Salem's Children of Promise

Subudhi (left) & Elieth (right)

Subudhi lives in India and is seven years old. He lives with his mother and father and two brothers.

Elieth lives in Nicaragua and is six years old. She lives with her mother and brother.

Children of Promise

Christian (top photo) is from Honduras. He is eight years old and lives with his mother, father and siblings (a brother and a sister).

Jordan (bottom photo) is also from Honduras. He is seven years old and lives with his mother, brother and two sisters.

Salem's Children of Promise

Meet Angel who lives in Honduras with his parents, two brothers and one sister. He is nine years old.

Sad News

Little Ken, who I posted about yesterday, lost his battle at 2:00 AM our time today. Please keep the ayis and workers in your prayers.

China Orphan Needs Medical Care

Ken has a very severe heart defect called Pulmonary Atresia and urgently needs surgery. In the short time he has been in our partner's care he has had three heart incidents and turned purple. Doctors have advised that his condition cannot be treated in China but can be treated in the US or Australia. If any blog reader knows of a hospital or doctor who would be willing to donate services to save Ken’s life, please send an email to hbench@woh.rr.com and she will pass along the information to our partner in China.

Happy Father's Day!

Prayers Needed

Please keep these children in your prayers. All of these children are fostered by PHF.

Tiffany - inoperable heart condition

Katherine - recovery from meningitis

Maggie, Margaret & Joseph - awaiting complicated heart surgeries

Kathy - evalutions for further heart surgery

Fiona - evaluations for pulmonary hypertension

Luke & Ella - need to gain weight in order to have heart surgery

Jamison - plastic surgery for severe facial burns

Stacey - plastic surgery on legs

Sophia & Tristan - cleft lip repairs

Peyton, Evan, Noah, Marcie Mei & Ava Hope - cleft palate surgery

Holly - plastic surgery for a giant nevus on her face

Grady & Gregg - to be adopted as they are both getting older. Grady will need surgery for his soliosis and will also need help for his feet. Gregg has one prostethetic leg. They are both full of energy and have huge smiles.

Elizabeth - to be adopted. She just received her pink wheelchair and needs a loving home.

Adrian & Ruby - continued recovery from their heart surgeries

Lucas - evaluation for a cochlear implant.

For the staff - Parker passed away on April 16th after having a complicated heart surgery. Please pray for their hearts to be comforted as they adjust to life without Parker.

Children of Promise

Children of Promise is the Church of God child sponsorship program. All assistance to the children is through the local Church of God ministries in each country. Our sponsorship of children provides them with food, education, basic medical care and spiritual nurture. For more information or to sponsor a child click the link to the right.

Chosen Ones Celebrate Summer Picnic

Join Chosen Ones, Salem's Adoptive/Foster Family Support Group, on Friday, June 13th for a Summer Celebration Picnic.

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs & Paper Products will be provided. Please bring a side item, chips and/or dessert to share.

Bring your favorite lawn game, fishing poles, extra clothes (just in case), sippy cups, lawn chairs or anything else you may need and come TO HAVE FUN!!

See www.mysalem.org for more information.

Join us for an Outreach Trip!

Appalachian Church Planting is a Salem partner. For more information, see the www.mysalem.org website for complete information.

There Are No Orphans of God

Welcome To God's Embroidery

The ayis at Philip Hayden Foundation take care of special needs orphans

God's Embroidery is a global orphan & child outreach ministry of Salem Church of God, located in Clayton, Ohio.

Each child on this earth is a child of God, embroidered and loved by our Father God. God has a specific plan and family for each of His children (Psalm 68:6 & Psalm 139:13-16). We are responsible to help His children come to Jesus (Matthew 19:13).

God's Embroidery will:

• Raise awareness within Salem to become a church completely aware of the global needs of children through our ministry partnerships.
• Encourage Salem to take an active role in changing the lives of God's children worldwide by offering opportunities to learn about child advocacy; child sponsorship; foster care; and adoption.
• Offer support to families who answer the call to foster parent and/or adopt through prayer, education, support groups and mentoring through our Chosen Ones Support Ministry.
• Invite the community to Salem in order to learn more about the needs of children by hosting a Global Orphan Awareness/World Family Crisis Summit. God's Embroidery will also host occasional educational opportunities for adoptive and foster parents to meet the International Hague and local foster care requirements.