On these two trips we will be ministering on the island of Nias in a City called Tuluk Dalam (Deep River) with our adopted orphanages, in local churches, and in the bush.
Pastor Benjamin conducting an Encounter Conference with New Philadelphia Church in Seoul.
In all three of these trips we will be ministering to our adopted orphanages in La Gloria, ministering healing and destiny to the children of Mexico and to the pastors and leaders of these orphanages.
Here we will be holding an open-air evangelistic campaign in partership with Karl Hargestam and Joshua Campaign Ministries in the City of Diye, in the region of Sidano. We are expecting more than 100,000 people at these meetings.
Inner-City Missions: June 19th - 26th
This is a week packed with sharing the Gospel with our Emeryville & Bay Area Cities in very tangible ways such as: a week-long kids camp, our Annual Block Party, home visitations & more!
On this trip we will be ministering in churches and orphanages, as well as working on the human trafficking issue.
Pastor Benjamin will be holding conferences for underground church leaders in undisclosed locations.
Intern Missionaries live off monthly support from the Body of Christ. Prayerfully consider partnering with our Intern Missionaries through a one-time or monthly sponsorship. To sponsor an Intern
Missionary:
Make Checks Payable to: Living Hope
Memo: Intern Missionary Code
Send Checks To: Living Hope P.O. Box 99377 Emeryville, Ca 94662
Online Support Go to: Click "Giving" on our website, then click "Paypal Donate"
Nunravee Apaiwongse is Living Hope's Director of Administration. Locally, she is responsible for overseeing & managing all our office organization & communication. Her service empowers our pastors, leaders, staff & ministries to effectively function administratively. For the Missions Department, she is identifying people groups that have never heard the Gospel & bringing awareness of their existence. She also helps prepare missionaries to take the Gospel to them for the first time! Code: NA1031IMP
Jermaine Hughes is the Director of Not Forgotten Faces, Living Hopes ministry which focuses on fighting human trafficking. One of the primary ways NFF combats human trafficking is by building relationships with leaders & organizations who house the victims of sex trafficking & pursue the culprits. Other ways NFF combats this injustice is by reaching out to young men & women on the streets & ministering to men & women in prisons. NFF also participates in civil investigations which educate communities on both what is happening & what they can do to help. Jermaine will also be serving with LHCC's Overseas Missions Team on numerous trips. Code: JRH1210IMP
Mickey Cho is the Director of Living Hope's Children's Ministry & serves Overseas with our Missions Teams. Mickey is driven by a passion to disciple & firmly establish young believers in their identity as children of God. He will be reaching children & leaders in Emeryville, the Bay Area & the nations through: Staff & Leadership Development, Weekly Home Visitations, Weekly Childrens Outreach The Ville, Leading Our Annual Harvest Festival, Summer Kids Camp, Block Party & Overseas Missions Trips. Code: MC0324IMP
Isaiah Castro serves on Living Hope's Inner-City Missions Team & on our Overseas Missions Team. Isaiah helps share the Gospel in very tangible & holistic ways through leading in our Summer Kids & Youth Camps, Weekly Home Visitations, Weekly Childrens Outreach The Ville & Overseas Missions Trips. He will also reach high school students at Emery Secondary School by coaching wrestling, baseball, helping start a Christian Club & training young leaders to reach their communities. Code: IC0602IMP
Karina Vejar serves on Living Hopes Missions Team with an emphasis on Overseas Orphanages. After ministering with LHCC in orphanages in Mexico & Indonesia, Karinas heart to reach children has grown tremendously. She is being trained & prepared to help LHCC partner with orphanages all over the world & eventually help LHCC open new orphanages. Locally, Karina is developing a preschool program for LHCC that focuses on promoting spiritual, emotional, cognitive, and physical development for each child. Code: KV0801IMP
A House of Prayer for All Nations
Prayer is what keeps the ministries of Living Hope moving forward. In prayer we lay aside our own agendas and discover what God wants done! "The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations" (Psalm 33:10-11). Prayer aligns us with his plans, his purposes, his heart, and his desires.
