NY Giants 17, NE Patriots 14

Enough said.

Sixteen Candles

Olivia celebrated her 16th birthday on January 26. We gathered at the famous Rick's Cafe in Negril along with the rest of the missionary family in Jamaica for this special occasion. As we dined, we watched the cliff divers leap into the ocean from incredible heights. The sunset was beautiful and we all enjoyed ourselves greatly.

Happy Birthday Olivia!

Happy Birthday Sophia

Thanks For Flying With Us

Have you heard of the FlyLady? No, she is not a high school science experiment gone awry but rather a real woman named Marla Cilley whose website http://www.flylady.net/ is dedicated to helping people fly from CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Her “toolbox” is full of sage advice, words of encouragement, and heartening testimonies to get novice flutterers organized and flying in the right direction.

New Vision City of Refuge has a similar toolbox full of items to help our children learn to fly from the chaos in their lives. Members of numerous missions and medical teams thoughout the year have delved into our toolbox to join us in the process.

Sponsorship is one such tool. As sponsors you have helped our children fly by praying for them to be free of the emotional baggage many carry because of abuse and abandonment. Another tool for flying is your encouraging letters; it raises the children’s spirits to know someone is thinking of them. Lastly, your continued financial support provides food, clothing, school materials, and all the basic necessities of life which helps New Vision City of Refuge fly and meet our monthly budget.

We know you have many other opportunities to choose from when it comes to serving in ministry; so we at New Vision City of Refuge would like to extend our thanks for flying with us.

The Mom Song

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How was your Christmas?

We had a wonderfully warm Christmas; hope yours was as well. Please check out the new photo album under the links section to see how Christmas was for all the kids here at New Vision City of Refuge. They started off their day opening up stockings and having a nice breakfast accompanied by hot chocolate. Then a little later they enjoyed Christmas cake and sorrel before opening up more gifts. For dinner they feasted on turkey and ham and an assortment of side dishes. We were thrilled with the generosity of our sponsors, local churches, school groups and businesses who gave of their time, money and gifts to make this such a special day. Blessings to you and your family in the new year!

Merry Christmas

Warm Christmas greetings from Jamaica. May the Lord's blessings be upon you for the new year!

Love,

Stuart, Wendy,

Olivia, Wesley and Sophia

The Great Debate

New Vision City of Refuge was honored to host a debate sponsored by the Child Develpment Agency (CDA) of Jamaica. These last few months four of our residents as well as children from Windsor Lodge and Hanbury Children's Homes (Salvation Army Ministries) diligently prepared and delivered their speeches at our respective homes on a rotating basis. This was a tremendous learning opportiunity for all those involved. Each participant received a certificate and first and second place trophies were awarded to the victors. Windsor Lodge was honored this year for their outstanding team. We look forwarded to more friendly competition and fellowship with our neighboring children's homes.

At Your Service

One of our own was recently honored at the National Women's Ministries Appreciation Banquet in Montego Bay. Doreen Christian is our head staff person. She had for many years served as Missionettes Director for the country of Jamaica. As her pastor, Reverend Charlton also attested she remains faithful in ministry and is a dedicated worker. We are fortunate at New Vision City of Refuge Children's Home to have such a wonderful, hard working person to be a part of our team as well. Congratulations Miss Doreen!

Cooped-up Cornhuskers

A wonderful team from King of Kings Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska visited with us this past week. Team leader Kevin Holdorf had a vision to build a chicken coop on our property and has been woking diligently these last couple of years to pursue this project. This generous team also had opportunity to do devotions and crafts with all the children, treat the staff to a spa day and visit our church and Bible College.
Thanks so much King of Kings Lutheran Church. We look forward to your next visit.