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Compassion is a child development organisation looking to equip and empower the local church in their communities. Our partnership with Compassion involves partnering with three local churches in West Timor, Indonesia - Namosain, Oelkuku and Nekmese, through their Child Sponsorship Program. |
2022 Review
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Over the last 12 months our three partner church communities have continued to resource children and their families, while still facing the challenges of COVID. The majority of parents in this region work as labourers and they were laid off during COVID as their factories were closed. Families are continuing to struggle to afford their family’s daily needs.
In Namosain, the Compassion Centre has been providing internet points so children can complete online classes. Additional lessons in reading, writing and counting have also been provided for children to account for the drop in education levels during the pandemic. While the Compassion Centre has had to reduce in person attendance, the local church has provided families with a Family Discipleship Program, with resources for parents to disciple children in the home. Besides children being discipled, more parents have had their relationship restored with their children and God. In Nekmese and Oelkuku the Compassion teams have been distributing hygiene packs and food packs. Teenagers were also assisted by providing online meetings with mentors. Compassion staff have been training families in how to use their own yards to grow vegetables and raise chickens or catfish. The local church has provided online church services and devotional materials in the home for family services. The youth have been sharing YouTube clips for discipleship teaching and praise songs, to grow them spiritually and develop their creativity.
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Oelkuku Compassion Team Leaders
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2023 Support
In 2023 the Compassion Centre’s will continue to provide support and care to families who are struggling in their communities.
Our biggest form of support is through individual child sponsorship of children in these three communities. Over 70 children are sponsored by people at New Vine Lakes! We will have more children available for sponsorship at church during our KingdomCome month.
Over the last 12 years many of you have been to visit your sponsor children and help grow this partnership with the three churches. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we may not be able to visit again until 2025. To continue our partnership, we are exploring bringing one of the partner church leaders to Australia, where we could host them and build into their lives while they share about the work of Compassion first hand with our church. We are hoping to be able to do this in 2024.
Your support of $6,000 will:
Our biggest form of support is through individual child sponsorship of children in these three communities. Over 70 children are sponsored by people at New Vine Lakes! We will have more children available for sponsorship at church during our KingdomCome month.
Over the last 12 years many of you have been to visit your sponsor children and help grow this partnership with the three churches. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we may not be able to visit again until 2025. To continue our partnership, we are exploring bringing one of the partner church leaders to Australia, where we could host them and build into their lives while they share about the work of Compassion first hand with our church. We are hoping to be able to do this in 2024.
Your support of $6,000 will:
- $1,000 for each of our partnership communities to spend on urgent needs ($3,000)
- Cost of flights and accommodation for West Timor church leaders to visit Australia. ($3,000)
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Prayer and Praise
- Pray for improvement to the economic situation in Indonesia
- Pray for improved access to education for the children of Namosain, Oelkuku and Nekmese
- Pray for God’s peace on the communities of Namosain, Oelkuku and Nekmese
- Pray for the Compassion leaders and mentors
Testimonies
| Community Letter 2023 Kupang Timur East Kupang Cluster.pdf |
