lifesong overview

Bringing Joy and Purpose to Orphans

Our Method:Mobilize the “Body”

SOME TO ADOPT, SOME TO CARE...

Our Method:Mobilize the “Body”

SOME TO ADOPT, SOME TO CARE...

AND many TO Support, GIVE, and Advocate for “the front line”

Our Pledge

“Our children” will have:

1. No want for food, clothing, medical care, or

shelter

2. Fundamental Christian training and

discipleship

3. A quality education to

provide a foundation for the future

4. Continued love and support as they transition into adult living

Some are called to Adopt

AdoptionBarrier #1

Cost!

Results

Over 2,200 Children Adopted

How does an “Adoption Fund” fit with your church mission/vision?

Evangelize the lost Adoption is evangelism at its core...

Edify the saved Put faith in action; develop relationships/support

Minister to those in need Millions of orphans trapped b/c of financial barrier

Be a Conscience in the community As Church is involved, the community will see Jesus is alive

and working in His people (Matt 5:16)

Top 3 ‘barriers’ & their solutions…

Barrier: Church staff “plate is already full” to administer fund Solution: Lifesong can manage/facilitate the Fund & carry the administrative

load on behalf of church, using mutually agreed upon criteria (reviewing applications, accounting, donor receipts, disbursing funds on behalf of adoption, etc.)

Barrier: Church feels uncomfortable/awkward approving/denying their own families (viewing financials, etc.) Solution: Lifesong can provide all the screening, reviewing,

approving/denying as a ‘partner’ on behalf of the church, using mutually agreed upon criteria for those decisions

Barrier: Adoption Fund is unfamiliar territory Solution: Lifesong has passion, and expertise in adoption funding

processes, maximize stewardship, use existing grant/loan procedures, IRS approved, ECFA approved (establishes financial integrity & avoids recreating the wheel)

Administration of Adoption Funds for Church at no cost to Church or Fund!

Strategy• Church Funds

•Community Adoption Funds

over 140 Church Adoption Funds

50 members to 22,000 members

Funding Priorities:1.Church members and those associated with your ministry2.Believers within your community3.Adoptive families within the OTWN network

Adoption Fund partners

James 1:27

Lifesong Honduras

2nd poorest country in western hemisphere

Limited education past 6th gradeEscalon = Plan to Escalate

Stats / Outcomes•National avg: 70% unemployment nationally

•LS-Honduras avg: 70% EMPLOYED!•National avg, college: 1-1.5%

•LS-Honduras avg - 39%

•90% state they are Christians (2yrs after)•80% attending church on regular basis

Lifesong India

1/3 the size of USA4 X the Population

80.5% Hindu, 13.4% MuslimChristian PersecutionDevoted staff seizing the opportunity

Suguna: Bible Study Leader

Commitment to “our kid’s” Future...

Lifesong UkraineLifesong Ukraine

Broken Orphanage SystemAge out at 16 to 18 within 2

years....

Denis’s Mentor Vision40+ Employees

400+ Volunteers1,000+ Orphans

70 to 80% are involved in crime or prostitution...or

are dead

CraftsLivestock

MusicComputers

A “Greenhouse” where the newChristians can grow...

Learn day to day responsibility... Nurtured by healthy friendships

Help them transition into adult living

Indigenous Adoption & Foster Care

Indigenous Adoption~ Ukraine ~

• Awareness thru testimonies & conferences •helped 28 couples adopt/foster (90+ children)• pre & post adoption training• legal & financial help• $0 - $1,000

** U.S. Church Funds could make this possible!

Camp

Lifesong Zambia

William’s storyWilliam’s story

Market Ladies

Keith and Kay Knapp

Liberia

Lifesong - Ethiopia

What Can One Person Really do?

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, you’ve never spent the night with a

mosquito!”~ Kenya Saying

... The ONE Factor ...

Bringing Joy and Purpose to Orphans