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Monday, May 14, 2012

Supplies

If you would like to help support us through donating supplies to take to Jamaica  - here is a list:


  • *Hard candy
  • *Gum
  • *Sand toys
  • *Goggles
  • *Life jackets, need 4
  • —(zip up neoprene with strap underneath)
  • *Board books
  • *Crayons
  • *Color books
  • *Stickers
  • *Glue sticks
  • *Lotions
  • *Fingernails polish
  • *Foot scrub
  • *shower caps
  • *Clippers
  • *Finger nail files
  •  
  • *Paperbag Puppets: Foam stickers, Pipe cleaners, Pompoms
  • *Toiletry items - toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, body spray
  • * Small hair items for "black hair" - or hair gel for black hair
  • * Bathmats & shower curtains
  • * Socks for the girls 
  • * Tablecloths for long tables (4 tables) & for small square tables (seating for 4, 8 tables)
  • * Placemats for 30 people
  • * First aid kits - colorful bandaids, etc.
  • * Feminine products
Please Contact a team member or Polly for additional questions regarding supplies: 521-2726




The Jamaica Team

Please pray for the team:


Kirsten
Brayden
Crystal
Jethro
Ronnie
Candi
Jessica
Caleb
Taylor B.
Debbie
Polly
Jane
Ashley
Alyssa


Please pray for us to have:



  • Unity as a team - Ephesians 4:11-16
  • Christ Revealed in everything- 1Peter 4:10-11
  • Servants hearts -Phil 2:1-4
  • Appointments to reach the lost - Luke 15:1-10
  • Safety and protection on us/families - Psalm 91



Please pray for the children & workers to be blessed and receive such a blessing from God


Thank you for blessing us with your support and prayers - 1Thes 1:2

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Jamaica 2012


The Heart For The Fatherless Ministry At Calvary Chapel Tri-cities is leading a mission trip.  The last time this blog was active was in 2008 when I (Kirsten) went on my first mission trip to China with friends from CCTC & the Spokane area.

Now a group of 22 people from Calvary Chapel Tri-Cities will be traveling with Embracing Orphans from July 20th to August 4th 2012 to share God's love with the orphans in Jamaica at Blossom Gardens & The Father's House and whatever HE wants us to do!

I'm hoping that we can use this blog again to blog our journey that HE has called us on now- Enjoy!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

China Pictures





After about 8 hours of downloading pictures (no joke!), i finally have some pictures from my trip to China that i can share with everyone! There are 3 different albums: Around China, Philip Hayden Foundation and Harmony Outreach. You can click on my picture website on the right side of my blog (click on the pic of Scorpions on a stick and it will take you there) or you can follow this link: http://kirstenspics1.shutterfly.com/



I hope you enjoy them!!

Monday, November 17, 2008

Just for fun... TOP 10 REASONS WHY IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME!

1. I missed my family!!!!!
2. I can drink and brush my teeth with water from the Tap!
3. I won't be woken up at 5am from fireworks that are supposed to scare off evil spirits!
4. I can flush my TP!
5. No more black boogers!
6. I don't have to worry about using the "squatty potty"
7. I don't have to share the bathroom with 6 other women
8. I don't have to wear multiple layers (including my winter jacket) around the house to stay warm
9. I can go shopping with out people shouting at me "Hey Lady" and pushing me to buy thing that i don't want
10. When shopping, i don't have to figure out how much an item is worth in dollars!

Just thought that i'd share some fun things... Don't get me wrong here - I LOVED the trip and I LOVE China... I can't wait to go back:):)

Friday, November 14, 2008

Nov. 14

We had an interesting day today - it didn't turn out exactly how i thought it would have...

We had a great time of wor..p, devotion and reflection - i hope to finish my reflection of the last 2 weeks on the plane tomorrow and i will post that later...

John from H.O. came around 10:30 and visited with the rest of the team and had lunch with us - it was really great for him to be able to share with everyone about his ministry - he doesn't only have Harmony House but he also works witht he Kaifang Deaf School, and several other inland projects - including a new one which will help an orphanage inland China to help them get back on their feet after a recent fire and to help them raise some steady monthly income by sponsoring thier children. So, please check back on their website soon for details on how you can help - He also showed us some precious "minority" dolls that will be given to anyone who sponsors a child around Christmas time - they are sososo cute! I really want one!!

