Canadian Donors
Harvest of Hope Gift Catalog
Sewing Machine for a Woman, Global
"I would like to say a big thank you to those who have helped me to have the sewing machine. It helps me to feel useful and important in my home, church and community. As a female I am obliged to stay at home because of the customs in our village. Before I received the sewing machine, I had no income or means to help others who were in need. I hesitated to go to weddings or parties because I did not have good clothes to wear. Now I am thankful to the Lord! People know I have a sewing machine and I am getting jobs to do for people in our community. Now I feel that I exist and I am valuable. Many believers visit me and I have jobs to do for them. I have also met a brother in Christ and our relationship is going well and most probably we will get married. To God be the glory and thank you for your help and care. It has meant a lot to me and my family. God bless you."
-North African sewing machine recipient
Motorbike for a Church Planter, Global
"The provision of motorcycles and bicycles continues to bring smiles to the faces of our church planters. Eight motorbikes and fifty bicycles were provided for the workers in the course of the past year. As the motorbikes were being delivered to be distributed during a training session in Tamale, all the participants exploded into applause. Church Planter Samuel remarked, 'More motorbikes, more effort, more output.'"
- Emmanuel, Director of Christian Outreach Fellowship in Ghana
Care for Persecuted Believers, Global
"Two of our partner church planters and their families were forced to flee the country due to extreme persecution and threats against their lives. Though they are still hoping to return to their home country, your gifts provided basic necessities and protection in the days when they were most vulnerable. They were most grateful for the help, especially during the exceptionally cold weather this winter. The fact that we were not just praying for them, but helping them at a very difficult time was very precious to them."
-Ministry leader, Middle East
Bicycle for a Church Planter, Global
"The provision of motorcycles and bicycles continues to bring smiles to the faces of our church planters. Eight motorbikes and fifty bicycles were provided for the workers in the course of the past year. As the motorbikes were being delivered to be distributed during a training session in Tamale, all the participants exploded into applause. Church Planter Samuel remarked, 'More motorbikes, more effort, more output.'"
- Emmanuel, Director of Christian Outreach Fellowship in Ghana
Care Package for a Prisoner, Middle East/North Africa
"Christmas gifts were brought to all the Christian inmates of all the prisons. The gift bag included a Bible for those who don't own a copy already, plus a blanket, towel, washing materials, socks, slippers, paper towels, biscuits, and sweets. All the items were put together in a specially designed and printed bag.
"Over the past year a small church has been started with continuous visits by the ministry team. This was a dream that came true; it gave us wider opportunities for the ministry and more frequent visits. It also creates a challenge for us to expand and enrich our team with new talents and constant service."
-Leader, Middle Eastern Prison ministry
Training Scholarships, Nepal
"Five years ago I was working in India. I suffered from typhoid and malaria. I did not have the money for treatment, so I came back home. I had grown up a Hindu, but when I returned home I found that my family had become Christians. I was amazed by the change in them. I was also scared. I took medicine, but was not getting better. I asked my elder brother who was a pastor to pray for me. He asked me to believe in the Lord before he prayed. I accepted Jesus into my life as my Lord and Savior and was healed.
"After seeing my leadership qualities, the leaders of my church sent me to the Tikapur Leadership Training Center where God confirmed my call to His vineyard. One day at the training center I was watching a film about a man who had no hands or legs but who was a bold preacher of the Word of God. I was challenged by his preaching. The thought came to me, 'If he can do such great things for the Lord, then why can't I do something for the Lord as well?' Since that time, I have been helping my church in youth fellowship and also assisting my brother in preaching and sharing God's Word. Thank you for your support which enabled me to attend this life-changing training program."
-Shyam Chaudhary, Training Scholarship Recipient, Nepal
Radio Broadcast, Mali
"This is my third year of listening faithfully to your Christian program on Sunday evenings. I am instructed a lot from your messages. In looking closely at the lives of Christians, I am discovering daily that they have many things that Muslims do not have: a joy, peace, quietness, and assurance of life after death that we Muslims are desperately looking for. Certainly, the truth is on your side, but I am tied up with so many cultural ties that I am afraid will break if I become a Christian. Not only that, I am afraid I will be cut off from my people and killed without warning. But God knows our hearts and he will certainly notice that I love his Word and the Christians. Please, do not forget me in your prayers."
-Amadou, a faithful listener and proponent of our partner TNT's radio programs
Because of your gifts, the radio staff are able to follow up with Amadou and others like him, helping to answer their questions, deepen their knowledge of Christianity, and encourage them toward a relationship with Jesus.
Christmas Cheer, Global
"The Christmas Cheer gift giving to the sponsored children has brought them so much joy this Christmas season. We praise God for His goodness."
-Edith, Director of Sponsor A Child program in the Philippines
Sheep for a Poor Family, Global
Check out this cool video about sheep that were given to a ministry in Senegal!
Goat for a Poor Family, Global
"The goat project helps church members to alleviate poverty. Goats are given to families to rear and the first female kid born is used to pay back to the church so that another family can benefit. Missionary Amos shared that this arrangement of goat rearing will help every family involved to send their children to school."
-Emmanuel, Director of Christian Outreach Fellowship in Ghana
Check out a cool video about goats that were given to a ministry in Ghana!
Bulls, Plow, and Seeds, Ghana
Check out a great, short video about this gift being used in Ghana!
Donor Stories
Kids Give "Well and a Half" from Rainy Day Carwash
How successful is a charity car wash on a rainy day? For children from First Baptist Church in Ellensburg, Washington, very successful! The group of ten elementary students prayed and determined to give a well for Cambodian villagers who had no clean water. Children's Pastor Jean Lembeck shares about their experience...
A Different Kind of Gift
"I told my four children to humor me this Christmas. I don't need another slip or nightgown in a box to store in a drawer! I asked them to give me a check made out to Partners International for the amount they would otherwise spend on me. They were thrilled to do it! They all responded, plus several more friends who heard about this. I collected enough money to buy a well for Bangladesh."
-Fran Fitz-Stephens, Walnut Creek, CA
More Blessed to Give...and Receive in the Process.
Kay Strom asked the question that many of us have asked - what actually happens to the money you give to charity? She began to wonder: Did my hard-earned cash actually make it to that little schoolgirl? Did the farmer get his full allotment of seedlings? And what about the family and its budding goat business? Did my gifts really impact the people for whom they were intended? If I had such questions, I was certain others were also asking. So, for all of us, I determined to find out "the rest of the story."
>> Read the full story on InTouch, the website of Dr. Charles Stanley
>> Find out more about Kay Strom's book, Harvest of Hope
"Change for Change:" Giving Goats for Ghana
K-6 students at a Gilbert, Arizona school have raised funds with their "Goats for Ghana" campaign to give goats through Harvest of Hope. The project, which included pet goats as a tangible example, was a huge success, raising enough money to give 47 goats for poor families in Ghana.
