Helping ‘The Least of These’ in the DR



Laura Matheny, R.N. – HOH Medical Outreach Coordinator 

We recently had the privilege of working alongside our long-time ministry partner Love A Child in the Dominican Republic where we provided medical and dental care to over 2,400 displaced Haitian people. Our team of medical and dental volunteers was able to demonstrate the love of Christ – even for ‘the least of these’ in the sugar cane fields of the Dominican Republic where many displaced Haitians not only work, but also live. These precious people are often treated very poorly and considered outcasts. We ministered to them by providing free medical/dental care, meals and prayer.

We saw so many amazing things take place during this outreach. A witchdoctor came to one of our clinics and fell to his knees accepting Christ. A crippled woman who used a cane to walk received prayer and was completely healed and no longer needed her cane. Another woman had a life-threatening infection in her body that was completely healed through treatment and prayer. It was a phenomenal week as we served the Lord together. Thank you partners for being our hands extended, allowing us to bring relief and hope to the hurting.
 

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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Historic Program Launched in South Africa



Brad Senekal – Outreach Director JMM South Africa 

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) in South Africa! As a principle partner with Reaching a Generation, Joyce Meyer Ministries helped to pioneer this exciting new program which seeks to pave a way to have Christian chaplains in every school in South Africa, and eventually in other countries in Africa as well.

At Joyce Meyer Ministries, we believe in the potential of children and youth, and that one generation enlightened and inspired by God can radically transform a nation. We also believe in the potential that educators have to influence the upcoming generation. Since the launch, the NSCP has already gained great support from the government’s education departments in a majority of the provinces in South Africa and many teachers have begun signing up. The program will train, equip and support teachers in a correspondence curriculum (using several of Joyce’s books) to serve as chaplains in their schools, and provide them with a framework of endorsement to raise a morally sound, God-connected generation.

We thank our partners for their prayer and support, and encourage all educators in South Africa to go to www.chaplains.org.za to join us by signing up to become a chaplain.
 

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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Saving As Many Girls As We Can

 

David L. Meyer – CEO Hand of Hope

There doesn’t seem to be any part of the world I travel to that is not in some way affected by the abomination of human trafficking. On a recent trip abroad, I discovered the beautiful nation of Spain was no different. Spain has a very serious problem with human trafficking – thousands of victims are trafficked to Spain from Romania, Russia, Brazil, Colombia and Nigeria and are abused every day.

The stories are so very similar, girls are lied to and deceived and end up in perilous situations. In Spain, many of these girls ultimately end up in internment centers where the conditions are far worse than any prison. We are partnering with an organization in Spain called “Fiet Gratia” to help. Staff members from Fiet Gratia (pictured) visit internment centers daily, providing girls with a basic toiletry kit, a telephone card, clean clothes and one of Joyce’s books. They also talk with each girl, pray with them and offer support and help upon their release.

What happens to some of these girls physically makes me mad. I’ve said it before, we simply have to stand up and do something about it. By God’s grace, and with your help as partners, we are doing something about it, saving as many girls as we can, not only in Spain, but around the world.
 

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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New Well of Life Dedication

David L. Meyer – CEO Hand of Hope

Today was an extraordinary day. As many of you know we have been committed to providing clean water as a huge percent of disease globally is caused by contaminated water. Where we can, we also love to build a church next door. We have seen that when a well is dug next to a church it becomes a huge evangelism tool. Just in India we have built well over 500 of these projects.

What was special about today is we got to personally take the financial sponsor of the project (Dennis and Sheila Hammond) to dedicate it. They pumped water for the first time, prayed over both the well and the church and spoke a great message to the people of the village.

As a side line, Tyler Ramsey and Jacque Berg got remarried in the church in the local Indian customs and dress.

Fun day and great win for the kingdom!

Thanks to all who pray and financially support us to go and help these people.
 

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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HIV Positive Kids Get a Special Day

David L. Meyer – CEO Hand of Hope

Today was a great day.

We started with the 2 hour always adventurous drive to Chandrakal, India. Here Hand of Hope operates a hospital and a home for HIV positive kids.

We had the privilege of having artist Tyler Ramsey and his wife Jacque join us. Tyler who paints shoes for TOMS painted a personalized pair of shoes for each of the 60+ children who live in the home. This will be an experience they will never forget.

Hand of Hope has been blessed to partner with TOMS in India to provide shoes for multitudes of kids.
 

