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Angel of the Week: Niangbiakhoih

Niangbiakhoih 2016So many children in India do not know what it is like to grow up in a loving family and feel cared for.  Niangbiankhoih, known as Hoih at Angels' Place, was destined for such a life until she found her way to our orphanage.

Hoih lost her father in 2011 and then her mother in 2015.  She was alone and scared and remembers feeling like she had no one.  She recalls a very tough and unpleasant life in those days.  The normally cheerful young girl was living under a cloud of despair.  "I had no one to support me".

Then in 2015, she came to Angels' Place.  Within a short time, she was smiling again, playing with new friends and studying her favorite subject, Moral Science.  Her cheerful fun-loving personality began to reemerge as she settled into her new home, surrounded by a new "family" to care for her.

Though she will always carry the sadness of losing her family at such a young age, she now feels hope where before was only despair.  "With God's help, I can do and achieve anything I want," she proclaims with confidence.  When asked what she dreams for her future?  To become a doctor.  She knows the James Connection will help her get there!

Do you want to help children like Hoih, who feel like they have lost everything, even their hope for a happy future?  There are hundreds of desperate children on our waiting list at Angels' Place.  You can help us make room for them by visiting our Ways to Help page now.

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Angel of the Week: Hunuliansang

Hnunliansang“Cheerful and fun-loving” is how the Angel’s Place caregivers describe our Angel of the Week: Hnunliansang. It is a remarkable and blessed transformation for a boy who was in great need not too long ago.

In 2010, Hnunliansang was five years old and living with his grandfather. He remembers little of the time, but does remember the loneliness. No longer able to take care of the child, his grandfather brought him to Angel’s Place, and now he is a happy boy who has the opportunity to go to school – and who enjoys it!

Hnunliansang’s favorite things about life at Angel’s Place are school – where his favorite subject is English – dancing, and playing with the other children. This transformation would not have been possible without the generous support of his sponsors, and his gratitude for their support is the first thing that he wants to share with all the contacts in the James Connection.

The James Connection makes possible the change in life from loneliness to hope by helping children like Hnunliansang. If you would like to help us to transform the life of another child, we invite you to become a sponsor through the James Connection.  Visit our Ways to Help page for more information.

To read more Angel of the Week stories, click on "Angel of the Week" under "Categories" to the right of this page.

Angel of the Week: Chinglianmawi

Chinglianmawi 2016You can see the pride in this beautiful young girl's face as she shows off her new Rayburn College school uniform.  For her, like most all children in India, she would have been denied an education without it.

Chianglianmawi came to Angels' place when she was 13 years old.  Her father had died of malaria and her mother could barely afford to feed her children, let alone buy them uniforms for school.  She knew she had to make a desperate choice and Angel's Place was her only hope.

Now, Chianglianmawi enjoys a life she never thought possible...regular nourishing meals, a warm bed of her own, opportunities to pursue her passion for music and to dream of a career in Fashion.  Compared to her early childhood, where food was scarce, and careers looked more like scavenging in garbage dumps, Chianglianmawi understands how blessed she is to have a home at Angels' Place.  Her caregivers know her as a kind, well-behaved, intelligent young girl with a bright future ahead.

Chianglianmawi wants the world to know she is a good and kind-hearted girl and she will continue to wear her school uniform proudly, along with all her friends at Angels' Place (some pictured below).DSC_0628There are hundreds of young girls, just like Chianglianmawi and her friends, waiting for a home at Angels' Place.  Girls longing for the opportunities a simple school uniform can provide.  Help us make room for them by visiting our Ways to Help page.

To read more "Angel of the Week" stories, click on "Angel of the Week" under Categories on the right of this page.

An American Angel

DSC_3149-2As Christmas approached last year, LeeAnne Lafferty of Gibsonia, PA (pictured left with her mother, Jenny) was thinking about the orphans of the world. She wanted to help but didn’t know how. Her first thought was that she could share her toys with them, and so she talked the idea over with her mother, Jenny. They prayed on how they could help, and after a week an idea came to them: Cookies for Kids. Their idea was to sell cookies to help children in need. So they bought their ingredients and started baking.

The Laffertys were soon baking cookies together and selling them by the dozen. Contributors knew that the goal was to support the orphans of the world, and so they responded with a generosity in the spirit of the Laffertys' inspired idea. People gave anywhere from $10 to $250 for a dozen cookies, and in the end the Laffertys raised $1,150 from their home congregation. In the words of Jenny, “We know God can give an increase when the giving is placed in His hands.” For their contributions raised, the Cookies for Kids has provided almost the equivalent of three sponsorships for the children at Angel’s Place, and we are so grateful for their generosity that helps to make a new life for the children of Angel’s Place.

If you feel inspired by LeeAnne's story and would like to learn more about what you can do to help the children of Angels' Place, visit our Ways to Help page.