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Double Your Gift through the 2024 Christmas Hope Matching Challenge!

December 1, 2024 Dear Friend of the Children,  Christmas is a time of reflection. And as I reflect upon the year that is past, I am grateful for God’s providential leading of ICC’s ministry for orphan and vulnerable children. I am also aware of the impossibility of this mission if it weren’t for the prayers and support of ICC’s faithful family members like you. God’s work through you is saving and transforming the lives of Read more…

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More Than Just Education

Year two of the community education program at Los Pinos is well under way. And this year’s program is having an even greater impact on the lives of the children attending. As part of the services provided, the Los Pinos nurse works in cooperation with the local health clinic to provide primary health care. With the authorization and input of the parents, the nurse has created medical files for each student. Height and weight are Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Stretching the Impact of YOUR Support

“Why try to explain miracles to your children when you can have them plant a garden.” -Janet Kilburn Phillips Your support of the El Oasis Children’s Village in Mexico is having a tremendous impact on the lives of the children there. As I shared in the May edition of the Que Pasa newsletter, the children are thriving under the care of loving house parents. You can be sure that your faithful support is helping to Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

A Testimony of Praise, A Story of Grace

Once upon a time, in the heart of the lush South-Kivu region, nestled among rolling hills and whispering forests, there existed a haven called Patmos Village. It was not just a place; it was a sanctuary for the lost, the broken, and the abandoned. Here, the sun painted hope across the faces of orphaned children, and the wind carried their dreams to the heavens. Among these children was Grace, a girl whose life had been Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

“2024 Summer of Care” Matching Challenge – A Letter from ICC President, Rick Fleck

Double YOUR gift today through the 2024 Summer of Care Matching Challenge “God sets the lonely in families…” Psalm 68:6 (NIV) Dear Friend, My warmest greetings to you. Today, I am reaching out with an important appeal that offers a tremendous opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of the children we serve together. Our mission at International Children’s Care is to transform lives by offering love, protection, education, and healthcare to orphaned and Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

My Mom and Mrs. McDonald

By Rick Bowes With each passing year it seems that memories of my mom don’t fade away, they actually become more vivid. She was born at the end of WWI, and when she was just 3 months old her father died. Though her mom, my grandmother, worked several jobs and tried her best, their life in rural Iowa was extremely hard. For years they lived together in dire poverty. The one bright spot as my Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

You Serve Those Who Serve the Children

Editor’s note: Mothers and Fathers play a crucial role in the healthy development of ICC children. They are on the frontlines of this ministry tending to the physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs of the children.  Your support enables the house parents to serve the children effectively. Not only do you help make transformations possible in the lives of children, you also contribute to the health and well-being of ICC house parents. Following is an Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Paying Forward YOUR Support

Editor’s Note: You play a critical part in the life transformations that occur at ICC children’s villages around the world. In the following edited testimony, Patrick Kijana shares what it meant to him to grow up and eventually leave the Patmos children’s village. Thank you for your generous support of children like Patrick. When we arrived at Patmos, we were two brothers accompanied by another brother, a sister, and our uncle. We were still young Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

More Than Notes and Melodies (Part 2)

Last month we featured El Oasis Children’s Village in Mexico and their thriving music program with the children. This month we focus on the wonderful music program at Las Palmas in the Dominican Republic.  Your support makes this program possible for the children!   The following is shared by Las Palmas Director Samilin Williams God created us in His image and likeness. And one of His attributes is the Great Artist. He is the one who filled Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

More Than Notes and Melodies (Music Programs Provide Enrichment)

Music is celebrated for its ability to deeply touch our minds.  It serves as a kind of universal language that transcends barriers. At El Oasis Children’s Village, we celebrate the profound impact of music on the lives of our children. In our music program there and at Las Palmas Children’s Village in the Dominican Republic, our young learners find hope and healing as they learn music.   In September 2019, El Oasis started a program to Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Project Updates Around the World

Guatemala  A new year of classes has started at Los Pinos Children’s Village in the Peten region of Guatemala. The children on campus are joined by vulnerable children from three surrounding villages: La Paz, Vista Hermosa and El Milagro. The children from those villages are picked up by a van and brought to Los Pinos for a wonderful day of learning together. The teachers and staff at Los Pinos are happy to be a light Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

A Heartfelt Thank You From Congo

Thanks to your kind generosity, Patmos children have a secure place in which to thrive and prepare themselves for the future. Recently, the children were able to participate in a special New Year’s Day celebration. Thank you for all you do for the children. They appreciate you! We are grateful that God worked through caring individuals like you to provide for the sustaining care of ICC children in the DR Congo last year. In fact, Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Celebrations and Home Renovations in Dominican

We have received this information from our Las Palmas project director, Samilin, and are including it as an edited excerpt. A special greeting to all ICC donors.  We are recounting God’s blessings in the year past.  The Administration of the Las Palmas Children’s Village would like to thank you for the selfless effort and love you have shown for children. We started 2023 with many expectations and challenges to meet, trusting that God would help Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

The Certainty of Loving Care, Thanks to YOU!

