May06Newsletter

Love Of Vietnam Expressed

Helping the poor and needy

Web page: www.loveofvietnamexpressed.org

(1 John 3:16-18 NKJV) By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Official Newsletter of LOVE May 2006

This month, LOVE has two very important decisions to make.

At the request of many of you, LOVE has decided to begin a sponsorship program this month.
LOVE is praying about moving its financial contributions under another organization.

Sponsor a Child

Background: For 2 years, LOVE has prayed and pondered about this. We have felt that to do this right, we need to encourage both parties to communicate with each other.
This means interpreting mail (or email) between both parties as well as LOVE’s evaluation of the child. Also the mail here is slow and many homes have no mailing address. The best way to do this is to have all email, letters, and packages sent to LOVE, who will deliver it to the child.

Commitment: LOVE will try its best to:

1.Fulfill all of the above

2. Performs evaluations reports twice a year for each child.

3. Always be here to answer your questions about our children.

4. To inform you of personal needs of your child as prayer request.

Below is a list of the average cost

1. $20 a month keeps a child in school, provides sandals, clothing, school uniform, text books, medical/dental care, food to feed a child, etc.

2. $40 will buy a bicycle

3. $15 can provide glasses for a child

4. $50 can dig a well, roof a house or rent a house

5. $60 will buy a gas stove. Most cook over wood or charcoal fires, filling the house with very unhealthy black smoke.

6. $600 builds a 450 ft²house for a family

Add $100 per family member over 3 to

build a larger house.

************************************* $75 a month will provide a home for 6-10 university students coming from poor Christian families in the country side.

LOVE’s Financial Contributions

As you know Hong, our financial officer, and her family will move to Vietnam in a few months.

We have tried but have been unable to find someone to replace her.

In sharing this need with many of you, it has been suggested that we move our financial operation under another organization.

Those interested in adoptions

A Helping Hand Adoption Agency

An International Child Relief and Adoption Agency

1510 Newtown Pike, Suite 146, Lexington, KY 40511, US.

Toll free: (800) 525-0871, Local: (859) 263-9964, Fax: (859) 263-9957

Email: tony@worldaoptions.org;

website: www.worldadoptions.org

When

We hope to do this by the end of June, but there are some things to work out before we know for sure.

Please pray about this. It will really help us out a lot.

But until you hear from us, keep sending your gifts to Hong in Florida.

Cost to sponsor a child is $20 a month

*Scholarship	This will pay for school fees and most other required fees	150.000 vnd
*Food	This will provide money for more nutritional food	50.000 vnd
Medical / Emergency	This will go into a self insurance fund within LOVE that we can draw from to help our children and their family with medicine, medical, hospital, dental and other emergency needs	50.000 vnd
*School supplies	Provides one school uniform per year, sandals, text books, notebooks, pens & pencils, and book bag.	38.000 vnd
administration	This covers the cost of salaries, office supplies, etc.	30.000 vnd
	Total in Vietnam Dong	318.000 vnd
	Total in US dollar	$20