Water Wells in Zambia, Africa



Wayne Eaves, JMM Africa Outreach 

Hand of Hope is partnering with Overland Missions in Zambia, Africa to dig wells for people in the region who do not readily have access to clean water. Overland Missions equips their teams with the skills they will need to go out into the community to share the gospel and dig fresh water wells. The location of each well is carefully assessed and chosen. Before a location is even considered, the Overland Missions teams share the gospel and evangelize in the community. Their goal is to ensure they will have a good relationship in the local villages and on-going partnerships with people who will subsequently use and maintain the wells.

Seven wells funded by Hand of Hope have now been completed. These wells will make an impact in the daily lives and, more importantly, make a huge difference in the health of the people they serve. Providing fresh water seems like something so simple, but when you hear the people in these rural villages tell you about how “God has brought them water” you begin to understand how something so simple is also so very powerful.
 

Hand of Hope is the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Our goal is simply to help as many hurting people as we possibly can, to alleviate human suffering and to help Christians grow in their faith.

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Physical and Emotional Healing in El Salvador

Often times, people are forced into facing tragic moments in their lives, causing a great deal of not only physical but emotional pain as well. It is the kind of pain which runs deep into the soul and can have a profound effect. It has no prejudice to location, gender, or social status.

On our recent medical/dental outreach to El Salvador we met someone in this type of pain, 62 year old Marta. Marta came to our clinic with chronic back pain. One of our clinic volunteers worked on relieving the physical burden of pain in her back; Marta began to share about her life. She had been married for many years and had three adopted children. She was a victim of abuse throughout her entire marriage up until the day her husband died. Following his death, she discovered he had also been abusing their adopted children. Now grown, the children wanted absolutely nothing to do with Marta. It hurt her deeply. The physical pain in her back was an extension of the pain in her spirit. She was carrying the shame and responsibility for the actions of her deceased husband.

God not only used our medical team to physically treat Marta’s back pain but to also treat her spirit through prayer and one of Joyce’s books. As she left the clinic, she thanked our team for being there. Our outreach to El Salvador treated many physicals ailments as well as touched the lives and hearts of the people we met - restored lives, new freedoms, lasting peace.

 

Hand of Hope is the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Our goal is simply to help as many hurting people as we possibly can, to alleviate human suffering and to help Christians grow in their faith.

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Providing Shoes to the Children of Mongolia



Mike Messner - HOH Director of Domestic Outreach 

God can use anything, anywhere, at any time to open people’s hearts to hear His word. Recently, He used shoes in Mongolia. Hand of Hope, in conjunction with Gleaning for the World, provided over 26,000 pairs of Sketcher shoes to be distributed throughout Mongolia. Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) is working to distribute the shoes to Mongolian children ages 6 - 15. During the shoe distribution a Christian video is shown to the children and a personal testimony is shared with them by someone whose life was changed because of Jesus. As a practical example of Christ’s love for them, the children are told the shoes were given to them by Christian organizations from America who love and care for them.

CVM was invited by the principal of a school in Southern Mongolia to distribute shoes to a class of 6 year old children (pictured) who were very much in need of footwear. Each child received a pair of shoes for their size. The children and the teacher of the class expressed their gratitude for the free shoes.
 

Hand of Hope is the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Our goal is simply to help as many hurting people as we possibly can, to alleviate human suffering and to help Christians grow in their faith.

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Life After Hurricane Sandy

Ginger Stache - Chief Media Officer, Joyce Meyer Ministries 

72 year old Nancy secured everything she could in her Ocean City, New Jersey house and then climbed the pull-down stairs to ride out the storm in her dark, freezing attic. Three days later a local pastor found her dehydrated and emotionally spent - her home flooded with sludgy water.

The DRADT team (Disaster Relief And Disaster Training) is equipping volunteers and working with the local church to help people like Nancy. And Hand of Hope is providing for teams like DRADT and Convoy of Hope who are literal lifelines at times like this.

There is more to do. Thank you for sending us to meet physical and spiritual needs.
 

Hand of Hope is the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Our goal is simply to help as many hurting people as we possibly can, to alleviate human suffering and to help Christians grow in their faith.

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