Meann (center) The new HHM bus, possible Claire and Gerlie, well on her Claire with the
Claire with the kids in the
and Caleb,(right)
slightly suspicious of
why we wanted to
help for free and they
were also very nerv-
ous about what the
tests would reveal.
As I write this today
we have 18 patients
in the CRU, some in
each of the 5 rooms.
We already have 28
staff for the hospital
and recovery unit and
we still need more.
At the minute we es-
pecially need caregiv-
ers and nurses for
CRU. Can you help?
Perhaps you are a
qualified nurse or
child care worker,
love the Lord, come
with good references
and want to take time
out to serve Him?
You could apply for a
volunteer position
here at helping
hands. Just contact
my dad at the North-
ern Ireland address
for more details.
Maybe you know of
someone who may be
interested? Perhaps
you can mention our
need to them? Or
maybe you are tied
into commitments
there at home but
you still feel you want
to help? Could you
help provide a salary
so we can employ
Helping Hands Healing Hearts Ministries Philippines Incorporated
because of your support
someone to take care
of the kids on your
behalf? A caregiver
receives approx £55 a
month and a nurse
approx £85. We can-
not operate without
good staff as our
name and the chil-
dren depend on it.
We only hire those
who love the Lord and
want to see the work
of the Lord done with
excellence. Please
pray about helping
us.
Thanks to all who
have kept me, and
the children, in your
prayers throughout
the last year. We are
doing ok. Meann is
now in school and
loving it. She got
80/80 in her first ex-
am. Smart and gor-
geous like her mum.
She turned four on
August 25th. But also,
just like her mum,
she’s a wee granny
and knows everything
about everything!!
Caleb turned one this
July and he was dedi-
cated to the Lord this
September. He’s a
darling boy who is
adored by all. Just
like his uncle Jason
he aspires to be a
drummer! He blat-
ters everything in
way to recovery Childrens Recovery Unit
God is good all the brought two Doctors sorts of fun. And of
sight with his wee Bank Account:
time! I know that’s with us. Doctora Cacho course he made
Helping Hands
drumsticks! Gerlie Bank: Northern Bank Ltd quite a cliché to some is the Assistant Chief doubly sure that
goes to school at Account Number: 61239074
but I tell you it’s been of James L Gordon Me- they all heard the
Sort Code: 95-03-61
P.O.C, (Chrissy a reality to me and to morial Hospital and yet gospel. Grace, Leo,
Perillo’s work in Cheques payable to:
my team especially in she came with us to do Emma and I assisted
Helping Hands Ministries
nearby Subic) and Philippines the last year. We a medical mission! It the Doctors with the
she loves it too. She have undergone tri- was her first mission patients and medi-
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indeed good all the was tangible! The lo- and crack jokes till
again. I miss the time! Phew!! I’m glad cal pastor there, put we finally fell asleep!
Irish hospitality and The medical mission team from
He never changes! us up in his church Who says ministry
Helping Hands
craic! (craic means again and treated us can’t be fun!
banter, humour) for I want to focus on like royalty throughout
all our non Irish read- the good, the lovely our stay! I should One evening, I, Leo,
ers. My health has and the praisewor- clarify though; we our volunteer psy-
been a little suspect thy! Let me tell you slept on the floor and chologist, and Em-
recently between low how your giving, once again shared the ma, the social
blood counts, low prayers and support bathroom with about worker from our
blood pressure and Claire and HHM staff Richard have been blessing 30 other people!! In hospital in Olongapo
various lumps and distribute medicines
the lives of children return we filled his had the opportunity
bumps that showed and their families church with many to counsel some of
up on ultrasounds so here in the Philip- newcomers and helped the actual mud sur-
I would appreciate pines. him start numerous bi- vivors. No other
your prayers for that. ble study groups medical mission
My guess is there’s See page 3 for full story Since the last news- throughout the evac- teams had been al-
nothing that a good letter we were able to uee camps. We all lowed to meet with
rest wouldn’t cure ...He has now been here
for about 6 weeks and go back to Leyte worked well as a team! them up to that
though!! Anyway, gets better everyday. Evangelism meeting at the
again to minister to Dang and Pastor Badi point as they were
medical mission in Leyte
once again, thanks So far he has learned to
the landslide victims evangelized the adults being sheltered from
for being a great sup- say NO, GO, WOW and
MAM. He laughs, for a second time. It through bible studies, the media and on-
port! shouts, plays and loves was marvelous! We (and have since fallen lookers. We had the
to greet me with a big
experienced even in love so watch this privilege of helping
kiss every time I arrive
home. I praise the Lord more divine favour space). Ferns made two of the girls open
for the miracle He has everywhere we went sure that the kids were up and receive much
done in that wee boys
and we were able to all kept entertained needed counsel.
