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  BECAUSE OF YOU
hope for education. Not only that, but many also had no hope of survival and faced cer- tain death.
Children living at an ICC’s chil- dren’s village have survived traumatic life events that no child should ever experience. Yet, God promises that when He starts a good work that He will finish it. In this publication, you will find the latest news from ICC’s annual report, but what is most important are the stories of how God is working in the lives of His Kids, and in YOU.
Through your partnership with ICC, God is working to com- plete the stories of orphaned and abandoned children. That is worth celebrating!
Rick Fleck ICC President
“HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL CARRY IT ON TO COM- PLETION UNTIL THE DAY OF CHRIST JESUS.”
The first time that a young woman from Patmos Children’s Village graduated from college, the entire village planned a par- ty like no other. They gathered every family member on cam- pus, over a hundred people, to celebrate – from the youngest children to those who were nearly grown.
What made this celebration so important? Even just a decade ago, it was very uncommon for women in the DR Congo to receive an education and to live independent lives. In fact, things are still difficult for women to get an education to- day, and it’s unheard of for or- phans. The Patmos Children’s Village leadership wanted to encourage the younger girls to achieve success and reach for things higher than what they had known.
It’s sad to think that before coming to Patmos Children’s Village, those children had no
  PHILLIPIANS 1:6
 OUR MISSION
International Children’s Care is dedicated to the care, ed- ucation and spiritual growth of orphaned and vulnerable children in underdeveloped countries around the world.
SINCE 1978,
people like you have created safe homes for thousands of children with long-term residential care that repli- cates the Adventist family model. THANK YOU!
 




















































































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