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“ Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. "
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We live in a special season
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We live in a special season. We cannot ignore the fact that a lot is changing in the world and that is no different with our projects. Yet we believe that God makes all things work together for good. And although some of our projects are starting to get stretched, we hear that trust in the Lord is growing day by day. Wonderful things happen, the children are particularly touched and God provides for the need.
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Thanks in part to your help, our projects remain courageous and they feel supported in prayer and faithfulness. Now that the Christmas season is approaching, we may be thinking more than before about the sacrifice that was given to us, which started with the birth of Jesus.
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Our projects want to celebrate this as much as possible and we would appreciate it if you would like to contribute to it with a nice gesture. For our projects, Christmas is THE party of the year where they can celebrate life and thank God together for all the special moments. See more about this later in this newsletter.
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Dancing in Myanmar
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Despite the difficult situation in Myanmar with the coup, the children in the Win Myanmar children's home are doing well. The children are home-schooled and in their spare time they love to dance and sing together. We received the video below from pastor Philip Thang, he and his wife take care of these children. You can watch the video here and here. (click download)
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Wood for Kosovo
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Every year there is a huge demand for firewood for the winter in Kosovo. The winters in Kosovo and northern Albania are often cold, minus 20 degrees Celsius is not uncommon. Due to high unemployment and poor government facilities, there is often no money for firewood. We ask for your help to help as many vulnerable families as possible to get through the winter warm. A family consumes about a cubic meter of wood per month (depending on how cold it is). The costs are on average around 60 euros per cubic meter of wood. With a contribution of 60 euros, 1 poor family can warm the house for a month and prepare food. Buy wood for a vulnerable family now via this link.
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The festive spirit and the joy of giving.
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The 10-year-old Tumelo from South Africa starts to laugh shyly and you can see him thinking back to last Christmas. Then he begins to say that he thinks it is the most wonderful time of the year. That he is so happy because he then gets a present and that they have a very nice meal together. Of course the beautiful Christmas songs they will sing and the stories about baby Jesus that are then told. Tumelo can hardly wait for it to come again!
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Just as we in the Netherlands and Europe look forward to the fun and Christmas celebrations, the children do that within our projects too. It is not often these children receive a present and that makes Christmas special for them!
Like Tumelo, there are hundreds of children that we can already help to a better future thanks to your help. But we also want to do something extra for Christmas and we need your help with that!
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Think of all those happy faces when they get a present, that must make you happy too! You can easily give your Christmas gift before November 15th by clicking here. ( If you have that already done, thank you so much!)
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IBAN number NL45 INGB 0009 4022 93
BIC/SWIFT: INGBNL2A
In the name of: Stichting Project Held
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By Paypal:
In order to make a donation to Project Held, you only need to fill out our email address: [email protected].
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As you may have read in a previous newsletter, we have become our own foundation on the first of July. In addition, we would like to inform you that we have a new account number as of today. The direct debits will go through our old account number for a while, we are working hard to have the direct debits go through our new account. This takes some time.
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If you transfer the sponsor money to us yourself, we request that you include our new account number in your system. Here is the new data:
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IBAN number NL45 INGB 0009 4022 93
BIC/SWIFT: INGBNL2A
In the name of: Stichting Project Held
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If you transfer by paypal nothing changed for you.
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IBAN number:
NL45 INGB 0009 4022 93
BIC/SWIFT:
INGBNL2A
In the name of:
Stichting Project Held
Paypal:
[email protected]
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Special recovery in Uganda
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One of our children in Uganda, Felix Moga, was diagnosed with rheumatoid heart disease, in which his heart valve had a small 0.08 cm valve opening to pump blood from one chamber to another. A healthy heart has an opening of 2.5 cm. Felix Moga struggled to do the daily chores and got tired very quickly. After a full medical examination, the doctor found the problem, and within a week, Moga had to have surgery with a filling vuloplasty, which inflated a balloon in his heart, causing the valve to stretch open. It has now been several weeks and his blood pressure remains perfect. The doctor told him to run, play football, be a boy! We praise God for this and Moga now has a radiant face full of hope and a future.
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Our desire is to be able to help even more children and that is why we want to grow! We think it would be great fun to visit your house church, congregation, or event with a beautiful Project Held stand. Even especially outside the Netherlands also.
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We would like to tell you what we do and which children are still looking for a sponsor. For more information, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected]
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Take care of each other
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Let's keep taking care of each other! For our neighbors, family and friends and let's not forget the children who need our help so much. Together we can make the difference!
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Many blessings and a very nice weekend, Viviane and Tine
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