2012 Malawi Projects Near Completion

Mzuzu United Methodist Church nears completion
[December 2012 photo; camera date in error]

Friends of WorldHope Corps,

We need your help next week to complete our 2012 mission pledges and projects in Malawi:

1. The new sanctuary of Mzuzu United Methodist Church will be dedicated on Sunday, Jan 13.

2. The grand opening of the new Hope House (for educational support) occurs on Saturday, Jan. 12.

3. Five of the ten new Village Wells we drilled in 2012 will be celebrated with villagers.

4. The Mzuzu Shalom Zone Committee will assemble for training and planning.

You can participate by adding your name to the list of sponsors who have supported these community development projects this year, at whatever level you are able to do!

Rhempi Village Well (one of ten in 2012)

$250 pays for church furniture in the new sanctuary or furnishings in the new vocational training wing.

$500 pays for a young person to go to Vocational or Secondary School in Mzuzu for a year.

$10,500 pays for a new deep water village well for several thousand villagers

$100 pays for more chickens and pigs in the Mzuzu Shalom Zone economic development venture.

I leave for Malawi on Monday, January 7, for Malawi for 10 days, and I'd like to bring with me new names of sponsors for our four active projects in Mzuzu.

Please consider a year-end gift to WorldHope Corps through PayPal
or by mailing a check today!

There is still time to make your 2012 tax deductible gift toWorldHope Corps, Inc.

Thank you so much for your generosity and support over the years!

mjc

Dr. Michael J. Christensen, Ph.D.

Founder and CEO

WorldHope Corps, Inc.

P.O. Box 295

Madison, NJ 07940

www.worldhopecorps.org

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