life. It really is a great
God bless, Claire. inspiration to us all. A boy receives treatment at the
medical mission
reach even more
souls. This time we
with puppet shows,
dances, singing and all
They had been
struggling to release
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landslide survivors.
Northern Ireland Address:
Helping Hands Ministries
C/O Moira Pentecostal
Church,
73 Main Street, Moira,
County Armagh, BT67 0LZ,
Northern Ireland
Tel: 028-92612701
Advisory Board:
Pastor David Goudy
Sally Goudy
Pastor David Calvert
Jonathan Brady
Gillian McPherson
Praise Reports:
- For the many chil-
dren and parents
who come to the
Bible study on Tues-
days at C.R.U.
- For the successful
fostering of M-Jay.
The 1st from the
C.R.U.
- For the new Jeep-
ney to transport kids
to the Bible study.
- For the successful
medical missions
that touch so many
lives.
- For the souls
saved, bodies healed
and lives trans-
formed.
- For the generous
support of those
churches and individ-
uals who give to
HHM, a big thank
you to the unstinting
work of Compassion
Charity Shop in
N.Ireland. You ac-
complish more than
you’ll ever know.
·
Keeping the kids entertained
and sharing the Gospel
their hurts until that
point. One young
teen had been
trapped in the mud
for three hours. She
spoke of how the peo-
ple ran like hoards of
rats when the moun-
tain collapsed and the
mud flowed. She had
been running with her
dad but he told her to
run ahead. When she
looked around he was
gone, swallowed up
by the mud. The next
thing she knew she
was stuck in the mud.
It burst her ear-
drums, temporarily
blinded her and left
her with fears that
she feels will never
leave her. When she
was dug out, the first
thing she asked was if
her family had sur-
vived. The tears
rolled down her
cheeks as she de-
scribed the feeling of
realizing that she was
the only one who sur-
vived. She wished
she were dead! Later
she found out that
her big sister had also
survived but she was
still heartbroken as
both her parents and
all her younger sib-
lings were dead. That
night as I listened to
her I was over-
whelmed. You know
one of those times
A girl gets a checkup at the Children hear the gospel at a
medical mission HHM medical mission
when no words come to treated (around 15
mind and all you can do at a time) aban-
is listen in silence, doned babies, mal-
weep when she wept nourished babies and
and smile when she infants, kids with
smiled. Until now she chest problems,
keeps in touch with us brain tumours, ma-
via text. Her ears are laria, meningitis,
still bleeding and she cerebral palsy, Hy-
still faints regularly and drocephalic babies
displays all the signs of and even a Micro ce-
post traumatic stress phalic 3yr old! It has
so please do keep her been a real challenge
in your prayers. to take care of all
these children and be
Here at CRU, Kenneth able to financially
is still doing well. He cover their medical
continues to get and nutritional needs
stronger everyday fol- and pay the staff
lowing his heart sur- that we need to em-
gery last year. In fact ploy to take care of
he did so well that we them. But God is
were inspired to help faithful to provide
another boy! So we and you have contin-
took another step of ued to bless us so
faith, and successfully thank you so much
put John Mark, a 12 once again! You
year old through his have saved lives and
much needed surgery. changed lives with
It really is a big step as us!
it costs around £2500
and is performed only One such life is Do-
in Manila, which is a minic! Just last year
four-hour drive from Dominic was the
here! He too has done valedictorian of his
so well and is a testi- class. He was a nor-
mony to God’s healing mal, smart healthy 6
power working through year old until he was
the doctors who have struck with meningi-
treated him. Continue tis. Suddenly his
to pray for his health whole family’s life
and long-term recov- was thrown into tur-
ery. moil. The child was
confined for months
In the last few months in the hospital and
we have housed and they had to sell their
Helping Hands Healing Hearts Ministries Philippines Incorporated
A boy gets a dental check at
the medical mission
cow so they could af-
ford his treatment.
