Stepping Out - Fall 2016
Dear Friends & Family,
Your prayers
and notes of encouragement have been such a blessing! Your partnership means so
much to us. Thank you for praying for our ministry for the children. Here’s some exciting news!
Kaitemu – High School in Banta Sierra Leone
Our sponsored teen, Kaitemu,
is attending secondary school at our campus in Banta and is so excited. She
recently wrote, “Thank you for caring for me. God bless you and your family…You
and your friends and family are invited to visit Sierra Leone.”
Kaitemu lives in the village of Bondayan with her parents,
aunt, uncle, three brothers, and three sisters. She realizes the importance of
schooling and is working hard to continue her education. Her family is
supported through farming and they live in very poor conditions. Their house is
made of mud and sticks with a thatched roof. Kaitemu helps her family at home
by sweeping the floor, carrying water, and washing dishes. We are excited to
visit her in February.
Good News – Children of the Nations is still growing!!!
COTN continues to prove good stewardship with stellar
financial audits, continued membership in the Evangelical Council of Financial
Accountability (ECFA) and a continued 4-star rating by Charity Navigator. We saw a 9% growth in total donations in 2015.
Dave lead a team of volunteers to send over $736,000 of physical donations
to our countries, an increase of 7% in 2015. This year the goal is increased to
$750,000 . We need your help! As you have connections with businesses and
organizations with donations we can use, please refer them to Dave – thank you!
Sierra Leone Strategic Trip in February 2017
We will be leading a team of strategic Resource Partnerships
who have supported COTN Sierra Leone throughout the Ebola and post-Ebola
outreach efforts. This team will visit all of the locations served, listening
and observing how we can partner with our communities for years to come with
new and exciting initiatives.
Our team will also provide staff training for Finance and
Resources, equipping a computer lab and computer training for staff and
students. Trip costs are $3,500 per person. We
are already funded for our trip costs – thank you! Additional gifts will
help purchase the technology supplies needed for the computer lab.
Current prayer
requests:
1)
Special
gifts toward our Sierra Leone Trip in February 2017 for the computer lab.
2)
Recruiting
2-4 more Resource Partnerships to join our team to Sierra Leone.
3)
25
more families or individuals to join our monthly support team. Thank you!
4)
Wisdom
for planning and budgeting for 2017 ministry goals – personal, USA and COTN
Countries.
For the children,
Dave & Reneé Schertzer
Dave & Reneé Schertzer
Serving with Children of the
Nations
daveschertzer@cotni.org 360-633-1635
office
P.S. Your investment makes a difference! Please send your special gift by November 30th. Thank you!
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Dave & Reneé,
o I/We want to give a special gift of $__________ for the Sierra Leone computer
lab.
o I/We want to invite you to share with our small group/family in the month of ______________.
o I/We will join your support team with a monthly gift of O $10 O $20
O $_________.
o I/We will increase our monthly support to $_________.
Please Mail to: Children of the
Nations – Schertzer, PO Box 3970 ,
Silverdale WA 98383
Haiti Trip Highlight #1: Deliver Vitamins for our children
We were blessed by a donation of vitamins by our cousins, Sandy and Deanne Stephens, who are Advocare distributors and are very passionate supporters of global outreach and missions. Dave was able to send some of these vitamins with missions teams to Sierra Leone, Uganda and Malawi. Last month, we personally delivered Advocare Tropical Chews to our ministry in Haiti.
Part of the Holistic Care of Children of the Nations is Physical Care: Meeting the children's physical needs by providing nutritious food, vitamin supplements, medical and dental care, and sports programs that emphasize physical fitness.
Part of the feeding program in the community of Bellevue (outside Gressier) includes packaged meals assembled across the USA and shipped in containers - Dave works on the shipment logistics for Children of the Nations.
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| Dave 'demonstrates' the easy-to-open packaging. |
The Tropical Chews will support our 75 children for several months. Marc Antoine was very thankful, and expressed his thanks and appreciation for the vitamins so the children can stay healthy and attend school every day.
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| Delivering Vitamins to Timon Tout Payi Country Coordinator Marc Antoine Michael |
If you would like to package meals for our children, go to www.cotni.org/get-involved/locally/meal-packaging and watch this video to see how you can Feed a child. Change a life!
If you would like to provide more Advocare vitamins for our children, contact us through our Advocare page at https://www.advocare.com/121115707/default.aspx and we can followup with photos of the children receiving your blessing of health and nutrition.
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