A Great Way to Show Thanks!

Want to show your thanks for everything God has blessed you with? How about the sponsorship of a at-risk child in Romania?

The sponsorship of a child through Another Child Foundation is surprisingly simple, and the effects your sponsorship will have on the child is dramatic. Supporting an at-risk child in one of our programs enables staff members not only to provide for their educational & physical needs, but will provide HOPE for the child. By providing the LOVE of God to the children, the child’s self-esteem will soar as they develop into the person God created them to be. Without the assistance of generous people like you these children will continue to live in the “darkness” they were born into.

For as little as $25 a month you can become a sponsor to a child whom is desperate to be given a chance to reverse the cycle of poverty and illiteracy that surrounds these children.

 

I would like to introduce you to one of our newest students at the Point of Hope Development Center in Tarneveni, Romania .

 

Jesika Casapu. Jesika was born on December 12, 2011 and she is the second child of the Casapu family.  Her parents are legally married and have an 11 year old daughter as well. 

Jesika and her family live in a two room home which they rent from the local authorities. The rooms are properly furbished, they have electricity and gas for heating, but the water they need to get from the nearby water pump.  The parents are interested in their daughters progress and monitor their evolution and behavior closely.  The mother is a stay home mom, while the father is employed at an electric parts factory.  Thus, the income of the family amounts up to 255 USD/month.

Jesika is a bold and outspoken little girls, who easily adjusts to new situations. She enjoys the educational activities, she is active, very talkative, but she also has a very good memory and colors beautifully.  We hope, as she attends Point of Hope that she will continue to learn and develop in order to reach her potential.

 

Is God calling you to step up a be the hope Jesika so desperately needs?

 

If so you can simply CLICK HERE to learn more about the Another Child Sponsorship program and support Jesika's ongoing needs.

$12 for 12 CAMPAIGN!

Earlier this year Another Child Foundation kicked off a new campaign to provide an "easy entry" for donors to be involved with our life-changing ministry. The $12 for 12 campaign's first goal was to reach 100 new donors with this campaign which is based on the Romans 12:12 scripture verse that says "be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord's people who are in need. Practice hospitality."

The $12 for 12 campaign supports the following essential items at our Point of Hope Development Center in Tarneveni, Romania:

• Clean water
• Library books
• Character building
• Speech Therapy
• Psychological care
• Christian education
• Food
• Medical care
• Showers
• Teaching aids
• LOVE
• HOPE

We also offered anyone who signed up to be a $12 for 12 contributor a chance to win a hand-made quilt from a group of ladies in Romania. Our long-term missionary Swanna Lofton led these ladies in the quilting project teaching them the value of hard work and reinvesting back into their business to create even more revenue. These quilts are being sold for $50.

ACF is nearly half way to our goal of 100 new donors. Can you help us reach our goal? If you do you can have a chance to win this beautiful quilt.

 

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

 

To get involved CLICK HERE!

 

Your $12 investment will make the world a better place for the children God has entrusted to our care!



ACF is a Finalist for Valpo University S.A.L.T. Program

Today Another Child Foundation was named as a finalist for the 2015 World Relief Campaign operated by Valparaiso University. Each year members of the Social Action Leadership Team (S.A.L.T.) picks one non-profit that is making a difference for God in the field of Social Justice. This year there were 13 applicants and the work of Another Child Foundation was found to be worthy of making it to the round of four. The impact the 2015 World Relief Campaign would have on the group home program in Romania would be dramatic. Orphaned children would get an amazing chance to live in a Christian home with a staff dedicated to provide them opportunities for a life that overcomes social injustice.

Another Child was nominated to S.A.L.T. by Abby Larson from Geneseo, Illinois. Abby has traveled with ACF to Romania twice and has since been an advocate for the orphans and at-risk children in Romania.

 

The application that ACF entered for the 2015 World Relief Campaign is for funds to purchase a new group home. Currently, the group home that ACF operates in Romania is a rental property. Having the funds available to purchase a home in one of the nearby villages would allow ACF to dramatically change the entire group home program. Financially speaking ACF would no longer have to pay the high rent that we currently are locked into. The rent money of $1050 a month could then be used to upgrade the programs and provide better learning opportunities for the kids in the home.



Abby & Crystal in 2011

It has also been our focus to bring in a wider range of ages within the home. Originally, 8 teen-age girls from the Zau Orphanage lived in the home. As you can imagine that situation, while well intentioned, did not work as smoothly as we wanted. We also would like to see the home display the characterictics of a typical Romanian family. The location of the new home to a nearby village would provide the most realistic life experience for these children.

So, we ask each of you to pray for ACF to be blessed with this opportunity to change the social injustice that the orphaned children of Romania face each day.

