Wooster Grace currently sponsors one orphan home in Battambang, Cambodia housing 40 children and a second home in Thailand with 35 children.
Pastor of Outreach Ivanildo Trindade says, “I want to motivate our people to do something about rescuing children in Southeast Asia who are living a desperate life or are in danger of falling into the hands of the peddlers of the sex trade in that part of the world. Whole families get an opportunity to give money together and talk about why we are doing this.”
Senior Pastor Bob Fetterhoff had the opportunity to visit Cambodia in May 2009 to meet the 40 children who have been rescued from a life of poverty,
disease and human trafficking. “I have never felt love like I did from these children. I saw the faces of children who had lacked basic nutrition and medical treatment. I saw children and adults who live at a huge garbage dump in the capital of Phonm Penh searching for anything to eat or sell. And, I saw the difference Christ followers have made in the lives of children who have been rescued from squalid and hopeless conditions. After I visited in the spring, I decided to do more to raise awareness and help fund the construction of orphan homes in that part of the world,” said Fetterhoff.
Wooster Grace partners with Asia’s Hope, a multi-denominational, grassroots movement dedicated to providing quality long-term care for orphaned children at high risk of sexual and economic exploitation. If you would like to receive a monthly newsletter via email, or for more information, please contact Jeana Harley @ (330) 264-9459 ext. 129 or jharley@woostergrace.org
