Monday, June 29, 2009

Our Community

Each day two to three van loads of kids come for a day at Victory Summer camp. Why do we need to tranpsort them by van, you ask? View the video below produced by Pastors Jacob and Sam and see for yourself.


Prayer & Praises!!

  • Praise the Lord--Dena's church heard about our program, saw the kids pictures and donated some money to the cause.
  • Praise the Lord--State Road Community gracious use of their van. Last Wednesday, Victory's white van stopped functioning on Miss Katie and Pastor Jacob is on vacation.
  • Praise the Lord!! We passed our first inspection by the governor's office and we were one of several organizations that did NOT get the 2010 funding cut.
  • Pray for Pastor Jacob and Amber and Pastor Sam and Jamie as they finish up their relaxing vacation and that they have safe traveling mercies as they drive home with three preschoolers in the car.
  • Pray for the necessary donations for our kids to attend a summer camp--July 13 through 17 as well as transportation to and from the camp for a potential 30 kids. If you or you know someone who is interested in supporting this with a donation, it is tax deductible. Make checks out to Lighthouse, Inc. but write in the memo line--Victory Summer Camp. Mail the check to Victory Summer camp at 1632 E.55th St., Cleveland, OH 44103.
  • Pray for our children, especially Timothy and Mike. For the younger kids(k-3), these two have an attitude of one my tough 9th grade kids. Pray for the Lord's wisdom as we work with these two to get along with others, stop hitting others, use nice words, listen and to obey.
  • Pray for Pastor Andy as he works with the organization, "Women of Faith". Several opportunities such as free tickets for Heaven Train moms to attend the conference, to possible highlight of Heaven Train ministries during the conference are possible. May the Lord be glorified!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Summer Camp Begins!


Monday, June 15; marked the first day of summer camp for the three out of eight Summer feeding sites sponsored by Lighthouse, Inc. through funds from the Ohio Department of Education.

At each of the feeding sites, the kids who are enrolled also enjoy a time of enrichment and recreation too. Funds for these enrichment activities came from the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives

The three sites are :


Each site has a site coordinator, teaching assistant and aide. I am a volunteer at the Cle
veland Victory site.

At the Victory site on the first day we had 9 kids as today we are up to 20 kids and two new requests came in today! 25 was our goal!
The kids range in age from kindergarten to 7th grade and there are times when it feels like we are back in the one room schoolhouse typical of the "Little House on the Prairie".

Continue to pray for each kid to feel welcome and loved by all.