Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Shepherd's Arms
At our company's Christmas party last Sunday, I had the honor of meeting four people, Martin Lamb, Mike Kulig and couple Cris and Mercy Saplina of the Shepherd's Arms Foundation.
Martin and his wife, Amy, are the founders, Mike(who also runs another effort in my city) sits as a board adviser, while Cris and Mercy are the houseparents at the children's home.
BUT, Shepherd's Arms is not an ordinary orphanage. A visit to their website, shows that not only are they running a children's home, they also do outreach(prison ministry, Bible study, feedings and church ministry.)
What impresses me most are the microenterprises that they run. These micro-enterprises not only allow them to be self-sustaining to some extent, bring in some cash to fund operations and outreach activities but also allows for the molding of the children's character and provides livelihood to poor people in the community!
Should you be interested to help out and sponsor a child for US$30/month you can contact them through this email address: childrenshome at shepherdsarms.org.nz. If you want to help in another way, you may contact Martin and Amy directly thru: Martin.AmyLamb at shepherdsarms.org.nz
Please help spread the word!
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