The Glory of Easter

MONTHLY NEWS & UPDATES | APRIL 2023

THE GLORY OF EASTER

What a wonderful time to let its meaning and blessings flow into our hearts and minds.

In today’s troubled world, we are bombarded daily by news that numbs the senses. But if you look beyond those dark clouds, there is comfort. There is peace that comes in the refuge of the Cross. The marvel is firmly grounded in the message and sacrifice of our Risen Savior who defied the tomb! Beyond the clouds, we celebrate a crystal clear message of hope, love and new beginnings!

For those who are part of our HEART family, the beauty of Easter is integral to every dimension of our work. In Christ’s instructions to love and care for one another, he also prayed to the Father, “Thy will be done on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.”

“On EARTH” is a beautiful reminder that we not only speak our beliefs, but we put them into action as well. This is something we do right where we’re planted and most evident in how we direct our time, effort, and resources.

Every mother helped through HEART represents a story of restoration and redeemption. Every life saved from the deadly grip of HIV and its life-threatening complications serves to remind us that new beginnings are possible! You can see it in the smiles...hear it in the laughter...embrace it in the hugs.

In this special Easter edition of our newsletter, we hope you enjoy looking over the photos we’ve included, along with some details to inspire.

RESTORED & REDEEMED

When volunteers arrive in Kenya, miracles truly happen! A medical team from the University of California, Davis comes with professional healthcare workers to assess and prescribe a course of treatment that restores and redeems a mother.

HEAVEN & EARTH

Another group of volunteer workers from The Way Church in southern California brings helping hands. These hands prayed over mothers, young people and children. And with it, flows ample tears of joy and heartwarming words of empowerment. “On EARTH” as it is in heaven.

The grandson and great granddaughter of HEART Founder, Vickie Winkler, extended a hand to build a home for a mother.

ORPHAN PREVENTION

For the past 23 years, HEART’s commitment to the most vulnerable and impoverished of East Africa has found beautiful expression in mothers who have been restored and redeemed. It is evident, too, in programs designed for orphan prevention and generational transformation.

Here at HEART everyone can make a difference. The kind of difference that...

* Saves lives and makes women strong again

* Supports a mom’s children to finish school and pursue college or specialized professional skills

* Directs families to know Christ and live and breathe with eternity in mind

* Trains and prepares mothers and youth to productively earn income and achieve financial security

* Assembles past graduates (HIV survivors and thrivers) together to encourage and inspire newer program moms to stay the course and finish well

* Equips adolescent girls with sanitary care items and instruction so that they stay in school with no monthly interruption.

The greatest needs of HEART this month will be directed to Education and Scholarships, as well as training and instruction for HEART ladies at any one of our seven centers throughout Kenya.

Christ, by his own actions and words, showed us how to love and serve others. In preaching the Good News, welcoming children to his side, and healing the sick, He modeled for us the immeasurable gift of new beginnings, here on earth and for the world to come.

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