 

For more information on the S.A.L.T. program you can click here

Marquis Grain & Energy Supporting 10K Bushel Project

Marquis Energy announced today that they had a record number of trucks deliver corn to their Hennepin, Illinois facility during the month of October. Earlier this summer the President and Director of Risk Management of Marquis Grain, Jeff Peterson had discussions with Another Child Foundation Executive Director Tim Oloffson about their participation in this year's program. Last year Marquis Grain & Energy donated $1 for every truck that came through their facility. With that same $1 a load commitment for 2014, the 10K Bushel Project will receive another sizable and generous donation.

 

The 10K Bushel Project is an Another Child Foundation effort to involve local farmers and agri-businesses to support vulnerable children through-out the world. Local farmers are indeed the providers of much of the world's food. Here in the mid-west farmers have been richly blessed with the ability to grow corn in amazing quantities. ACF is partnering with farmers and agri-businesses to tend to the needs of at-risk children in our community and world. With partners like Marquis Energy, ACF will be able to feed children with the nutritional and spiritual food they crave.

Walnut Community Bible Church Celebrates Orphan Sunday!!

On Sunday, November 2 Walnut Community Bible Church in Walnut, Illinois celebrated Orphan Sunday as a part of their worship service. The worship service contained a testimony by Ryan Kepner who served in Romania with Another Child Foundation this past summer. Pastor Eldon Cook also shared a sermon based on the Biblical principles of orphan ministry and God's call for each of us to forgive, love and serve those people He puts into our lives. You can listen to that message below.

Not only did WCBC learn more about orphans but they decided to do something about it! This past summer WCBC sent an 11 person team with ACF to serve orphaned children with a VBS camp experience. And on Orphan Sunday many member of their worshipping community decided to sponsor the children God has entrusted to our care. 14 new children in our Point of Hope Development Center now have sponsors to pray and financially support them. What an awesome witness for God's love for these children.




If you would like to learn more about sponsoring a child that Another Child Foundation cares for then please click here to learn more.

Feeding Hungry Hearts!

Thought I would share with you all a little more about why and how Another Child Foundation does our work in Romania with Fundatia Buckner. This video is worth the time to see!

Another Child Foundation STANDS for Orphan Sunday!

 

Below is some items from the Christian Alliance for Orphans

 

On Orphan Sunday, Christians stand for the orphan. We are a people called to defend the fatherless…to care for the child that has no family…to visit orphans in their distress. Each event is locally-led. Sermons and small groups, concerts and prayer gatherings, shared meals and youth activities—each rousing believers with God’s call to care for the orphan, and what we can do in response. From many sources, one voice. Each November, thousands of events will echo across America and around the globe, all sharing a single goal: that God’s great love for the orphan will find echo in our lives as well. Orphan Sunday is your opportunity to rouse church, community and friends to God’s call to care for the orphan.

 

 

 

Help Another Child Foundation make a difference in the life of an orphan. As you can see by the video your help can indeed make a difference in the life of a child that God has entrusted to the care of Another Child Foundation and Fundatia Buckner.

 

SPONSOR A CHILD

The sponsorship of a child through Another Child Foundation is surprisingly simple, and the effects your sponsorship will have on a child is dramatic. Supporting an orphan in our program enables our staff members to not only provide for their educational & physical needs, but will provide HOPE for the child as the staff mentors the child. By providing the LOVE of God to the child, the child’s self-esteem will soar as they develop into the person God has created them to be. Without the assistance of generous people these children will continue to live in the “darkness” they we born into

 

$12 for 12 Project

The 12 for 12 program is design to help our supporters get involved by committing a reasonable amount of financial resources. Each of the $12 donated monthly will help transform a life by supplying clean water, speech therapy, Christian education, food, medical attention and other items. However, it is God's LOVE and HOPE given by the Fundatia Buckner staff on a daily basis that truly transforms their lives.

The ACF & Fundatia Buckner Family Welcomes a New Member!

The Another Child & Fundatia Buckner family would like to introduce to everyone an addition to our family. His name is Andrei Ghiurca and he is the son of Andrei and Larisa Ghiurca. Larisa and Andrei have been the parents and caretakers of the young ladies in the Buckner Group home since this spring. Another Child, Fundatia Buckner and the young ladies are blessed to have these fine people in our program. Baby Andrei will be a welcome addition to the home!!! Congratulations my friends!

 

The proud parents!

 

Larisa and Andrei!

Andrei and his namesake!



 

 

ACF & Thrivent Financial partner on helping at-risk children

If you are a member of Thrivent Financial then you are probably aware of Thrivent Choice and Choice Dollars. Thrivent is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously. They offer a broad range of products and services- including life insurance, annuities and mutual funds- along with guidance from their financial representatives.

