Brothers,

Rev. Paul Touloute he is sick need have surgery right now, this is really hard, the doctors will start in a few minutes, so pray for him. I have to go tomorrow to be with them, you can see a good car for ELCH it is necessary I want to know if it is possible, if there is a way to have a financial support for him?

God bless you,
President Kessa

Click here to visit Crown of Compassion's website -->

A commercial bakery mixer of no less than 30 quarts with no less than a 2 horsepower motor. The very best price they have found for a new unit is $1,800 with $200 shipping.

Click here to donate for the purchase of a mixer 

Yes - Christmas IS STILL a time of Miracles!

This Friday afternoon, 60 people gathered at Lord of Life Lutheran Church to go over to Meagan Seals' home. Because of YOUR response from our appeal, the following needs for little Meagan were met:

NEED MET- A special wheelchair for Meagan that will help her body develop and allow her to be more mobile. Since it has to be specially made, the cost is just shy of $6000 

NEED MET - A special stationary chair for her to use at home - cost $500
NEED MET - An iPad. Her therapist has recommended this as Apple has special programs to help children like Meagan develop her needed skills - cost $500

In addition to the above, all extra money collected was presented to Lord of Life to help the Seals family with their medical bills for Meagan.

BY THE GRACE OF GOD - and only by HIS grace, what seemed to be the impossible task of raising the money and getting the chair build and here from North Carolina in time for Christmas has happened! Yes Christmas IS STILL a Time of Miracles! To see how God worked you can click here and see the timeline of the last few days!

It is still a long road ahead for Meagan Seals and her family, but they have and continue to place her in God's Care and Hands and see her as the beautiful gift she is! They all say a big THANK YOU to the so many people who God worked through to make this possible! The Body of Christ, serving, functioning, and working together is a glimpse of Heaven!

Lutheran Church Charities, working through Lord of Life Lutheran Church, will continue to raise money to help the Seals family, as long as the need exists

Lutheran Church Charities, the Seals Family and little Meagan, together with Pastor Phil at Lord of Life and the members of Lord of Life, wish to thank everyone for their Prayers and Support and for Keeping CHRIST in CHRISTmas and Making this such a beautiful Day!

To help the Seals family - Dollar per Dollar - click here 

If you are interested in following Meagan's story on Facebook you can "Like" her at "Meagan Seals Miracle Baby".

View more photos from Friday here

CBS 2 Chicago covered the story "Toddler Receives Special Gift From Church" - see video here

Read the Daily Herald article here

Tim Hetzner
President

Lutheran Church Charities

Lutheran Church Charities would like to thank the below companies working with the specialized wheelchairs for their extra work and professionalism to help make Meagan's Christmas wish come true!

Kenyan Pastor Needs Replacement Bus to Continue Transportation Ministry

Every weekday Reverend Daniel Mulwa (pictured) in Nairobi, Kenya sees that nearly 40 children living in poverty get a ride to a Christian school. These children rely on Reverend Mulwa for an education that gives them a chance to rise out of poverty to care for themselves and their families. Recently, the very old and undersized van he has been using finally failed completely. Reverend Mulwa has appealed to LCC to help him acquire a new bus that is larger and more reliable. This will allow him to continue a vital ministry to children and their families. The bus will also be used to transport mission teams that visit Kenya. Tim Kurth of LCC has a longstanding relationship with Daniel who has helped arrange mission work for teams Tim has taken to Kenya since 1999. Thank you for considering a gift of any size.

The Mission Board Lord of Life, LaFox has provided LCC with a grant of up to $500 to establish a matching fund for the purchase of a new laptop for St. Matthew, along with software and accessories. Please consider a gift in any amount as every dollar donated will be matched, up to $500.

One of our Lutheran Pastors is in transition between Calls and now his wife has also lost her full time job. She is applying for unemployment insurance, but currently there is no income coming in for the family. They are in jeopardy of losing their home. Income assistance is greatly needed until the Lord opens up other doors. Any donations will be of great encouragement to them during this difficult time.

Thank you,
Pastor Dennis Perryman

Request from Pastor Julio Loza, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Chicago

Dear Friends,

We are indeed grateful that the Lord moved someone to donate to our ministry. The church council has chosen to use this gift to help defray the cost of the funeral of one of the volunteers who cooked lunches for our school. We are in the process of collecting donations to cover the cost of her funeral ($4200).