A new year is beginning.  As we look back at 2023, we thank God for His blessings. He has worked through you in a special way to help children who have been orphaned, abandoned, or neglected.  Throughout last year the ICC family had many new children join us – some through tragedies, some through sickness. Some lost their parents through natural disasters, like in Congo.  It was amazing to see how God provided for these Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Activities and Achievements from ICC Villages

Activities and Achievements Los Pinos Children’s Village, Guatemala Your support helps children experience important milestones and achievements. Recently, seven children graduated from the Los Pinos primary school in Guatemala. Three of the children were from a nearby village. You may recall that earlier this year, the Los Pinos school welcomed several children from the surrounding area to join the school family. Because of their remote location and the extreme poverty of their families the children Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago
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El Salvador: Fast Facts to Know and Share

Download these Fast Facts about El Salvador in this two-page flyer by clicking the button. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of children! People of El Salvador El Salvador has an ethnically homogeneous population. The intermarriage of Spanish settlers with the indigenous population of the region has resulted in almost nine-tenths of the population being mestizo (people of mixed Indian and European ancestry); the remainder consists of Indians, people of European ancestry, Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

An Opportunity to Care for “His Kids” in the New Year

Thanks to the support of caring ICC family members like you, the new year arrives filled with renewed hope that ICC’s children will continue to thrive. This is important for all “His Kids” but especially for the newly arrived children like the ones at Sweet Home Children’s Village in India that you see on this page. These children have come because of difficult and tragic circumstances, and they need the nurturing care that ICC family Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Remembering Malcolm Smith:Motorcycle Champion and Friend of “His Kids”

The heart of a warrior and champion has been quieted this past month. I say “quieted” because it cannot be silenced. Malcolm Smith was laid to rest this past month, but his heart will never be silenced due to the many lives he touched. I knew Malcolm personally, and I know just what an amazing heart this man not only had, but exercised every day.One of the many ways Malcolm used his big heart was Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

An Answer to Prayer to Bless Orphan Children

By Rick Bowes Not long ago I heard the most amazing “two-part answered prayer story” from a lady named Fran Murphy. It seems that back in the year 2006, Fran, who lives in Athol, MA, and is a member of Athol SDA church family, was convicted that God was calling her to do something to help feed and clothe children who had been orphaned. Following up on that conviction, Fran began to investigate the various Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Project Spotlight – El Oasis, Mexico – The Impact of Your Support

Over the next few months, we’ll be using this space to share information about the impact of your support on the lives of children around the world. This first update comes from El Oasis Children’s Village in Mexico. The children of El Oasis have joined another small Pathfinder Club nearby. They have been enjoying themselves very much. The club attended the area camporee and were thrilled to see themselves as part of a bigger group Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Learning to Fly, Thanks to You! Nathalie’s Testimony, part 2

Editor’s Note: Last month, we shared the first part of Nathalie’s testimony which included her arriving at Las Palmas at the request of her dying mother. Nathalie grew up within a loving home at Las Palmas and learned to be responsible at an early age. She also learned “that your achievements do not define your value as a person and much less the work you do. Your value comes from the simple fact of existing Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

A Q & A with ICC President, Rick Fleck

Q: What types of things do you see project administrators and house parents dealing with that ICC family members may not be aware of? A: It’s likely that most ICC family members would not be aware of the scope or complexity of ICC administrators’ dealings with governments. This includes the rules and constant inspections as part of their oversight. This often causes interference with the operation of the children’s village because government officials aren’t used Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

You Provide a “Place to Call Home”

Update in Pictures from India (Faces have been blurred in online version to protect identity of the children) Editor’s Note: These pictures tell the story of how your support is having a tremendous impact on the lives of children at ICC’s Sweet Children’s Village in India. You are providing not only a place for basic needs to be supplied, but you are also providing “a place to call home.” Thank you for all you do Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Learning to Fly, Thanks to You! – Nathalie’s Testimony, part 1

Editor’s Note: You may recall reading in the September Que Pasa a feature about the 40th anniversary of ICC’s Las Palmas Children’s Village in the Dominican Republic. The impact of your support goes on and on in the lives of current children as well as those who have become independent. Following is part one of an edited excerpt of a testimony from Nathalie, one of ICC’s grown children. Before my mother died, she asked a Read more…

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