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July 2010

Three Suggested Birthday Gift Ideas

Since our international family is all about helping and guiding children, we want to give you three birthday gift ideas to consider:

1. THE GIFT OF MINISTRY: To help provide Icthus during the summer - $4.50 per child

Together, as an international family in the US and Latin America, we focus on Christian character building of young people ages 4 to 18.

Meet Nelson Javier in Colombia. He is a real-life example of what Icthus does.

Nelson Javier, a very friendly guy, likes to tell what God has done in his life. He was raised by his grandmother who took him to church. But, when he turned 10, he started hanging out with a gang and didn’t want to go to church.

Thanks to the Lord, a guide at the church invited him to join Icthus. Nelson felt welcomed because of the way they treated him. In Icthus he was led to receive Jesus in his heart. He says: “I grew to like Icthus a lot. If I missed a meeting it was only because I couldn’t attend.” Now he is an Icthus guide, leading the young ones. His Icthus group is called “The Gideons.”

We are working to help 8,000 young people. During the summer an additional $9,000 is needed, beyond the regular donations, to provide for all of them.

A gift of the Icthus ministry can literally change a life.

2. THE GIFT OF MANUALS: To help complete and publish manuals for children - $5 per manual

As with any children’s program, such as scouting, manuals are essential. We want every child and guide to have their own.

The manuals are built around a three-fold curriculum to help children ages 4 to 18. They learn to love the Lord, to be concerned about others, and to develop themselves.

We are seeking to publish the latest revision of the Legion manual. This is the program for 10 to 14 year olds and is based on the Armor of God. The children’s Legion manual is 200 pages.

To publish the Legion manuals at least $5,000 is needed. Thanks to the wonderful generosity of Icthus family members we now have $3,918. To complete the goal at least $1,082 is still needed.

A gift of manuals is often one of the most treasured things Icthus children have. Every child should have one.

3. THE GIFT OF CAMPERSHIPS: To help children go to camp - $25

Camps are incredibly effective in helping children in a variety of ways. Lucas Ramos, the Colombia national director, is personally convinced.

Lucas said: ”I received Jesus in my heart at a camp when I was nine years old. We heard about the ‘new man’ and the ‘old man’. The leader finished by saying: ‘If you want to receive Jesus, stand up, take a stick, and put it in the fire (we were sitting around the campfire) and stay there so I can pray for you.’ I did that and have followed the Lord ever since.”

We only have $86 left in the campership fund because we just provided for two camps in Colombia. However, the Dominican Republic and Mexico are planning their camps this summer. They want to help the poorer children go to camp too. At least $700 is needed.

A gift of camping can make a big impact in the lives of children.

PO Box 177, Monrovia CA 91017 - Tel: 626-720-8111 - Email: Don@IcthusKids.org

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