We still have African Paper Bead Necklaces for sale!

We still have African Paper Bead necklaces for sale! We are selling them on behalf of the wife of our partner in Africa. She is selling them to earn money to help put their children through college. Photos are available upon request. Single necklace is $10, Necklace and Bracelet set is $15, Necklace/Bracelet/Earrings set is $18. For more info or more photos, please e-mail us at info@hishandsforafrica.org.

99 children sponsored!

As of today, there are 99 children sponsored in our His Hands for Africa Child Sponsorship Program. Just one more new sponsorship will put us up into the "100 Children Sponsored" category! Wouldn't you like to be the one who sponsors the 100th child? You can view photos of waiting children on our website - www.hishandsforafrica.org/children.asp.

Will you consider sponsoring an African child today?

Looking back on 2009 - Looking ahead to 2010

Here we are at the start of 2010 and it seems appropriate to look back on 2009, not to bring any praise on ourselves but to marvel at the incredible provision of God. The brief synopsis of the activities of His Hands for Africa for 2009 looks like this -

Total number of team trips to Africa - 1

Total number of team members on that trip - 3

Total number of children "processed" on that trip - 207

Total number of children sponsored for the 2008-2009 school year - 92

Total number of sponsors - 46

On that team trip to Africa we were able to deliver over 100 blankets donated by people in our area of Maine. These blankets were given to women and children in refugee camps in Uganda and the DR Congo. What a blessing it was for us to be able to bring these to them and to see them being put to good use.

On that same trip we learned about a program being run by Pastor Bamoleke's wife, Siriaka, which provides a pig for an African woman in crisis. We were able to share this information with our sponsors who have responded to this opportunity to help in a tremendous way - enabling us to be able to send over $2,000 to Africa to help provide pigs for this program.

We were also able to send Siriaka over $500 from the sale of the African Paper Bead jewelry she had sent us. We still have more jewelry for sale if anyone is interested.

We are so thankful to God for allowing us to be His servants and for His incredible blessing on this ministry. None of these things would have been possible without His guidance and direction and without Him bringing in the increase. "Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory because of Your love and faithfulness." Psalm 115:1

More African Paper Bead Jewelry for sale!!

We have African Paper Bead jewelry for sale! We have several pieces available as well as several sets which include a necklace and either a bracelet or earrings or both. Prices are very reasonable!! A single necklace is $10.00, necklace bracelet set is $15.00 and a full set with necklace, bracelet and earrings is $18.00. We are selling this jewelry for Bamo's wife who is using the proceeds from the sale of the jewelry to help pay for their children's university expenses. We're selling the jewelry without any profit for us. We just want to help Bamo and Siriaka and their children.

So skip all those crazy "Black Friday" sales and send us an e-mail with your jewelry order! info@hishandsforafrica.org.

African paper bead necklaces

We have sold all the African paper bead necklaces we had! Thank you to everyone who purchased one! We hope to have more necklaces for sale sometime in the next month. We will be sure to post an announcement here along with some new photos. These necklaces would make great gifts for the holidays - gifts that would also be helping out women in Africa. So be sure to check back in the next month to see more necklaces for sale!

Jamie :-)

African paper bead necklaces for sale!

We have handmade African paper bead necklaces for sale. Beads are made from recycled paper and no two are exactly alike. We are selling them on behalf of our partner in Africa and his wife who will use the proceeds from the sale of the necklaces to help pay their children's school tuition. The cost of each necklace is just $10.00! Necklaces pictured here are representative of the selection we have. If you don't see what you're looking for here, please let us know as we have MANY more to choose from! If you are interested, please e-mail us at gotsnowgirl1@yahoo.com.

Have you thought about sponsoring an African child? We have children in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo who are waiting for a sponsor. The sponsorship fee starts at just $10.00 per month. Please visit our website - http://www.hishandsforafrica.org/ and choose a child to sponsor today!

The Final Tally

I'm sorry I didn't get back here sooner to post our final tally in the challenge but there was no change after my last post. We ended our challenge with 15 children chosen for sponsorship. I know that's short of our goal of 25 but I am still very happy to have found sponsors for 15 more children!!

Thank you to everyone who participated! And, you know, just because the challenge is over, you don't have to stop talking, posting, sharing!

So....who will you talk to about sponsoring a child?!
Thanks again!
Jamie :-)