HAND in HAND Together for The Kingdom.

Together for

The Kingdom

God's work through Tiny Hands is not possible without you. Thanks to your generosity, together we are being the kingdom to those who need help the most.

The ministry highlights featured in this newsletter are just a few examples of how God is changing lives. God is working through you to provide physical, emotional, economic and spiritual freedom.

Hand in hand, we’re working together for The Kingdom!

Welcome!

Is it possible to do justice through art? Bob and Libby Swenson believe so and they are enlisting

artists throughout the country to make it happen.

God broke Bob and Libby Swenson’s hearts over the issue of human trafficking, so they became determined to “do justice” in a unique way. They created Faces of Freedom, an art exhibit designed to raise awareness about trafficking and generate financial support for key organizations fighting trafficking.

The Swensons believe “artists have a unique ability to observe people deeply and create dignity, hope, and beauty amidst the brokenness of our world.” Bob and Libby recruited critically-acclaimed artists who volunteered their time and talent to paint portraits of trafficking survivors. A brief explanation of each survivor’s story accompanies their portrait.

The Faces of Freedom exhibit invites viewers to follow survivors’ real life journeys from oppression to rescue, restoration, and ultimately freedom and give viewers a chance to enter into a victim’s experience, reflect on their own stories of injustice, and inspire action. Viewers are encouraged to consider a series of questions as they progress through the exhibit and learn practical ways to join the fight against oppression – including donating to featured organizations like Tiny Hands.

Faces of Freedom is designed to travel to schools, universities, libraries, churches, airports, hospitals and other civic venues.

For information about hosting a Faces of Freedom exhibit, please contact Bob Swenson at freedom58info@gmail.com and visit www.freedom58project.com.

Left: “Isha”, David GageRight: “Amrita”, Dawn Eaton

Many of the children growing up in Nepal are called to take on the responsibilities of a parent

at a young age. Rita was no exception. She never met her father because he died before she was born. Both of her older brothers also died of Malaria and her older older sister was born with special needs. And so, like many others in her country, childhood was pushed aside to take on the many tasks of adult life. For a short time, she was able attend school but she was also required to take care of her sister and maintain their home. But because her family was considered “from the lower caste“ she was treated very badly in the village school and was forced to quit. Rita had so much life to deal with, while she was still so little.

When Rita was in her early teens, her sister got very sick due to an infection. Rita decided her only option was to carry her sister to a mission hospital in Pokhara. When they arrived, after walking many miles, the workers at the hospital noticed that both Rita and her sister needed help.

After receiving the necessary treatment, Rita and her sister were given a place to stay by some missionaries connected to the hospital. Rita was also able to re-enroll in school and continue her education. It was then that she decided to get a degree in education. She knew that the missionaries who had helped her and her sister would not be able to take

care of them forever. She dreamed that she would find a job to support them both. She had always wanted to be a teacher so that she could teach everyone equally, since she was treated so poorly in her village school. It was also during this time that she made a commitment to follow Jesus.

When she applied to work at the Tiny Hands Dream School she received the lowest scores on every section of our application. However, after hearing her story and passion for teaching we asked if she would be willing to be a teaching assistant at the school. She agreed and continues to grow every day. Since coming to work for the school it is evident that she is passionate about helping children learn and grow. You can tell she cares for each child and desires for them to become all that God has created them to be.

"Though the children I work

with are really little, they

often have a big story to tell.

We should always listen to

their story and also encourage

them to share their story. We

can learn a lot from them."

– Rita

SCHOOLIn Nepal, high-quality education is often limited to the ultra-rich.

The Dream School is the cornerstone of our Dream Center project. Our goal is to provide a quality of education that is otherwise unavailable to the children of Nepal.

Through God’s grace and your generous gifts, we hope to provide high-quality Christ-centered education to hundreds of children in Nepal’s poorest regions.

Visit tinyhands.org/dream-school to learn more.

Be the KingdomAll our work is done in conjunction with local churches and we strive to live our faith in Jesus Christ and His gospel by following the directives of the New Testament in how we live, work, and relate to one another.

Help Those who Need it MostJesus said, “whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me.” In response to this teaching, our goal is to find and help the most desperate and needy people in the world.

Do Much with LittleWe strive to find and implement the strategies that make the greatest possible difference in the lives of as many people as possible with the limited resources we have been entrusted with.

Our Core Values

Tiny Hands is driven by three core values that shape every program and management decision we make.

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