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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Helping the Needy in Indonesia

David L. Meyer – CEO Hand of Hope

Joyce Meyer Ministries/Hand of Hope feeds 1,900 kids daily in 13 locations all across Indonesia. Today we visited one program where the families live and work in the city trash dump. For every kilo of plastic they collect they make about 2 cents. Here at the dump we feed about 150 kids 5 days a week, teach them basic skills and the love of Jesus. Thanks for helping us keep them alive.

Question: did you have to do your own laundry at this age?

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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Medical Outreach in Madagascar



Wade Hosseini – HOH Medical Outreach Coordinator 

We recently held our first-ever medical/dental outreach in rural Madagascar, treating some of the neediest people in the region. Patients walked from neighboring villages as far away as 30 miles each day to receive free medical and dental treatment provided by the Hand of Hope volunteer medical and dental team. Twenty-five volunteers from around the world – including 5 different nations, helped aid in relieving human suffering while sharing the love of Christ to those in need.

Patients like 4 year old Marie (pictured) easily faced death had preventative care not have been provided on this outreach. Marie suffered for years from an oral abscess from a single infected tooth which grew through her cheek and began to eat away her ear canal allowing severe infection to take over. Left untreated she could have died. We treated Marie with antibiotics for a week then extracted her tooth and the swelling/infection was reduced. She was pain free and all smiles by the time we left. Without the support from Hand of Hope, children just like Marie would continue to face conditions like this, and much worse. We're all extremely blessed to have been involved in all that God is doing in Madagascar and around the world!
 

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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Giving Hope to Inmates in the UK

Jack Elledge - Office Director, Joyce Meyer Ministries United Kingdom 

Joyce Meyer Ministries United Kingdom office, in partnership with Abundant Life Church of Bradford, Love Life Ministry and The Message Trust, visited 13 prisons in the northern part of the United Kingdom and distributed 6,000 hygiene gift bags to inmates. Fifty-two inmates gave their lives to Christ through services held in three prisons.

We were able to do something, which to my knowledge has never been done before on this scale in this country. We were able to bring hope to many who had lost faith and confidence that people on the outside still cared about them. We had the opportunity to share the love of God and bring hope back into the lives of men and woman who felt forgotten. This outreach will have a lasting impact not only to the inmates that we ministered to, but also on all of those who gave their time and heart to reach out to those in need.
 

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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Giving Children in India a Better Future





Megan Coleman - Hand of Hope

This is Suresh; he lives in one of the largest slum areas in Hyderabad, India. Statistically, he was born into a life of failure and hopelessness. Thankfully we don’t live by statistics. Suresh attends a feeding program, sponsored by Joyce Meyer Ministries/Hand of Hope, located in the center of the slum where he lives. Suresh, along with 239 other children from the area, goes to the feeding program to receive what for many is their only meal of the day. In addition to receiving nutritious meals, these children are also given an education and an opportunity to learn about Jesus. Medical care is also provided to the children on a weekly basis.

In India, children attend school through the 10th grade; they then take a state wide board exam, similar to an exit exam. Only the children that do well on this exam are allowed to go on to what is considered college, which is similar to the 11th and 12th grade. Children who advance to these grades normally would not come from the slums. Suresh is an exception to these statistics. His score was 528 out of 600 on the exam. A typical score for a child from the slums would only be around 300. Hand of Hope center in Hyderabad is more than just a feeding program; it is truly changing lives forever and giving children hope of a better future. The best part is Suresh knows that God is the reason that it’s all possible.

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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Dental Clinic Opens in Cambodia



Ashley Wilkins, R. N. - Hand of Hope Medical Outreach Director

If you ever had to endure the pain of a cavity, a root canal or an abscessed tooth for a day or two, you know how terribly painful of an experience that can be. Imagine living with that unbearable pain not for days or even weeks, but for months and sometimes years. For some people in Pursat, Cambodia who do not have access to good dental care, that excruciating pain can be a normal way of life. Not any longer. On a visit to the Hand of Hope Health Center in Pursat earlier this year, Joyce asked if the people in the region had access to good quality dental care to which the answer was “no.” Joyce decided to do something about that.

Today, thanks to the support of our partners, there is a state-of-the-art dental clinic in Pursat complete with a full-time dentist, dental assistant, dental chair, an x-ray machine and dental instruments. The dental clinic is part of the Hand of Hope Health Center in Pursat and is open 5 days a week – treating almost 20 patients every day! Patients are given an education on good oral hygiene and how important it is to their overall health. Something as simple as a qualified dentist and the right equipment is making a wonderful difference in the lives of the people of Cambodia. Seeing a need and filling it is a very practical way to help people and show the love of Christ.

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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