Covid

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Today is World Health Day and Empower Dreams is praying for you and all our ministry partners during this world health crisis. The most dramatic impact has been to our partners located in Asia. Many new believers and budding leaders have lost their income and communities are starving, but through this, they are still trusting in God and participating in discipleship training. Their faith is inspiring. The food sent previously was made possible by your generous response and we now request that you respond with prayer for these growing churches.

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Maasai hear the Gospel for the first time

These Maasai are hearing the stories of Jesus in their mother tongue for the first time through ruggedized, solar-powered audio devices. In 7 years, over 600 units have been delivered through trusted local partners like Bonface (voice in the video) to Kenya and Tanzania.

Each unit spreads the Gospel on average to over 200 people per month, lasts over 7 years and the testimonies of salvation and transformation abound.

Critical Food Shortage Relief Effort in Northern Vietnam:

The Hmong people in the Ha Giang mountain region of Northern Vietnam have a short term food shortage crisis due to limited work opportunities for Hmong immigrants working in China. The lack of opportunities in China may be driven by a slowing Chinese economy in manufacturing, the timing of the Spring Festival, and recently complicated by the coronavirus work stoppage. Consequently, the male heads of households returned to Hmong with little or no money.

Empower Dreams is raising $2,500 to give to Partners of Empower Dreams to purchase 30kg of rice for each of the 120 poor households with whom they have been closely working. Roughly $21/house.

These Hmong have had their homes demolished when the local government has found them having home church and yet they continue. They are courageous.

Due to a real hunger for Christian Discipleship materials by the Hmong, last year, this same Empower Dreams partner to the Hmong asked Empower Dreams to fund the development of local language high quality discipleship materials. We completed this funding last year and the materials will be ready for printing in May or June.

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Highlights - 2019

Dear Friends, We wish you a great Christmas holiday for you and your family. Below are some highlights of what the Lord did this year through your prayers and finances. Please know that any year end giving can be received online till the last day of the year or in the mail by December 30th.

2019 Nutshell & Year end giving

A great deal of Asian church development, Audio Bibles in Africa, Kenyan ministries powerfully cooperating, revenue stream development for Nairobi orphanage’s move towards financial independence, ECFA recertification and a continued focus on excellence in non-profit governance are 2019 highlights.

Fast Growing Discipleship

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 High Impact Legacy Giving: Matching Fund for Asian Discipleship making & Home church support.  Donations matched dollar for dollar up to $9,750.  Double your impact.

 

August 28, 2019 - Empower Dreams has received 2 matching grants dedicated to funding our longest term partner at Empower Dreams in Asia, as they expand their Disciple making movement to a new Asian people group and increase their Bible teaching support to aid the health and growth of their Asian home churches. The funds will provide a new translation to the disciple making curriculum and leadership tools already effectively used by thousands throughout Asia.  If you would like more specific details, please reach out to info@EmpowerDreams.org so we can share more directly on this opportunity to double your giving this year.

New ECFA Certification and Ready to Roll in 2019

We at Empower Dreams are so excited to be entering 2019 ready to go with our little part in furthering the spread of the gospel around the world through the ministries and projects that we support.  We are also humbled to once again have the honor of being ECFA certified and displaying the ECFA emblem on EmpowerDreams.org.  ECFA stands for Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability and their mission is:  Enhancing Trust in Christ-Centered Churches and Ministries. 

Empower Dreams having this certification means that we as a ministry are committed to upholding the ECFA standards and undergo a yearly audit to ensure that we do.  We want you to be able to trust that the dollars you give are handled with integrity and go directly to the ministries and projects we support. 

 This is on our website but it bears repeating here…Why do we serve?  We feel led to give through God because of His love for us. We seek to serve people who have devoted their lives to serving others around the world. We believe that the greatest commandment of all is to Love God and Love His children (Matthew 22:36-39). It is our prayer that the support we provide will allow others to feel loved.

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I am proud ...

“I am proud of the work that we do at Empower Dreams. I care for the missionaries and believe in their ministries. I can’t really understand their total sacrifice to carry out the work of the Lord that has called them, so my sacrifices seem to pale in comparison. “ Robyn Howard-Shriver

As we all gather ...

As we all gather with our families for thanksgiving , we will like to share a word from one of our board members.

“ I support Empower Dreams because of the biblical admonition that to whom much is given much is expected (Luke 12:48). To serve others is to serve Jesus as described in Matthew 25:35-40: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to see me ... [Jesus replied] Truly I tell you, whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Mother Theresa says it better than me though ... "I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve because I love Jesus."
-Keith Cole-

EMPOWER DREAMS

When you give to Empower Dreams, every cent of your donation is applied to the project of your choice. The board of directors personally fund 100% of the overhead expenses in order to multiply the effectiveness of your giving.

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