages. Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” And Paul the apostle said, “God loves a cheerful giver.” We all have needs to meet and obligations to fulfill, but I am more convinced than ever that God will supply all that we need and more if we determine to give with joyous generosity.
Please take a few minutes to explore the sections of our Christmas catalog. You’ll encounter some compelling needs. Please think about these very prayerfully. I think you will be captivated by the possibilities; and I think you will be spiritually energized as you consider these extraordinary Gifts of Hope.
Yours for a blessed and memorable Christmas season,
Kirk Nowery
Chief Strategic officer
Direct Your Gift to Where It Is Needed Most
Caring for “The Least of These”
When you direct your gift to “Where Needed Most” you enable Hope Partners to address the most pressing concerns. This helps to provide the staffing, materials, and resources we need to fulfill our mission of rescuing children and transforming their lives in Jesus’ name.
Our Lord commanded us to care for “the least of these”—the little ones who are endangered, exploited, and exposed to all kinds of evil influences. We are to value these precious lives, first and foremost, because Jesus values them. We love them because He loves them. and we keep pushing forward to rescue and transform them because it honors and pleases Him. You can be sure that your gift marked “Where Needed Most” is a gift for the sake of “the least of these.”
Straight to Christmas Catalog
Sponsor a Child
Sponsorship provides needy children with a place to live, a place to learn, and a place to grow. For many of our children—like the kids at Mason’s Place in India—a place to live means a full-time home. We provide everything for them—a comfortable bed, nutritious food, quality clothes and shoes, physical care, a superb education, and purposeful activities.
For others—like the children who come daily to the Hope Center in Costa Rica— a place to live means a safe haven, away from the constant danger of the slums. Our team at the Hope Center there leads an innovative mentorship program. We also feed these children; and for many of them, it’s their only meal of the day.
A place to learn highlights the educational component—which looks different in different places. In some, like the Hope Centers in India and Kenya, it is a traditional school with a traditional structure. But at the Hope Center in Costa Rica, the emphasis is on teaching special skills and cultivating creative minds through a wide variety of classes and mentoring.
A place to grow expresses the goal of every Hope Center as the children we have rescued and cared for experience life in a totally new way. These precious girls and boys, many of whom have been abandoned and some who have literally been thrown on the garbage heap, come alive as they encounter Christ and His love. By His grace they truly become new creations in Christ and beautiful examples of His transforming power.
Hope Partners’ approach to child sponsorship is purposeful and strategic. First of all, we don’t “subcontract” with other organizations in providing for needy children. We have direct, daily contact with the girls and boys in our care. We know them, we love them, and we do everything in our power to make their lives better and more meaningful. In the interest of both wisdom and transparency, we use the term scholarship, not sponsorship, in the countries where we serve. One reason is because education is always central to what we provide. Another reason is that we’ve learned by experience that scholarships are understood and appreciated in these nations, but sponsorships are often viewed with suspicion. We choose to use the terminology that works best and facilitates the best work in the field. Here in the U.S. we still call this a “child sponsorship program”—but as a sponsor you are indeed providing a scholarship (plus much more). And because the needs vary from country to country and place to place, we have streamlined the program to multiple levels of support. These levels are identified by three key words: Amplify, Edify, and Magnify. The following information spells out the distinctions within each level. Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, you can be sure that your generosity will make a lasting difference in a child’s life—a difference that only eternity can measure.
The Amplify Sponsorship
$79 per month – Comprehensive Care
An Amplify Sponsorship covers housing, food, clothing, shoes, medical care, and all educational expenses. Think of it as a “full-ride” scholarship. Presently, sponsors at the Amplify level are providing support for the children at our two residential homes in India—Mason’s Place in the city of Ajmer, and St. Michael’s Home for Girls in Delhi, the capital city of India. Both campuses are served by a large staff, fully committed to giving the care that these precious children need.
Mason’s Place and St. Michael’s are for girls only because that is what each home is licensed and limited to provide. We would love to some day establish homes for boys, but for now God has entrusted us with a remarkable number of little girls. All of them have been rescued from desperate poverty and many from very dangerous circumstances. Now they are being transformed as they experience genuine, loving, Christian care.
For only $79 per month you can provide all the blessings and benefits of an Amplify sponsorship
The Edify Sponsorship
$39 per month – Education + Extras
An Edify Sponsorship covers educational expenses and other basic needs for a disadvantaged child.
Hope Partners is caring for hundreds of children at the Edify level in Costa Rica, India, and Kenya. A prime example is the Hope Center in Costa Rica which is filled every day with children from Pavas, an enormous but blighted community near the capital city. There are over 60,000 people in Pavas who live in extreme poverty. While we cannot help all of them, we can minister to many; and we’re committed to bringing holistic transformational strategies to this needy area.
The work is focused not just on the at-risk children of Pavas but also on the great numbers of single mothers in the community. The Hope Center programs provide food, education, spiritual formation, dental care, periodic medical clinics, psychological guidance, and leadership development.
The Costa Rica Hope Center currently feeds hundreds of children daily, Monday through Friday. For more than half of them, this meal represents the only balanced nutrition that they receive that day. In addition to the feeding program, the academic program provides mentors, tutoring, clubs, computer skill development, robotics, ballet, and art. Mothers play a key role in this program. They are required to not only make sure their children attend their weekly club and tutoring sessions but also to attend monthly meetings themselves that focus on the psychological and spiritual development of their families.
The Kenya Hope Center, adjacent to one of Africa’s largest slums, has been a beacon of spiritual light for over 25 years. One of the Hope Center’s key ministries is Hope Academy, a traditional school with an enrollment of 550 students. When you sponsor one of these children at the Edify level you provide that girl or boy with an outstanding Christian education plus breakfast and lunch at school every weekday. Because most of the children come from very poor families, this ensures that they have the balanced nutrition they don’t receive at home.
For only $39 per month you can provide a needy child with an Edify sponsorship
