FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH SON SPORTS TEE SHIRTS

Dear Friend and supporter Sharalyn shared : I have friends leaving in a few days to go to Arequipa, Peru on a missions trip. Their team will be carrying suitcases of clothing, shoes, toys and diapers that they've been collecting. Two of the children fostered in the special needs orphanage they are visiting are in the hospital. The hospital is a very sad, dark and depressing place.They are in need of diapers, clothing, food, etc. Instead of collecting and paying for shipping of these items, I would ask you to make a donation to their cause if you feel led. Prayers are welcome too. Hearing their stories and looking at their photos and videos make me feel like I need to help in some way. Thank you for your support. I'm so pleased with the donation of 103 new and colorful Son Sports t-shirts that they are taking with them from Foothills Community Church.

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WHERE YOU INVEST YOUR LOVE , you invest your life.

Meet our Live Simply Interns Rachel and Becca                 

Rachel Lenzsch

     This May I will be graduating from Texas A&M University as an Allied Health major with the goal of pursuing a career in Occupational Therapy. While at A&M I have dedicated my time to a ministry called Young Life Capernaum, where our goal is to share the Gospel with high school students with disabilities. Capernaum has given me the opportunity to pursue real and meaningful friendships with these high school students that will last me a lifetime. I have served for four summers now at a camp called Camp Blessing Texas, which is a Christian camp for kids and adults with special needs. Camp Blessing is where I decided I wanted to commit my life to Jesus and discovered my passion for people with disabilities to know and experience the Lord. Volunteering as an intern for Live Simply for Peru, my desire is to share the love of Christ through serving the children and mothers within the community. I want nothing more than for every person, disability or not, to know that they are loved, cherished, and completely covered by God’s Grace. 

Becca Ryan

     After volunteering at a Christian camp for children and adults with disabilities in high school I found my passion and I wanted a future where I could work with those who have special needs. I will graduate from Texas A&M University with a degree in Allied Health and hope to pursue a career in Occupational Therapy. I have spent the last 3 summers working at Camp Blessing, which is a camp for children and adults with special needs. Through my time there I have seen the Lord work in incredible ways as he allows us to be the hands and feet of Christ and share his love so that the campers may know him.  I have had some incredible opportunities to take my love for kids and go overseas. I have spent time in Haiti and India volunteering at orphanages and hospitals whose mission is to show the love of Christ to the abandoned and disabled. Through time in these places, working with these precious children that were seen as “the least of these”, I felt the Lord calling me to spend time after I graduated to pour love and truth into children in a different continent.  The Lord has been faithful and answered our prayers and given us this great opportunity to travel to Peru volunteering as an intern with Live Simply for Orphans. 

 

LIVE SIMPLY 4 PERU SCHOOL RESCUE PROJECT 2017

     Cerrillo is a very rural, one street town where generations live off the land. The field worker’s make about $2 a day. Kids begin working at a very young age along with their family. They have one teacher for the single class school for all ages. The school is broken and needs help to prevent closing. Our Live Simply 4 Peru family is joining forces helping with a Feeding Center along with adding additional teaching power for basics in reading, writing,English, computers and sharing the love of Christ. Come along for the journey thru your support or visit!

PERU Mission Teams 2017, PERU Spring Break with a Purpose, PERU GAP Year 2017

This is not your average SPRING BREAK , Family Summer Vacation, GAP  Year Journey, mission trip or retreat!    

We live in a culture that encourages people to put themselves first, but when we live with intention and focus on others, we reflect Jesus to the world.

God doesn't call us to greatness; He calls us to say yes. We can do no great things, only small things with great love."

This spring break or summer vacation, be purposeful with your family and do something good!

Our guests will live as we do, walking in our shoes.

  • Provide love and labor at Casa Hogar Aldea Special Needs Orphanage.

  • Serve at our Live Simply After School Feeding Center at local elementary school for kids living in area of extreme poverty.

  • Repair and improve Single Mom homes making them safe.

  • Provide our community with the gift of safe water, clean hands and healthy bodies assisting with Water Truck deliveries in areas with no fresh water source.

  • Bring hope to families in need, leading to a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Live Simply GIVING AWAY CHRISTMAS

Live Simply for Orphans believes that God’s call to care for widows and orphans is something that should be woven into our everyday lives, Christmas is a time when we are especially aware of the importance of family. Christmas is about hope… hope in Jesus to save the world. For orphaned and impoverished children, hope can be a difficult concept because their parents have abandoned them or they go to bed hungry with no idea if they will eat tomorrow.

    We were able to provide the love of Family in the Special Needs Orphanage at a time when the world is caught up in  the hustle and bustle of holiday celebrations. We are thankful for those of you who have provided donations for the Single Moms, Live Simply Feeding Center and each child in the orphanage! We were blessed to share the gospel of Jesus Christ!

 

We Ate our first THANKSGIVING Meal Because You Helped

     Live Simply After School Feeding Center was blessed to serve a hot meal to SINGLE Mom families trapped in the depths of poverty.  Your help allowed us to serve over 40 meals for THANKSGIVING. As you know, this is traditionally an American holiday but we brought the spirit of giving alive through our FeedingCenter teaching the kids and staff about Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the giving of thanks to GOD for everything that we receive through HIS hands.