His health went pro-
gressively downhill
and he ended up in
intensive care for a
whole month. By the
time he got back on
the ward, Dominic
was being fed through
a tube in his nose and
his weight had plum-
meted to that of a 3
year old. He was not
in good shape. He was
irritable all the time
and could no longer
speak or properly
communicate with his
parents. He was weak
and bedridden. The
doctors referred him
to us for nutritional
build up and some
TLC while the parents
were trying to work
out the payment for
their hospital bill. It
had accumulated to
more than a £1000.
Dad earns around two
pounds a day on a
good day! You can see
the problem!! So Do-
minic came to CRU
weak, tube fed and
not in great shape.
Within three weeks of
TLC and prayer he
learned to walk again
and dribble a basket-
ball with his better
hand. He began to
eat normally again
and really gain
weight. When the
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A child receives treatment
with her mother with kids on medical mission
Doctors who had been
treating him heard
about it they all came
to visit! It was really
a miracle right before
our eyes. He has now
been here for about 6
weeks and gets better
everyday. So far he
has learned to say
NO, GO, WOW and
MAM. He laughs,
shouts, plays and
loves to greet me with
a big kiss every time I
arrive home. I praise
the Lord for the mira-
cle He has done in
that wee boys life. It
really is a great inspi-
ration to us all.
Our Tuesday bible
study here at CRU
continues to thrive.
We now have at lest
64 kids every Tuesday
afternoon and at least
30 parents. It amazes
me how well this has
gone and how steady
those who attend
have become. The
teachers and helpers
are good and dedi-
cated to their work,
which helps a lot. I
believe God honours
their efforts. So
thanks to Marissa,
Ferns, Dang, Mazi,
Lolit, Robert, Leo and
Tony for all their hard
work and effort!
We’re blessed to have
them all. Our Tues-
HHM worker Ferns shares HHM worker Grace distrib-
utes much needed supplies
day night Hospital Bi-
ble study is going well
too. There are usually
between 15 and 25 in
attendance and every
week I can see each
of them mature in the
Lord.
Just two weeks ago
we had a medical mis-
sion in Baseco. Ma-
nila. We were invited
to go there by Hope
Worldwide another
Christian mission who
work there, near the
harbour, with some of
Manila’s poorest peo-
ple. We joined forces
to provide healthcare
and evangelism to
more than 200 chil-
dren and their fami-
lies. What a day!
Again, days like this
are made possible be-
cause of your giving.
We were able to pro-
vide much-needed
antibiotics, vitamins
and even cover ex-
penses for x-rays and
other tests that were
needed. One of the
Doctors was able to
discover a potentially
serious illness in one
little boy and ordered
more tests to be done.
Pray that he does not
have hepatitis or any
other liver disease
and that his family will
continue to allow us to
help him. They were
Helping Hands Ministries
Philippines –
Children’s Recovery Unit
6 Harris Street,
East Bajac Bajac,
Olongapo City,
Philippines 2200
Helping Hands Ministries
Philippines -
Visitor’s Residence
17 Foster Street,
New Banicain,
Olongapo City,
Philippines 2200
helpinghands@azusa.net
Prayer points:
- For more dedicated,
godly, and profes-
sional staff to join
the team at HHM.
- For continued
health and strength
for everyone in the
ministry.
- For the extra fi-
nances to cover this
growing ministry; as
well as medical mis-
sions, there are cur-
rently 28 staff at
HHM.
- For wisdom, cour-
age and compassion
when making life and
death decisions about
very sick children.
This is often the
hardest part of minis-
try.
- For Reuben, who is
going blind. For Ari
who needs 24/7 care.
Her mother suddenly
died and the father
can’t cope with Ari’s
constant care. She is
now back with us in
the C.R.U.