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WorldHope Malawi Ready to Rock and Roll

Pastor Dennis greeting students at Point Loma Nazarene University
Josie, Dennis and Michael
Dennis Singini's "American Adventure" 7-week tour has concluded and he has returned to Malawi to ramp up and rock and roll as Program Director of WorldHope Corps Malawi.

 On behalf of the board of directors, I want to thank Josie Dittrich (Dennis' USA Tour sponsor) and WorldHope Corps' many friends, followers and supporters who met, hosted or prayed for Dennis during his 7-week, 12-city USA tour; and who helped him with friend-raising, fund-raising and educational opportunities. Together, we succeeded in equipping Dennis for a new level of responsibility and in raising his program budget for Malawi. 

All totaled, we raised over $50,000 in gifts-in-kind, cash donations, and pledges during Dennis's tour! This is a tremendous provision that lets us procure and distribute 700+ Mosquito Nets for "No More Malaria", do free eye exams and issue 1000+ prescription Eye-glasses, sponsor an HIV/AIDS Shalom training event, and start a new village well monitoring and maintenance program.  We also received two $10,000 pledges to drill two new Village Wells in the New Year.  And, most importantly, we raised enough staff support to employ Dennis as Program Director for WorldHope Malawi this year. 

Dennis interviewed by Lindsay
One of the most delicious fruits of our labor, or rather, one of most gracious and generous gifts received during Dennis' American Tour, was a cash offering of $1,895 toward the purchase of a motorcycle for the circuit-riding ministry of Pastor Dennis as he visit the 12 churches he planted and some of the 50 village wells he personally drilled or facilitated drilling for WorldHope Corps.  This special gift was contributed by the members of a Sunday School class led by Professor Dean Nelson at San Diego First Church of the Nazarene.  

 We still need another $1,000 to purchase a newer motorbike for Dennis, as well as additional funds for village wells and training events, so please help out if you can.

The easiest way to support Dennis and WorldHope Corps is to give online at  www.worldhopecorps.org (designating your gift for a WorldHope Malawi project, motorbike or staff support).  

 OR you can send a check made payable to WorldHope Corps to the address below:

 WorldHope Corps, Inc.
P.O. Box 7688
San Diego, CA 92167

Again, thank you--friends, hosts, and supporters--for contributing to this success of Dennis' wild and wonderful American Adventure and the ramp up of WorldHope Malawi. 
John Culp family and Dennis

I invite you to follow our clean water and community development projects in Malawi and Uganda on this blog site, and also visit our website at www.worldHopeCorps.org

Seeking Shalom,


Michael J. Christensen, Founder and CEO
WorldHope Corps, Inc.
worldhopecorps@gmail.com





P.S. Take a look at some of our new friends of WorldHope Corps below: 



Hosted by Pastor Kelvin Sauls
Dennis meets James Lawson


















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