"Hopes For Others" Newsletter

March 17, 2002

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the  work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord”.    1 Corinthians 15:58

Dear Friends,

First of all, I want to thank you all for your prayers and your support. The Lord continues to bless at Hopes for Others, and to answer prayers.

 Construction began on the clinic this past week, and after 2 years of working toward this, we are so grateful. Please pray with us that the construction will proceed without any major problems and that the clinic, when completed, will operate in such a way as to glorify our Lord.

 We also have received good news regarding the Kindergarten. I had shared with you that we were going to have to move the Kindergarten due to construction that was going to have to be done in the church sanctuary. While I was in Romania, a few weeks ago, the pastor notified us and told us that the kindergarten was such a ministry to children that they would work it out for us to continue to use the facilities. What an answer to prayer!

Hopes for Others is a ministry that helps in many different area. There is often the opportunity and privilege  of  ministering to individual needs. The following is the story of one such incident.

  “Her name is Dana.  She is the mother of a 5 year old boy and she is about to go crazy.  Her parents were rich.  Her  dad  worked in the army as a colonel and her mom worked at the Courthouse .  Her dad started drinking and because of that, they lost everything they had.  She married a nice man , she thought, but he stole and blamed her.  She went to jail for awhile .  She is out and is left alone with no money and a child to raise.  It is hard for her to understand why she is the one who has to pay for every wrong deed her loved one did.  She has no windows at her tiny house, instead of windows, she has a wooden board and has only one bed in the room.  She has no job and no income.  She has us now and from next week she won’t have to worry for food, for she will eat in our cantina.  We will also buy materials for her and help her fix her house and make it a home for her and for her 5 year old son.”  

                                                        
In June of 2001, the Lord blessed Hopes for Others with  the Osinach family from Baton Rouge , Louisiana. 

They simply felt that they were to go to Romania and serve in any way that God directed them.  Anton, Ann, and their children are a blessing to so many. 

In the picture, Anton is working on the feet of an elderly person in a nursing home in Arad.  There are approximately 300 people here, and they do love the attention they receive from Anton and his family. They also love oranges, bananas and blow pops, which we can sometimes provide. It takes so little in the way of kindness to mean so much to them. Anton also has the opportunity to share the love of Jesus with them as he treats their feet.

  Again, we thank you for your prayers and support, and ask that you
        continue to pray that God will be glorified in whatever is accomplished in
        these ministries.

                                                                              In His Service,

                                                                           Johnny Huffman

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