Jesus said that he came that we might have life, and have it excessively (John 10:10). Excessive life is life overflowing; it is life that transcends boundaries and overcomes every restriction. The result of prayerlessness is that we only experience a fraction of what Jesus died to purchase for us. There is an abundant life awaiting every believer, but to access it you have to spend focused time in fervent prayer. Are you ready?
Daily
Our Intercessory Prayer group prays daily together on the phone at 6am - 7am. If you are interested in joining contact Robin at Robin_livehope.us.
Weekly
Our Intercessory Prayer group meet to pray weekly on thursdays at 5:30pm.
We also have a churchwide prayer night weekly on thursdays at 7pm.
Monthly
We hold all night prayer every 4th Friday every month from 11pm - 6am.
The Gospel for the Poor
Local outreach is another important aspect of the ministries of Living Hope. In Genesis 28, Jacob had a dream in which he saw a ladder reaching into the heavens and resting on the earth. God was at the top of the ladder, and the angels of God were ascending and descending upon it. When Jacob awoke he exclaimed, "This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." What Jacob discovered is that the house of God is supposed to be the gate of heaven.
Through local outreach ministries, Living Hope releases heaven's resources to the surrounding community through weekly food and clothing giveaways, yearly block outreaches, harvest festivals, kid's camps, and more! We also send volunteers to the Emery Unified School district as a means of blessing the city.
For more information, or get involved, contact Pastor Joseph Sevier at joseph_livehope.us.
Current Events
We recently watched a powerful documentary on human trafficking called Nefarious: Merchant of Soul in Berkeley, California. To find a viewing in your area, visit http://nefariousdocumentary.com/screenings/tour/ We soon will be having a fundraiser for a local safe house for rescued girls. For more information contact Jermaine Hughes at: 510-499-8116
Not Forgotten Faces is an organization established to bring freedom to the forgotten faces of victims of human trafficking one life at a time by rescuing victims of modern day slavery, restoring them to the full experience of their God given human dignity, and working to reverse the conditions that give rise to the reality of human trafficking.
There are 30 million victims of modern day slavery in the world today. They are forced into sexual slavery, labor, domestic servitude, armed conflict, begging networks, or bought and sold for their body parts. Victims of this horrific market suffer repeated rapes, beatings, forced abortions, mental abuse and isolation.
NFF works toward the abolition of modern-day slavery through three primary endeavors: Project One Life (rescues victims one life at a time), Project Restoration (places rescued victims in environments that foster healing and recovery), and Project Freedom (fosters prevention through education and economic development). NFF has established funding to rescue those who are being trafficked in Cambodia, and currently, we have funded a years worth of rescuing.
Adopt-a-Child
Adopt-a-Child is a monthly sponsorship program that provides Food, Shelter, Clean Water, School Fees and other daily needs. Currently, 100% of all the support we receive is given directly to the homes and orphanages that provide for the children in our program. There are many needs, many children and we can't help them all but we start with one. We help the one and we become a part of something bigger by changing one life at a time.
Adopt-a-Child Sponsorship, since its inception in 2005 has provided support for over 100 children. As of November 2011 Adopt-a-Child Sponsorship Program has 2 main orphanages and homes we partner with. The first partner is Cinta Kasih Orphanage in Teluk Dalam, Nias Island, Indonesia and they house 26 children and youth. Our second partner is Proyecto Juvenil Boy's Home in Rosarito, Tijuana, Mexico. The home is currently housing 7 teen boys and 2 children.
We also have provided micro business opportunities such as pig farms in Indonesia, allowing economic sustainability for parents to be able to keep their children and directors to sustain daily living in orphanages in absence of monthly support. We are currently looking into partnering with an orphanage in Myanmar, Berma.
We are currently looking for people who are looking to join us by sponsoring a child or a director. It is$32 a month for Child sponsorship, and $52 a month for Director sponsorship
Currently, we still have about 15 children in Teluk Dalam, Nias Island, Indonesia that need monthly sponsorship. If you are interested in donating to the program or sponsoring a child let us know.
If you are interested in joining our cause, please contact Tuty Alvarenga at Tuty_livehope.us.
