"God's unspeakable gift opens the way to extraordinary generosity."
Your generosity this year has made YOU my heroes. Truly! Without your giving, we would have no material supply to add to the spiritual care that our local church partners on the ground are dispensing to people in crisis.

You. Are. My. Heroes.
A VERY MERRY AFRICAN CHRISTMAS. . .
This year's Christmas Gift project is for 4 projects in the Central African Republic (CAR) - a part of the body of Christ that has suffered so much in 2019 from war, civil strife, and poverty.

We offer these giving options realizing that there are many amazing charitable ways you can give this Christmas. Should you so choose to give with us, know that your gift will help make 2020 brighter than 2019 was for many Central Africans.
1) CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR WIDOWS
It is unlikely you could give a gift this Christmas that would bring more smiles and joy than a gift box to a widow in the CAR.

This year our gift boxes will go to at least 30 widows and will include a new skirt, sugar and coffee, and a fresh "$20" bill (in their currency) - everything they need to properly celebrate Christmas with their families with meat on the table!

Would you like to help? $40 for one Christmas box, but a gift of any amount will help.

PROJECT GOAL: 30 Widows @ $40 each
2) ORPHAN HIGH SCHOOL TUITION
Knowing how teens in North America often feel about school, it might be hard to imagine that their peers in the CAR are desperate to complete their education.

When the 2014 war broke out, though we were forced to close down the sponsorship* branch of our orphan ministry, we have continued to track and care for our orphans as best as we can.
*Hand in Hand orphan schools are still going strong!

Once again this year we are sending orphans from our former sponsorship program - 67 of them! - to a private Christian High School in Bangui. [ Note of thanks from a recent graduate.]

Would you like to help? Every $150 pays a student's full year of tuition, plus a pair of shoes and two outfits. A gift of any amount will help.

PROJECT GOAL: 67 orphans @ $150 each

(Specify "Orphan High Sch" for
Special Instructions at check out)
3) LITERACY CHARTS
Among the government services failing the people of the CAR is that of education.

Recognizing the importance that literacy can play in developing strong disciples - people able to read the Bible for themselves - the Charis church in the CAR has just launched a national literacy campaign that will run from 2020-2022.

To support this new initiative, we are printing and shipping 500 sets of laminated literacy charts.

Want to help? Each $30 literacy packet will provide all that a newly trained teacher needs to start a reading class: literacy charts, manuals, and teaching supplies.

PROJECT GOAL: 500 literacy packets @ $30 each

(Specify "Literacy Charts" for
Special Instructions at check out)
4) EXTRAORDINARY FLOODS IN CAR
Bangui has experienced the worst flooding in 20 years. Mud-brick homes along parts of the Oubangui River were carried downstream as panicked homeowners raced to rescue whatever belongings they could.

Three churches in Bangui are reaching out to provide relief supplies and lodging for some of the 20,000 people that the floodwaters left homeless.

Would you like to help? A gift of any amount will help us care for this need.

PROJECT GOAL: $9,000
Prefer to give by check?

1) Make checks payable to: Encompass World Partners
2) Specify on note line the Christmas gift you are giving (CAR Widows, Literacy Charts, Orphan High School, or CAR Floods)
3) Mail to: Encompass World Partners, Box 3298, Monument, CO 80132
Thank you for blessing us and those we help all throughout the year, and may this holiday be filled with the richest and truest meaning of Christmas.

Gratefully Yours,

barb

Barb Wooler
Director of Crisis Response
Encompass World Partners
www.encompassworldpartners.org
574-453-6479