Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Casa Hogar Elim

As we are coming to a close on the legal aspects of See the Need, our focus has now turned to our first vision trip. A small group of approximately 8-10 people will be leaving Birmingham on January 25 to travel to a small town called Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. This town is home to a very large orphanage called Casa Hogar Elim. If you would like to know more about this orphanage click http://casahogarelimus.org. This trip will give our team the opportunity to set our eyes on the needs of this orphanage, the children that live within its walls, and the community that they all call home. Several members of the See the Need team have had the privilege to serve at this particular orphanage before, but for most of us this will be our first visit. We are so excited about this trip and the doors that God is opening for this ministry. One major thing that we would like to do for this orphanage is provide Mama Lupita and all the children with as many of the needed "day to day" supplies as possible. If you are interested in helping us with this goal, we have provided a list of items that the orphanage needs on a daily basis (these items can also be found on the orphanage's website). We would appreciate any donations made and we will present the orphanage with these items during our vision trip in January.

Paper Products

Diapers
Baby Wipes
Toilet Tissue
Feminine Products
Paper Towels
Trash Bags

Personal Hygiene

Bath Soap
Shampoo
Deoderant
Razors
Baby Powder
Baby Lotion

Cleaning Supplies

Laundry Detergent
Dishwashing Detergent
Bleach
Floor Cleaner
Brooms
Mops

If you would like to donate any of these items to the orphanage please contact See the Need at seetheneed@ymail.com. Our prayer is to provide the orphanage with as many supplies as possible. If you are unable to donate we ask that you please keep our ministry as well as our vision trip to Casa Hogar Elim in your prayers. See the Need's greatest desire is to glorify God by serving others. Love Wins!

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

up date

Hello out there,
Just a quick update. We are in the last stages of the legal aspect of incorporation and then we begin the financial journey of becoming non-profit. Please be in prayer that this goes smooth and as quick as possible. God is opening numerous doors and they are literally to numerous to count. We ask that you continue to be in prayer for us and for all the people that God will lay in our paths. Be on the look out for our new website as well as t-shirts and stickers. All the proceed that come from the stuff we sale will help us to meet the needs of the orphanage in January. Love Wins!!

Monday, October 6, 2008

See the Need

Welcome to See the Need's blog. We would like to start off by explaining who we are and give a description of the passion that God has laid upon our hearts. Our lead team consists of four individuals who possess two very common interests: we have a heart for children, as well as a passion to serve others who are in need. God has combined these two desires, along with a passion to glorifty Him, and given us the opportunity to begin an organization that fulfills both goals. See the Need is a developing non-profit organization that works to involve individual students and youth groups with orphanages in foreign countries. This partnership will give American students the opportunity to share the blessings God has given them with children who desire only to be loved. Our organization will work with individuals and church leadership to help establish the best mission opportunity for their group. We will continue to work with the group through all major details from beginning to end. See the Need will send a member(s) of our leadership team who is familiar with the orphanage and country to act as a guide. We are constantly praying that God will have His will involving the construction and success of this ministry. Over the next few months, we will be preparing to take our first Vision trip to a small town in Mexico. There will be a team of eight individuals who will be taking this trip.This particular orphanage in this town houses close to 110 children, along with several employees. We will use this opportunity to aide the orphanage in any way possible and begin discussing the future needs and available times that we can begin to involve various students in this mission. Our greatest prayer is that God would be glorified. He has truly blessed us in more ways than we deserve. His love and grace are simply amazing.

As we continue to work through the legal aspects and minor details surrounding this organization, we simply ask that you would keep See the Need in your prayers. We feel that God is leading us in this particular direction, so that lives will be saved and He will be glorified.

If you would like to donate supplies, funds, or would like more information about See the Need please email us at seetheneed@ymail.com We will continue to post more information, as well as prayer requests, as God continues to move.

"Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’
And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me."


Mathew 25:44-45


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