June Ministry Update

We have been super busy traveling since we got back from Africa in March.  We have been so blessed to visit with friends and supporters and to share our ministry with individuals and churches.  We’ve been in North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama (twice) so far.  We just enjoyed our first free time at home and our first Sunday at our home church since Easter weekend.  We are headed to Alabama and south Georgia again in the next few weeks.  We appreciate your prayers for our safety, energy levels, and spiritual refreshment during the weeks ahead.

Mike is working on plans and team training for several mission trips.  There are teams going to work in Bolivia this summer, both in mountain villages and in remote jungle villages.  This fall and winter we also have several teams going to work in Uganda. 

I have been busy building up our Child Sponsorship Program.  We have about 400 children in Uganda sponsored through our program now and at least 1,000 more waiting!  I have also been working to raise money for a Feed the Hungry fund to provide food for our children who are not yet sponsored. 

                                                                                Psalm 1: 1-3

¹ Blessed is the man
   who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
   or sit in the seat of mockers.
² But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
   and on his law he meditates day and night.
³ He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
   which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
   Whatever he does prospers.

Last week, we were asked an interesting question, one I had not really thought about.  How do you stay refreshed?  We do have to be faithful in prayer and in reading and learning God’s Word.

But, we also have you to thank!  We know people all over the country are praying for us daily.  We have a wonderful home church and are blessed every time we are able to go.  We have family, friends, and co-workers who love on and encourage us. 

So…THANK YOU!!!

You are vital to our ministry with Helping Hands and it would thrill us to have you involved!  If you are interested in joining a trip, email Mike to get some more info.  If you are interested in helping with the children, email me to see what you can do.  Here’s a few more ways you can get involved, too!

Laugh a little…

Helping Hands is hosting a comedy night Saturday, July 16^th at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center.  Come hear Christian comedian Jeff Allen, have some laughs, and help HHFM as we work to build a home for orphans in Uganda, Africa!  Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. 

Get all dressed up…

Join us on Saturday, August 20^th for our annual Legacy of Hope Gala!  Meet our ministry staff from the USA, Uganda, and Bolivia.  Hear about what God is doing all over the world.  Join us for a fun evening raising money to send Christ’s legacy around the world!

Flying somewhere?...

If you are flying on Delta, you can enter a special SkyMiles # for Helping Hands.  You still get your miles, but HHFM gets them too!  Just go to your profile page on the Delta website.  At the bottom, you can enter a Company SkyBonus Number.  Ours is: US0002345.

We love to share...

We would love to share more about our ministry with you, your church or Sunday school class, or other groups.  Please contact us to set up a time!  We will be around for the summer and are headed back to Africa in September!

Pray…

• Please pray for safety as we travel over the weeks ahead. 
• Please pray for the teams being formed and trained to go on mission trips this summer and fall.
• Praise God with us… Our current apartment lease is up the end of August.  God has blessed us with friends who have offered a basement apartment to us.  We will be moving in just before we leave for Africa.
• Please pray for spiritual and physical refreshment as we continue a busy schedule.

Thank you!

Mike and Sarah McCord