For more than a century they have helped nearly 2.4 million members-owners make wise money choices that reflect their values. They also provide opportunities for them to be even more generous where they live, work and worship. Thrivent believes that all we have is a gift from God and that generosity is an expression of faith.

Another Child Foundation is excited to be a part of the Choice Dollars program. So, if you are a member of Thrivent and have Choice Dollars in your account that need to be distributed to a non-profit organization please consider helping us with your dollars. CLICK HERE to go to the Thrivent website to make your Choice Dollars go to work helping at-risk children in Romania.

Thrivent Financial was a big supporter of our Project Respond humanitarian aid drive as they donated the money for us to purchase all of the shipping boxes and supplies.

New Ride for Kids!

This summer is was deemed necessary to purchase a new van for Fundatia Buckner to use for transporting children to and from the Point of Hope Development Center. The old white van being used by the foundation was old and getting unreliable. The last thing we, or anyone wants, is to endanger kids by transporting them in an unreliable vehicle. This van has also been used to transport mission teams around Romania. Sometimes a coin-flip was taken and the losing team got the opportunity to ride in the white van an experience the beautiful Romanian countryside without air conditioning.

In all seriousness, the need for a much newer van was vital to the future of the ministry going forward. Since this was not a budgeted item in 2014 ACF did not the funds available to simply purchase a newer van. So, together with Fundatia Buckner we started to pray for a donor and some funds to become available to purchase the van we needed to ensure the safety of the children and mission teams. In July God answered our prayers and Dacian Moldovan (Fundatia Buckner-President) started the search for the perfect van that met his needs and our budget. Last week the van was found in Nuremberg, Germany. After a long drive back Dacian took these pictures for us to share with you guys.

Another Child Foundation and Fundatia Buckner are so thankful for everyone one out there who see the ongoing needs in Romania and decide to get involved. Without the help of so many of you we could not do the work that God has called us to do. ACF is overjoyed that God has entrusted to us the well-being of these children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10K Bushel Project

Don King & Dean Sweenie at the grill

On Tuesday October 7 ACF kicked off the 2014
10K Bushel project with a cookout for farmers at
Atherton Grain in Normandy, Illinois. ACF volunteers served over 50 grill cooked meals to farmers throughout the Walnut area. On Thursday, Michlig Grain made their farmers aware of the project to help at-risk children in our communities and around the world in Bradford, Illinois. ACF and Michlig employees served lunches to over 60 farmers and their workers during the 1-hour time. Friday, Michlig Grain was at it again in throughout the farming region of Bureau County delivering some delicious pork chop sandwich lunches. With the farmers harvesting their crops this time of year it is difficult to get these hard-working people to slow down for lunch. So, we made it easier for them as we hand delivered many of the chops. Maybe next year we will call this day "chops for crops". On October 16, ACF and Michlig Grain are partnering up one more time to serve the farmers in the Cambridge, Illinois area.

ACF volunteers and local farmers

Another Child is pleased to be partnering with great agri-businesses like Michlig Grain, Marquis Grain, Atherton Grain, and Northern Grain Marketing.

The Purpose of the 10K Bushel Project

The 10K bushel project is an effort to involve local farmers to support vulnerable children through-out their community and world.  Local farmers are the providers of much of the world’s food. Here in the mid-west farmers have been richly blessed with the ability to grow corn in amazing quantities. Area Agri-businesses, & Another Child Foundation want to partner with local farmers to tend to the needs of at-risk children. The donation of a farmers first bushels of grain will help rid the world of malnutrition. Whether it be 25, 50, or 100 bushels, their support will help at-risk children here in Central Illinois and throughout the world!



 A special THANKS to Ron Brokaw and his staff at Atherton Grain for all of their hard work, to Amy Allen, of Michlig Grain, for her coordination efforts, to Don & Val King for their vision in helping us help others, all of the Michlig Grain staff for their willingness to help us share the needs of vulnerable children all over the world. Finally, a thank you to Dave Bohm who will be heading up the 10K Bushel Project for Northern Grain Marketing. 

Shipping Container & ACF TV Episode #1

As of Monday, September 29 the shipping container full of aid collected during the Project Respond aid drive by our partner churches officially left the Quad Cites for Romania. We are so excited to be able to once again share with some vulnerable people of Romania some of the resources in which have been so richly blessed with. In cased you missed what Project Respond is all about please click here and here for the other blog posts.

A couple weeks ago ACF also released our 2015 Mission trip schedule. If you are interested in hearing more about these opportunities you can check out our video here.


Check out ACF TVs first web cast where we shared the ACF Ambassador's for Christ summer internship opportunity with a bunch of college-aged people who expressed some excitement about this fabulous opportunity. This is our first web cast. Check it out!