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A busy but very blessed December!

posted by Grace Fragoso — December 22nd, 2009

 CHRISTmas greetings!

December has proven to be a very busy time for us at Orphanos.

With a few major projects happening at the same time, we were spread thin for a while, thankfully assisted by the prayers of so many people and the indispensable help of our angels, the volunteers God has given us. I do not want to mention names because I do not want to overlook anyone, but we have been blessed with an army of godly ladies of all ages, who have come to be very active at the Orphanos Office. Anything from  making calls, updating our mailing list, to writing in Korean and other languages, until then unknown to them!

It is amazing what you can do, when moved by the love of the LORD and a desire to help God's children all over the world! I can only say Thank you, Obrigada, Gracias and Komapsumnida, for playing such a special role in the lives of the children God has brought into our lives.

December 7th we received  our featured guest for the Messiah, Nilma and Henri Oliveira and their sweet daughter Camilla, came to be with us for a few days.This year we featured Lar Tia Edna in the Memphis Messiah program and  they were truly a blessing to  be around. Their visit here included speaking in several school, meeting with friends of the ministry and  being recognized  at the main performance of the Memphis Messiah, at the Cannon  center! I also had several of my dearest friends join us! 

The Lord was good to us and we were blessed with an amazing  event.  Another highlight for me, was the visit of my childhood friend Sergio Souza. Sergio lives in California and got to come for the Messiah and also to see Nilma and Henri while they were here! We had the best time, we laughed and we cried and we  served the Lord together, which was great!

We were so blessed by all the Memphis City School children who got to attend the performance. It was a true blessing to see them coming to that beautiful concert hall, in their best outfits, to enjoy the performance of the Messiah. Everything was done  having in mind that this is an opportunity we have to encourage these children to be the best  they can be in their lives. Markova Reed, from  Channel 3 and Conductor James Feddeck have become dear friends of mine and it has been a blessing to work with them  one more year. Much more than music, we are teaching  THE TRUTH  and the word does not return void! 

Right after the Messiah,  I was able to wrap things up with Kards4Kids and it was indeed a huge blessing. The volunteer help I mentioned above was a great part of this program! Once again FedEx  blessed us with free shipping and we were able to send thousand of cards  to 7 homes spread all over Mexico, Jamaica, Colombia, Peru, South Korea and also Brasil! I am truly grateful  to everyone who made this possible!

Now I am about ready to head to Brasil with a team coming from different parts of the country. It is to me, a true sample of what families do for Christmas! Along with my family, we will deliver some food baskets to needy families and invite them to come see the Christmas put on by Lar Batista Children/teens.  

As you can tell, December was packed full, but I am glad God can use us in this capacity.   Here is the  travel schedule for the next few weeks:  

Dec 23rd- Jan 4th Lar Batista with team; January
4th - 12th Sao Paulo with family and friends.  

I will be posting updates as we go! Thank you for your love, care and blessing in my life!  

Have a blessed Christmas and celebrate CHRIST!  

love, grace  

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