She died last week after complications following the amputation of her leg. There were circulation problems due to her advanced age and diabetes. She had financial problems so there was no insurance.

Your gift is indeed a timely blessing to assist this family in their time of need.

I can do all things through Him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13

Geri

The Lutheran Heritage Foundation, sponsor of the Concordia Lutheran Institute for the Holy Ministry(CLIHM), Yambio, South Sudan, is looking for help to cover travel expenses for volunteer pastors who serve on the seminary faculty from Finland, Kenya and Tanzania. They do not have a way to generate support for their travel as do pastors here in the U.S. Our first volunteer going over is Rev. Art Bolstad and he will be there for three weeks. He personally is covering most of his own expenses. The second need is for help to cover the monthly stipend of the 20 students who will be in the seminary program. This is to help sustain their families while they are attending the seminary. We provide them with a modest $75 per month and it amounts to $750 for ten months for each student and for the 20 students that means $15,000 for each year. We try to fund this outside of the regular budget of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sudan/South Sudan for which we provided $100,000 in 2011. CLIHM is hosting its third group of students who will be in training for the next four years. Anyone interested in serving as a faculty member can e mail Rev. Rahn, LHF Founder, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

I write to thank LCC for soliciting financial help for my trip to visit my very ill brother, in South Africa. It was truly a blessing to be able to share this very difficult time with my brother; his condition remains crtical and it was sad to leave him but we spent our time together in prayer and total trust in the Lord. The support raised by LCC partially covered the cost of my airfare. May our Savior Jesus Christ abundantly bless LCC and all who made the donations.

LCC is collecting funds to assist Rev. Geske and Jacob. All contributions are tax deductible.

Christmas is approaching.

Our newly democrat government has given some freedom to many sectors but it is not clear how much freedom they will give to religious organizations. But, some news said that this Christmas will be more free and have more opportunities than last year's.

Our church has decided to do two projects in this Christmas season.

Our church is located in the poorest area of Yangon. In this area there are crimes, lawlessness, illiteracy, less educations, illness etc.. Most of the parents go to work (hard labor) very early in the morning and come back at night. So, hundreds of children are on the streets during the day time looking for food. Our first church focus is to look after 500 children during this season. We care for them, feed them and fulfill their small needs. (Give used cloths, food, medicines, and gift).

The second focus - in our area there are thousands of people who have never heard the gospel in a culturally appropriate way, or had an opportunity to respond to the gospel. Our church is planning to visit 500 homes during this season and give a small gift and tracks (Special Christmas message) to every home.

Last week, the government brought Buddha's tooth (relics) from China and millions of people meditated upon this. Widows, orphans, hard labors, etc. gave their respects and donated all their properties to that tooth.

CHRISTIANS DO NOT HAVE ANY RELICS OF JESUS BECAUSE JESUS IS ALIVE!

Our church focuses on this and proclaims the LIVING OF JESUS to the PEOPLE BOUND AND IMPOVERISHED BY EVIL POWERS.

OUR CHURCH NEEDS YOUR HELP!

We need your prayers, encouragements and smallest donations. Through you we can help many children to be happy in this Christmas. Thousands of unreached people will hear or read the gospel of JESUS CHRIST for the first time in their life.

Can you help us?

“My daughter, Ellen, has attended Walcamp for the past several years, and has enjoyed her experience there immensely. We are ever grateful to the Voice of Care for giving us the financial support to be able to send Ellen to Walcamp each of these past summers. Ellen has been participating in the Walcamp "Special Needs Camps" that Walcamp hosts through Voice of Care's gracious "Campership" scholarships. Each summer, Voice of Care has graciously extended our family a 50% Campership towards the cost of the week's session fee for Special Needs Camp at Walcamp. Ellen has made life-long friends through her camp experiences out at Walcamp, of which she treasures. The loving, caring staff at Walcamp and Voice of Care, makes it such a blessing to be a part of this Faith community of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Ellen looks forward to each summer to hopefully be together again with her same Special Needs Camp friends, to share her year with them, and to make new friends. We are humbly thankful and so very grateful for the Voice of Care's financial support to Ellen, to have made these past summers' such a wonderful time for Ellen to enjoy and experience God's love through the awesome camp staff out at Walcamp.”