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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in the affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.-- James 1:27
August 29, 2022
We are beyond saddened to learn that Baby Jake passed at a local hospital after a brief illness. Baby Jake has been a resident of Rosemary's Home of Hope for the past three years. He outlived the doctor's expectation that he would only live a year from his birth. In his short four years, he became everyone's favorite child. His smile and laid-back countenance were contagious. Baby Jake didn't meet a stranger and he loved with all his heart. "He is the first one," Pastor Steve said, "the first one to make it to heaven." I ask you to please pray for our staff, faith family, and the 41 children that called Baby Jake their little brother.
No doubt Baby Jake outlived expectations because he was brought to Rosemary's Home of Hope. He was loved, he was nurtured, and he was given hope. If you would like to give in his memory, so that we can continue to provide hope at Rosemary's Home of Hope, please click in the "investment tab" at the top.
Reunited!
After COVID restrictions were lifted, we were finally able to return! After nearly three years away, we are amazed at how the children have grown. They have not only grown in stature but also in the spiritual walk. The teens/youth conduct Bible studies for children in six different communities every Saturday. The Bible training classes have grown and the churches that have been planted in the past few years are all alive and well! God is good! One of the biggest surprises we found on campus was the hand-made swimming pool.
Since the children were not allowed to attend school, they all pitched in and worked on building a swimming pool. It took nearly 6 months, but the low-maintenance pool is used for school activities, baptism and birthday parties. We all had a swim party to celebrate our reunion!
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School has resumed!
When we first built Goddard's Christian Academy in 2016 we started out in the back of our sanctuary, we would move the desks to the side every Wednesday and Sunday when we had services and back the next day when classes started without complaint from the kids or the teachers, but we outgrew that space. We then moved upstairs above the church to their very own classroom for the next year but we have now outgrown that space as well and we have just finished the new classroom that you will see in the pictures below.
When we first built Goddard's Christian Academy in 2016 we started out in the back of our sanctuary, we would move the desks to the side every Wednesday and Sunday when we had services and back the next day when classes started without complaint from the kids or the teachers, but we outgrew that space. We then moved upstairs above the church to their very own classroom for the next year but we have now outgrown that space as well and we have just finished the new classroom that you will see in the pictures below.
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We Built a Well--with the vision of a little boy!
We were also financially able to install a water reserve on site at the orphanage. This was something that has been on our long-term goal's for awhile and we have been praying for a way to make it happen. This well will not only bring clean water from the spring but it will also increase our water supply at the home. A little boy named Webb spent his summer break behind a sno-cone stand raising money for Rosemary's. He raised enough money for us to build the well so we dedicated it in his honor. Thanks Webb!