LCMS World  Relief

/Human Care works

with missionaries and

national churches to

provide shelter,

clothing, food, health

care and education for

orphaned children such

as these in Belarus.

World Relief/Human Care

`Many have promised, but you have done it'

T

he deep brown eyes of the plant manager stared directly

at me with solemn gratitude while his Kyrgyz language

was translated to English. 

 Many people have promised to help, but you have 

actually done it. 

In that moment I learned how the apostle Paul must have

felt as he delivered the gifts from the Christians in Asia to the

poor saints in Jerusalem. I often have this privilege of connecting

the wonderful gifts given to LCMS World Relief and Human

Care with recipients for whom such gifts make all the difference

in the world.

5.8 million 

people 

281 

agencies 

78,000 

nights of shelter 

$3.2 million 

in gifts

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THE LUTHERAN WITNESS (40)

Photo: World Relief/Human Care