After our visit - we went to the old Harmony House to find out that Lily had just recieved a call from the development land owner and he wasn't going to let H.H. relocate - we were very dissappointed - we had really hoped to be able to help them move and get set up. We said tons of P------s and were left with not much to do:( We went to the new location and finished cleaning it up - mopping etc... We also ventured to the location where the little girl "Faith" lives - she has bones of glass - we took her to McDonalds and she was thrilled to get a Happy Meal and ice cream! When we took her back we gave her a bag of suckers to hand out to the other kiddos. She lives in the same area/development as the new location of Harmony House called "The agape ??? house" (i forgot the name:() We also bought some delicious bread from the "Bread of Life" store with makes bread to support the Agape house -it was delicious!!!

We then went back to the old house to pick up Judy who had been ministering to the nannies all afternoon and to say good bye to the kids:( they were thrilled to have the suckers that i brought - it was amazing to watch Adam eat his sucker with his feet - he is amazing! I was so sad saying goodbye - those kids are so darn precious!! They are like 1 big happy family:) It was so sweet to see how much those nannies truly love those kids...

We headed back to PHF and visited with John a bit more until Mr. Zhou was available to meet - While the team went to dinner, Bonnie, Jeff, Judy and John went to meet Mr. Zhou - i just got a report that He gave his okay for Harmony House to move tomorrow - Praise the L. He is so faithful!! Then Mrs. Zhou opened her B. book and they started talking about hte word. What an amazing thing to happen - Mr. Zhou has had a reputation of not being too open and accommodating and kind of a harsh man so to hear how things went tonight it was so extremely awesome!!

We are leaving PHF around 12 tomorrow - our flight leaves here Sat. at 4pm and we get to Seattle around 11:30 am on Sat - very cool!! We gain a day!! We are supposed to arrive in Pasco around 7:25 but we are hoping to get on an earlier flight!!

Thanks again to everyone for thier Love and Prys...

Bless you All!





Christopher - a precious 4 yr old that is ready and waiting to be adopted!! If you are at all thinking about adopting a 4yr old boy - he is the one for you!







Harmony House kids...


Faith" - Girl with Bones of Glass...

New Harmony House locations


Bonnie with a mask on to tackle some mold:(


Damon and Whitney raking...

mopping...

Nov. 14

We had an interesting day today - it didn't turn out exactly how i thought it would have...

We had a great time of wor..p, devotion and reflection - i hope to finish my reflection of the last 2 weeks on the plane tomorrow and i will post that later...

John from H.O. came around 10:30 and visited with the rest of the team and had lunch with us - it was really great for him to be able to share with everyone about his ministry - he doesn't only have Harmony House but he also works witht he Kaifang Deaf School, and several other inland projects - including a new one which will help an orphanage inland China to help them get back on their feet after a recent fire and to help them raise some steady monthly income by sponsoring thier children. So, please check back on their website soon for details on how you can help - He also showed us some precious "minority" dolls that will be given to anyone who sponsors a child around Christmas time - they are sososo cute! I really want one!!

After our visit - we went to the old Harmony House to find out that Lily had just recieved a call from the development land owner and he wasn't going to let H.H. relocate - we were very dissappointed - we had really hoped to be able to help them move and get set up. We said tons of P------s and were left with not much to do:( We went to the new location and finished cleaning it up - mopping etc... We also ventured to the location where the little girl "Faith" lives - she has bones of glass - we took her to McDonalds and she was thrilled to get a Happy Meal and ice cream! When we took her back we gave her a bag of suckers to hand out to the other kiddos. She lives in the same area/development as the new location of Harmony House called "The agape ??? house" (i forgot the name:() We also bought some delicious bread from the "Bread of Life" store with makes bread to support the Agape house -it was delicious!!!

We then went back to the old house to pick up Judy who had been ministering to the nannies all afternoon and to say good bye to the kids:( they were thrilled to have the suckers that i brought - it was amazing to watch Adam eat his sucker with his feet - he is amazing! I was so sad saying goodbye - those kids are so darn precious!! They are like 1 big happy family:) It was so sweet to see how much those nannies truly love those kids...

We headed back to PHF and visited with John a bit more until Mr. Zhou was available to meet - While the team went to dinner, Bonnie, Jeff, Judy and John went to meet Mr. Zhou - i just got a report that He gave his okay for Harmony House to move tomorrow - Praise the L. He is so faithful!! Then Mrs. Zhou opened her B. book and they started talking about hte word. What an amazing thing to happen - Mr. Zhou has had a reputation of not being too open and accommodating and kind of a harsh man so to hear how things went tonight it was so extremely awesome!!

We are leaving PHF around 12 tomorrow - our flight leaves here Sat. at 4pm and we get to Seattle around 11:30 am on Sat - very cool!! We gain a day!! We are supposed to arrive in Pasco around 7:25 but we are hoping to get on an earlier flight!!

Thanks again to everyone for thier Love and Prys...

Bless you All!

ps - Pics might be coming soon:)